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Why Horror Has Been Killing It in 2023
Not too long ago, a friend of mine posted on Facebook that “Saw X” was coming out in theaters and he wanted all the people who’ve been bad-mouthing the Marvel movies and the “Fast & Furious” films (two types of films he loves) for being tired and derivative to have “the same energy” for this…
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#470 October 31, 2023
Matt writes: I recently had the great pleasure of speaking at length with author and “Ebert Presents” contributor Matt Singer about his wonderful new book, Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever. You can read our full conversation here, an excerpt from which is posted below, along with the embedded video of “Siskel…
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Step-by-step through the Money Message ransomware
Money Message is an insidious ransomware family known for resisting detection and remediation in various ways. We walk through a recent case
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Boeing got hacked
Lockbit’s announcement, and threat to expose data if Boeing does not engage with it by November 2nd. Boeing has told US media it is investigating Lockbit’s claims. If Lockbit has indeed stolen Boeing data the repercussions could be enormous as the company does plenty of work for military clients, and is even building the new pair of…
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has also recently published proposals to make the reporting of security incidents more streamlined at the federal level
Here is the proposal: https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2023-09/DHS%20Congressional%20Report%20-%20Harmonization%20of%20Cyber%20Incident%20Reporting%20to%20the%20Federal%20Government.pdf
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The US has approved mandatory data breach reporting requirements that impose a 30-day deadline for non-banking financial organizations to report incidents.
The amendment to the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Safeguards Rule, which aims to hold the US finance sector to high cybersecurity standards, will apply to entities including insurance companies, mortgage brokers, payday lenders, and car dealerships. “Companies that are trusted with sensitive financial information need to be transparent if that information has been compromised,” said…
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ACE hardware got hacked
The site today warns that the retailer-owned cooperative is unable to process online orders. A memo from Venhuizen indicates the problem is serious. In a note sent to Ace retailers this week, Venhuizen said: “On Sunday morning, we detected a cybersecurity incident that is impacting the majority of our IT systems. As a result of…
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British Library got hacked
The British Library said in a post to its X account that it expected the issues to persist for “the next few days.” Subsequent updates confirmed phone lines and on-site services in both St Pancras and Yorkshire were down, including the library’s website, which remains inaccessible at the time of writing.
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Dig into shrimp étouffée and more of your favorite Post recipes
This simple Cajun shrimp dish can be ready in about 30 minutes.
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A falcon lost his ability to fly. Now the bird is an artist in Vermont.
“He’s a little bird who think he’s a human,” said Mal Muratori, who works at the Vermont Institute of Natural Science.