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 […]
Security
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 authorities said on Friday a gang had used the bots to obtain open time slots for the country’s online booking system, which is free, and resold the appointments to asylum seekers for 200 euros ($217)…
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 poster says “The end of the road begins,” which doesn’t make much sense—but then again, neither do the Fast and Furious movies most of the time. Fast X was supposed to be the lead-in to an 11th and final movie,…
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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 VMware ESXi systems. SentinelLabs researchers have identified 10 ransomware families using VMware ESXi lockers based on the source code of the Babuk ransomware that was leaked in 2021. The experts pointed out that these ransomware […]
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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 in theaters—you should check out his prior feature, The Hole in the Ground, but also this short film he made a decade ago. Who’s in the mood for a spectacularly creepy abandoned carnival?
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 experience, would be the social media company’s next CEO. Musk told the world how he felt about Yaccarino’s profession in a 2019 tweet: “I hate advertising.”
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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 digital assets.
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. The advertisements aired on iHeartMedia using radio DJs to promote the devices by broadcasting detailed testimonials, although Google reportedly never provided a phone for them to…
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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.
