The FBI infiltrated a major ransomware group called Hive and obtained its decryption keys.
.... The FBI’s work helped affected parties avoid paying $130 million. Afterward American law enforcement worked with international partners to seize Hive’s servers and take down its website.
--today at Scientific American
So… Conflicker plus Chameleon plus Sasser plus Stuxnet plus … ?
Security folks are always a step behind, but they can keep up at the speed of people. When they have to keep up at the speed of system infection and mutation?
Why conservatives are accusing the Xbox of being ‘woke’
The criticism comes after the brand said this month it’s rolling out updates to improve the energy efficiency of the video-game consoles
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/01/25/xbox-climate-change-woke/
John @scalzi, novelist & internet personality, is the 2023 winner of the Robert A. Heinlein Award.
This award is bestowed for outstanding published works in science fiction and technical writings that inspire the human exploration of space. It will be presented at #Balticon2023
@recursive
I don’t like the idea of software faking it, and people shouldn’t be pressured to use any of them. I also have a feeling the software solutions vs hardware solutions are going to go all Uncanny Valley on us and make things weird.
However, some solutions were developed because caregivers doing remote work during COVID were being given feedback that the people they were interacting with felt they weren’t the priority during the video call.
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