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  • Godland

    Godland

    On its face, the uneven Icelandic missionary drama “Godland” appears to explore identity in a very lonely place. Set in Iceland in the late 19th century, “Godland” follows Lucas (Elliott Crosset Hove), an ambitious but emotionally withdrawn Danish priest, as he tries to establish a Christian church in a characteristically remote part of Iceland. The…

  • OpenSSH fixes double-free memory bug that’s pokable over the network

    OpenSSH fixes double-free memory bug that’s pokable over the network

    It’s a bug fix for a bug fix. A memory leak was turned into a double-free that has now been turned into correct code…

  • Dashlane publishes its source code to GitHub

    Dashlane publishes its source code to GitHub

    Password management company Dashlane has made its mobile app code available on GitHub for public perusal, a first step it says in a broader push to make its platform more transparent. Here is the code: https://github.com/Dashlane/android-apps

  • Ireland’s Hospitals got hacked in 54 hospitals about 4,000 locations

    Ireland’s Hospitals got hacked in 54 hospitals about 4,000 locations

    At first the attack on Ireland’s public-health system fell into a depressingly familiar pattern. In March 2021, hackers duped an employee into clicking on an innocuous-looking spreadsheet, giving them access to its network. On May 14, they rendered most of the 70,000-device system inoperable by encrypting reams of its data. Then they demanded $20 million—which would have…

  • Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare in Florida got hacked

    Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare in Florida got hacked

    A major hospital system in northern Florida said Friday it is diverting some emergency room patients and canceling surgeries after a security problem with information technology. Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare said the issue began effecting its systems late Thursday night and has forced the hospital to shut down its IT network. The hospital said in a…

  • Okanagan College in British Columbia got hacked with Ransomware

    Okanagan College in British Columbia got hacked with Ransomware

    Data that appears to belong to Okanagan College and its stakeholders has been posted on a dark website belonging to a criminal organization. The site cannot be found using normal search engines and you would need a special type of browser to access the site. We do not recommend that you attempt to find or access…

  • Tucson Unified School District got hacked

    Tucson Unified School District got hacked

    Schools part of TUSD are without Internet after a cyber attack hit the district’s network. “I think it’s important to note that hackers are focusing on the easiest target,” explained Gary Brickhouse of CISO, Guidepoint Security. In a statement, the district said it’s working diligently to restore its systems, also stating that, “Protecting the security and privacy…

  • 988 mental health helpline got hacked

    988 mental health helpline got hacked

    “On December 1, the voice calling functionality of the 988 Lifeline was rendered unavailable as a result of a cybersecurity incident,” Danielle Bennett, a spokeswoman for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, said in an email.  The attack occurred on the network for Intrado, the company that provides telecommunications services for the helpline.…

  • French newspaper Charlie Hebdo got hacked

    French newspaper Charlie Hebdo got hacked

    Iranian hackers accessed the personal information of more than 200,000 customers of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo

  • Chocolate Desserts for Valentine’s Day

    Chocolate Desserts for Valentine’s Day

    Preparing a special dinner can be intimidating, but these make-ahead sweets will be hits no matter how much time or kitchen confidence you have.