Friday Squid Blogging: Giant Squid Video
A video—authentic, not a deep fake—of a giant squid close to the surface. As usual, you can also use this…
May 2023
Suspected Hackers Behind Spain’s Asylum Black Market Arrested
Police in Spain have arrested 69 people accused of using bots to circumvent the asylum system in the country. Spanish…
Vin Diesel Claims Fast X Begins a Trilogy, But We’re Not So Sure
Fast X, which hits theaters next week, has long been planned as the beginning of the end. Even its teaser…
Leaked source code of Babuk ransomware used by 10 different ransomware families targeting VMware ESXi
The leak of the source code of the Babuk ransomware allowed 9 ransomware gangs to create their own ransomware targeting…
This 2013 Short From Evil Dead Rise’s Director Foreshadows His Horror Breakthrough
If you’ve just discovered writer-director Lee Cronin thanks to Evil Dead Rise—which hit streaming this week, and is still playing…
Elon ‘I Hate Advertising’ Musk Names NBC Ad Exec as Twitter CEO
Twitter owner Elon Musk announced that NBCUniversal head of advertising Linda Yaccarino, an industry veteran with more three decades of…
An Analyst View of XM Cyber’s Acquisition of Confluera
The deal will enhance the capabilities of both companies and provide customers with a more comprehensive way to protect their…
Texas Reaches $8 Million Settlement With Google Over ‘Blatantly False’ Pixel Ads
Google reached a settlement with Texas Attorney General Paxton on Friday for allegedly falsely advertising its Google Pixel 4 smartphone.…
Making Sure Lost Data Stays Lost
Retired hardware and forgotten cloud virtual machines are a trove of insecure confidential data. Here's how to ameliorate that weakness.