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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, December 2022 Edition
Microsoft has released its final monthly batch of security updates for 2022, fixing more than four dozen security holes in its various Windows operating systems and related software. The most pressing patches include a zero-day in a Windows feature that tries to flag malicious files from the Web, a critical bug in PowerShell, and a…
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FBI’s Vetted Info Sharing Network ‘InfraGard’ Hacked
InfraGard, a program run by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to build cyber and physical threat information sharing partnerships with the private sector, this week saw its database of contact information on more than 80,000 members go up for sale on an English-language cybercrime forum. Meanwhile, the hackers responsible are communicating directly with…
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New Ransom Payment Schemes Target Executives, Telemedicine
Ransomware groups are constantly devising new methods for infecting victims and convincing them to pay up, but a couple of strategies tested recently seem especially devious. The first centers on targeting healthcare organizations that offer consultations over the Internet and sending them booby-trapped medical records for the “patient.” The other involves carefully editing email inboxes…
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Judge Orders U.S. Lawyer in Russian Botnet Case to Pay Google
In December 2021, Google filed a civil lawsuit against two Russian men thought to be responsible for operating Glupteba, one of the Internet’s largest and oldest botnets. The defendants, who initially pursued a strategy of counter suing Google for interfering in their sprawling cybercrime business, later brazenly offered to dismantle the botnet in exchange for…
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Better Interviews
Article URL: https://www.justindfuller.com/2022/12/better-interviews/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34037160 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
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CXL emerges as the clear winner of the CPU interconnect wars
Article URL: https://www.anandtech.com/show/17519/opencapi-to-fold-into-cxl Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34037149 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
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Intel Delays German Chip Plant and Wants More Funds
Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-17/intel-delays-german-chip-plant-and-wants-more-funds-report Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34037120 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
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PS4 compatibility layer on Free Pascal
Article URL: https://github.com/red-prig/fpPS4 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34037116 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
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Europe’s $1T Energy Bill Only Marks Start of the Crisis
Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-18/europe-s-1-trillion-energy-bill-only-marks-start-of-the-crisis Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34037115 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
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What Comes Next for the Most Empty Downtown in America
Tech workers are still at home. The $17 salad place is expanding into the suburbs. So what is left in San Francisco?