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Barracuda Networks has urged some of its customers to physically remove and decommission affected hardware, instead of simply applying software updates, after a major malware outbreak. The Barracuda Email Security Gateway (ESG) 900 appliance was compromised by a previously unknown vulnerability that had been exploited since October 2022. The flaw lay in the Barracuda software […]
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The FBI’s deputy director, Paul Abbate, has said that Section 702 of the US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is “absolutely critical for the FBI to continue protecting the American people”. The section permits targeted surveillance of communications belonging to people outside the US in order to prevent criminal and terrorist acts. However, it has previously […]
The writer initially believed that dollar cost averaging (DCA) was a sensible investment strategy as it helped reduce volatility and risk. However, analyzing S&P 500 data over the past 40 years, they discovered that investing all available money, or lump sum (LS), performed better 82% of the time. Even tuning the parameters of DCA did […]
This post is a compilation of articles on various types of ATM and gas pump skimmers that cybercriminals use to gain access to credit and debit card information. The articles describe how criminals skim cards, monitor and steal PINs, and use advanced technologies including Bluetooth and 3D printing to create and transmit stolen data. Additionally, […]
Theodore J. Kaczynski, aka the Unabomber, has died at the age of 81 in a federal prison medical center in North Carolina. Kaczynski terrorized America from 1978 to 1995, killing three people and injuring 23 with homemade bombs in his attempt to bring about the collapse of modern society. After being captured, the question of […]
The author of this web content downloaded an HTML template for their project, removing and updating much of the original code. They question whether enough of the original code remains to warrant attribution according to the licence terms. The author suggests that the principle of “de minimis non curat lex” applies, meaning the law does […]
Sad news out of the Bureau of Prisons as they confirm to the AP that the infamous ‘Unabomber’ Ted Kaczynski has passed away while serving time in prison. Kaczynski gained notoriety for sending bombs through the mail over a period of nearly 20 years, killing three people and injuring many more. While his actions were […]
The author discusses their ability to remain calm in emergencies as a contrast to their usual second-guessing and self-absorption. They argue that in emergencies, what needs to be done is usually obvious, allowing them to focus on one thing and liberating them from ambivalence and stress. The author suggests that the same narrow focus can […]
Go programming language provides a feature called executable examples to write code that can be included in the generated documentation and automatically verified behaviorally in the same way as tests. An executable example is like a test function, whose name must begin with the word Example and can test functions that print to standard output […]
The RV RISC-V CPU core is a user-level implementation written in ANSI C that passes all supported tests in riscv-tests and uses no integer types larger than 32 bits, even for multiplication. With a simple API that requires only two functions and two memory callback functions, it boasts a tiny codebase of approximately 600 lines. […]