Friday Squid Blogging: Squid on Pizza
Pizza Hut in Taiwan has a history of weird pizzas, including a “2022 scalloped pizza with Oreos around the edge,…
Brazilian citizen charged for threatening to release data stolen from a company in 2020
A Brazilian citizen faces U.S. charges for allegedly threatening to release data stolen from a company in a March 2020…
Reducing Kafka Lag: Optimizing Kafka Performance
Apache Kafka is a powerful distributed messaging system, but like any system, it can face performance bottlenecks. One of the…
Palo Alto Releases Patch for PAN-OS DoS Flaw — Update Immediately
Palo Alto Networks has disclosed a high-severity vulnerability impacting PAN-OS software that could cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition on susceptible…
FICORA and Kaiten Botnets Exploit Old D-Link Vulnerabilities for Global Attacks
Cybersecurity researchers are warning about a spike in malicious activity that involves roping vulnerable D-Link routers into two different botnets,…
KRaft: Apache Kafka Without ZooKeeper
Apache Kafka has been a cornerstone of modern event streaming architectures, enabling reliable and scalable data pipelines for businesses worldwide.…
Apache MINA CVE-2024-52046: CVSS 10.0 Flaw Enables RCE via Unsafe Serialization
The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has released patches to address a maximum severity vulnerability in the MINA Java network application…
I’m Tired of Pretending Physical Media Isn’t Still Better Than Streaming Digital
Holiday season 2024 solidified it: we really need to stop going along with the lie that streaming is better than…
I Forgot How Bad Those Final 2 Christopher Reeve Superman Films Are
Fresh off James Gunn's trailer, we revisited all of the Christopher Reeve DC films—and have some thoughts.
Best Cloud Storage Deal of the Year: Lifetime Plan at 62% Off!
Although Christmas is over, great deals are still available—just look at pCloud, which is offering big discounts on its various…