Collaborate Disseminate
Wednesday BleepingComputer reported that more than 30 WordPress plugins “have been compromised with malicious code that allows unauthorized access to websites running them.”
A malicious actor planted the backdoor code last year but only recently start… Continue reading 30 WordPress Plugins Turned Into Malware After Ownership Change
Slashdot reader smazsyr writes: A new review says we’ve had fructose wrong for decades. The nine authors, led by Richard Johnson at the University of Colorado Anschutz, argue that fructose “is not just another calorie.” It is a signal. It tells the liv… Continue reading Fructose Isn’t Just Sugar. It Acts More Like a Hormone
There are two UNIVAC 1219B computers that have survived since the 1960s and one of them is even operational. [Nathan Farlow] wanted to run a Minecraft server on it, so …read more Continue reading What Can You Run on a 1960s Univac? Anything You’re Willing To Wait For!
20-year-old Matthew Lane sent a text message to ABC News as his parents drove him to federal prison in Connecticut. “I’m just scared,” he said, calling the whole situation “extremely sad.”
Barely a year earlier, while still a teenager, he helped laun… Continue reading 20-Year-Old Enters Prison for Historic Breach, Ransoming of Massive Student Database
Nextcloud joined a project to create a sovereign replacement for Microsoft Office called “Euro-Office”. But after that project forked OnlyOffice, OnlyOffice suspended its partnership with Nextcloud. “They removed all references to our brand/attribute a… Continue reading FSF to OnlyOffice: You Can’t Use the GNU (A)GPL to Take Software Freedom Away
Friday Anthropic’s CEO met with top U.S. officials and “discussed opportunities for collaboration,” according to a White House spokesperson itedd by Politico, “as well as shared approaches and protocols to address the challenges associated with scaling… Continue reading US Government Now Wants Anthropic’s ‘Mythos’, Preparing for AI Cybersecurity Threats
Hackers are exploiting a 5-year-old ShowDoc vulnerability (CVE-2025-0520) to deploy web shells, enabling RCE and full server takeover worldwide. Continue reading ShowDoc Vulnerability Patched in 2020 Now Used in Active Server Takeovers
There is a currently ongoing debate in the neuropsychology world about how we relate to the tools that we use. The theory of “tool embodiment” says that when we use …read more Continue reading Tool Embodiment and the Dead Trackball
Daryna Antoniuk reports: Hackers have targeted Ukrainian hospitals and local government bodies in a new espionage campaign using a malware tool dubbed AgingFly, researchers say. Ukraine’s computer emergency response team (CERT-UA) said the activity was… Continue reading Ukrainian emergency services and hospitals hit by espionage campaign using new AgingFly malware
Jason Henry reports: The Los Angeles County Office of Education is investigating the possibility that bad actors gained access to the electronic tax documents of teachers and administrators after employees at schools around the county received letters … Continue reading Tax documents for school employees potentially stolen across Los Angeles County