“If you really need a car, buy an old one and use it as little as possible”
Rowan Atkinson has some brilliant things to say about why nobody should be in a rush to buy an electric car. In terms of manufacture, [modern ICE] cars have paid…
Twitter Blue Has Become a Hate Speech Indicator
New report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate: Twitter fails to act on 99% of hate posted by Twitter Blue subscribers, suggesting that the platform is allowing them to…
Slow Chargers Save Time
Interesting thoughts by someone realizing their whole life improved when they quit orienting their life around gasoline. Every side of the EV industry is focused on fast charging, and making…
Robots Been Killing People for Years: USAF Brings It Up And People Get Scared
In 2019 I was invited to speak to a San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) about robot dangers. Here’s a slide I…
Russia points finger at US for iPhone exploit campaign that also hit Kaspersky Lab
The Russian federal security agency, the FSB, has put out a security alert claiming that US intelligence services are behind an attack campaign that exploits vulnerabilities in iOS and compromised…
MOVEit Transfer vulnerability appears to be exploited widely
Progress Software has discovered a vulnerability in its file transfer software MOVEit Transfer that could lead to escalated privileges and potential unauthorized access to the environment, the company said in…
The Role of Cybersecurity in Your Document Management Strategy
In a world increasingly reliant on digital technology, businesses must prioritize both effective document management and robust cybersecurity measures. This is essential not only for efficiency but also for the…
Attackers use Python compiled bytecode to evade detection
Attackers who are targeting open-source package repositories like PyPI (Python Package Index) have devised a new technique for hiding their malicious code from security scanners, manual reviews, and other forms…
MOVEit Transfer vulnerability is being exploited widely
Progress has discovered a vulnerability in file transfer software MOVEit Transfer that could lead to escalated privileges and potential unauthorized access to the environment, the company said in a security…
Nobody Can Figure Out How a Volcanic Island Got Its Continental Crust
Here’s a case still worth investigating, which was highlighted in 2019 before COVID shut everything down. Anjouan stands alone — the only island in the world formed by volcanism that…