Month: June 2023

Jun 27, 2023Ravie LakshmananSupply Chain / Software Security Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new ongoing campaign aimed at the npm ecosystem that leverages a unique execution chain to deliver an unknown payload to targeted systems. “The packages in question seem to be published in pairs, each pair working in unison to fetch additional resources which
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Alice Nuttall is a children’s and webcomic writer who spends her free time reading, knitting, and playing D&D, occasionally all at the same time. Her superpower is the ability to find a cup of coffee no matter where she is. She blogs at https://alicenuttallbooks.wordpress.com/ View All posts by Alice Nuttall Alice Nuttall is a children’s
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The chief executive of London’s water provider has resigned with immediate effect after criticism of her £1.6m pay packet and the company’s environmental performance. Thames Water announced its chief executive Sarah Bentley was stepping down after less than three years in the role. The announcement comes just weeks after it was reported that Ms Bentley
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More than 300 actors including many big names have signed a letter to SAG-AFTRA leadership urging them to take a hard line in the negotiations for a new film and TV contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. “A strike brings incredible hardships to so many, and no one wants it,” reads
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“Welcome to the psychedelic twenties.” This is how Rick Doblin, founder and president of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), greeted a packed crowd on the opening morning of Psychedelic Science 2023 in Denver last week, dressed in a loose white suit befitting a guru. Billed as the largest-ever gathering of its kind —
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Samsung Galaxy M34 5G is scheduled to launch in India in the second week of July, the company has confirmed. Design renders of the phone have also been revealed by the smartphone maker. The handset will be offered for purchase via the Amazon website, and the Samsung India online and offline retail stores. Previously, the phone
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As we continue to navigate this post-pandemic era, the topics of personal and public health matters remain as globally relevant and pressing in each of our lives as ever before. With the continued rise of upper respiratory infections (URIs) like the cold and flu, along with COVID-19, its many variants, and other “superbugs” that have
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Jun 27, 2023Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cyber Threat A new process injection technique dubbed Mockingjay could be exploited by threat actors to bypass security solutions to execute malicious code on compromised systems. “The injection is executed without space allocation, setting permissions or even starting a thread,” Security Joes researchers Thiago Peixoto, Felipe Duarte, and Ido Naor
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Erica Ezeifedi, Associate Editor, is a transplant from Nashville, TN that has settled in the North East. In addition to being a writer, she has worked as a victim advocate and in public libraries, where she has focused on creating safe spaces for queer teens, mentorship, and providing test prep instruction free to students. Outside
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Actor Lew Palter, who played business magnate Isidor Straus in “Titanic,” has died. His daughter, Catherine, told the Hollywood Reporter … Palter passed away in May after a bout with lung cancer. Palter was best known for his role as Straus — the co-owner of Macy’s — who perished with his wife, Ida, aboard the
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