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☆ CrowdStrike update that caused global outage likely skipped checks, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Security experts said CrowdStrike's routine update of its widely used cybersecurity software, which caused clients' computer systems to crash globally on Friday, apparently did not undergo adequate quality checks before it was deployed. The latest version of its Falcon Sensor software was meant make CrowdStrike clients' systems more secure against hacking by updating the threats it defends against. Patrick Wardle, a security researcher who specializes in studying threats against operating systems, said his analysis identified the code responsible for the outage. It's unclear how that faulty code got into the update and why it wasn't detected before being released to customers. Other security companies have had similar episodes in the past.

Persons: Steve Cobb, Patrick Wardle, John Hammond Organizations: Dusseldorf Airport, Microsoft, Huntress Labs, Fortune, Infrastructure Security Agency Locations: Dusseldorf, Germany, U.S

☆ Alabama death row inmate Keith Gavin pleads with state to not autopsy his body after execution, citing his Muslim faith
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Emma Tucker | Rebekah Riess | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —An Alabama death row inmate who is set to be executed by lethal injection next week has asked the state to forgo an autopsy of his body after he is put to death, saying it would violate his religious beliefs as a practicing Muslim, a lawsuit says. Keith Gavin, who is set to be executed next Thursday or Friday, says his body will be subjected to an “invasive autopsy” that would violate his “sincerely held religious beliefs,” as well as Alabama state law, according to the complaint filed by his attorneys last month. After Mr. Gavin’s execution, there will be no question as to who or what caused Mr. Gavin’s death. CNN has reached out to the Alabama Department of Corrections and Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office for comment on the lawsuit. Ivey asked the state Department of Corrections to conduct a “top-to-bottom review of the state’s execution process” after the problems came into the national spotlight, CNN previously reported.

Persons: Keith Gavin, Steve Billy, John Hamm, Terry Raybon, William C, Gavin, ” Gavin, “, Gavin’s, Kay Ivey, Steve Marshall’s, Ivey Organizations: CNN, Alabama Department of Corrections, Holman Correctional, Alabama Gov, Alabama, of Corrections Locations: An Alabama, Alabama, Escambia County

☆ Opinion | Is the Internet the Enemy of Progress?
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Ross Douthat | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

But it’s 29 years old, written when the true internet era was still just a gleam in Al Gore’s eye. You could further argue that the passage predicted the Great Stagnation that Tyler Cowen identified in 2011, the productivity slowdown and disappointing economic growth that followed the initial 1990s-era internet boom. Writing for Quillette, he argues that globalization and homogenization have reduced cultural competition in roughly the way that the “Lost World” passage describes. It’s not just that we’re forgoing opportunities to improve our macro cultures. Shouldn’t we expect that macro cultures, when selection is weak, will drift into dysfunction just as firm cultures do?

Persons: Marc Andreessen, Michael Crichton’s, Crichton’s, Ian Malcolm, ” Malcolm, Al, John, Tyler Cowen, Malcolm, Crichton, Robin Hanson, It’s, Hanson, ” Organizations: Benetton, Western, George Mason University Locations: Bangkok, Tokyo, London, Al Gore’s, John Hammond’s, Davos, South Korea

☆ What we know about Alabama execution of Kenneth Smith by nitrogen gas
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Elizabeth Wolfe | Dakin Andone | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Alabama inmate Kenneth Smith was put to death Thursday night by nitrogen hypoxia, marking the nation’s first known execution to be carried out using that method. The execution process began at 7:53 p.m. CT Thursday, and Smith was pronounced dead at 8:25 p.m., according to Alabama Department of Corrections officials. Smith made a lengthy statement in front of the witnesses before the execution started, according to the pool reporters. A new method of capital punishmentAhead of Smith’s execution, a tense debate unfolded about whether America’s wholly new execution method is humane and whether the procedure would cause undue pain. The family has forgiven everyone involved in the killing, including Smith, Michael Sennett said at a news conference Thursday night.

Persons: Kenneth Smith, Smith, United Nations –, William C, John Hamm, gurney, “, writhed, Hamm, ” Hamm, Jeff Hood, who’d, ” Smith, gurney ”, Hood, ”, ’, Elizabeth Sennett's, Elizabeth Sennett, Sennett, Charles Sennett, Michael, ” Elizabeth Sennett’s, What’s, ” Chuck Sennett, “ He’s, Michael Sennett, CNN’s Devan Cole, Christina Maxouris, Isabel Rosales, Lauren Mascarenhas, Jamiel Lynch Organizations: CNN, United Nations, Holman Correctional, Alabama Department of Corrections, “ Locations: Alabama, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Atmore, Alta

[1/2] A sign indicates the direction to the offices of Progress Software in Burlington, Massachusetts, U.S., July 26, 2023. But more than two months after the breach was first disclosed by Massachusetts-based Progress Software, the parade of victims has scarcely slowed. The tallies show that nearly 40 million people have been affected so far by the hack of Progress' MOVEit Transfer file management program. Now the digital extortionists involved, a group named "cl0p", have become increasingly aggressive about thrusting their data into the public domain. MOVEit is used by organizations to ship large amounts of often sensitive data: pension information, social security numbers, medical records, billing data and the like.

Persons: Brian Snyder, Marc Bleicher, cl0p, Huntress Security's John Hammond, Christopher Budd, Sophos, Eric Goldstein, Nathan Little, Emsisoft, Bert Kondruss, Rowe Price, Maximus, Alexander Urbelis, Crowell, Goldstein, didn't, Surefire's, Raphael Satter, Zeba Siddiqui, Chris Sanders, Grant McCool Organizations: Progress Software, REUTERS, FRANCISCO, Reuters, Software, Insurance, of America, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Security Agency, Tetra Defense, WHO, Pension, California Public Employees, Moring, U.S ., Thomson Locations: Burlington , Massachusetts, U.S, WASHINGTON, American, Massachusetts, York, New York, Louisiana, California, New York City, Oregon

☆ US government agencies hit in global hacking spree
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

June 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. government has been hit in a global hacking campaign that exploited a vulnerability in widely used software but does not expect it to have significant impact, the nation's cyber watchdog agency said on Thursday. CISA did not identify the agencies that were hit or say exactly how they had been affected. The FBI and National Security Agency also did not immediately respond to emails seeking details on the breaches. MOVEit, made by Progress Software Corp (PRGS.O), is typically used by organizations to transfer files between their partners or customers. Neither Cl0p nor Progress immediately responded to requests for comment.

Persons: Eric Goldstein, cybersecurity, CISA, Jen, MOVEit, John Hammond, Huntress, Raphael Satter, Kanishka Singh, Zeba Siddiqui, Tanna, Chandi Shah, Jonathan Oatis, Angus MacSwan, Bill Berkrot Organizations: U.S, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Security Agency, CNN, FBI, National Security Agency, MSNBC, Progress Software Corp, Progress, CITY, Thomson Locations: U.S, United States

☆ Goldman Sachs partners are pissed
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-12 | by ( Matt Turner | Dave Smith | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

On the agenda today:But first: Lara O'Reilly, our senior correspondent covering the advertising industry, looks ahead to the Super Bowl. Insider's Aki Ito breaks down why grandiose job titles like "senior executive vice president" are suddenly all the rage. According to a new study, early-career job titles have changed drastically in the past few years. While it's not clear how widespread this discontent is — Goldman has some 400 partners — some partners are already talking about who might replace CEO David Solomon if it comes to that. Inside the drama at Goldman SachsRead more:Tyler Le/InsiderGoogle's search engine is about to change.

☆ Take a Look at Some of the Best Super Bowl Ads Ahead of the Big Game
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Aidan Pollard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul return as Walter White and Jesse Pinkman in one of the much anticipated Super Bowl commercials. This year some advertisers have released what appear to be full-length Super Bowl commercials early, posting them to social media and YouTube. The Super Bowl has long been a kind of, well, Super Bowl for advertisers, leading companies to go bigger every year with their ads. The commercial pokes fun at corporate "rock stars" by splicing real rock and heavy metal icons into everyday office situations. Diddy does hitsA commercial released this week shows musician Diddy in a meeting with marketers from Uber who are asking him to write a song for the Uber One membership service.

☆ Alabama pauses executions after third failed lethal injection attempt
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Kay Ivey sought a pause in executions and ordered a “top-to-bottom” review of the state’s capital punishment system Monday after an unprecedented third failed lethal injection. Ivey also requested that Marshall not seek additional execution dates for any other death row inmates until the review is complete. In September, the state called off the scheduled execution of Alan Eugene Miller because of difficulty accessing his veins. Alabama in 2018 called off the execution of Doyle Hamm because of problems getting the intravenous line connected. Alabama should have imposed an execution moratorium after Hamm’s failed execution for the benefit of everyone, said Bernard Harcourt, an attorney who represented Hamm for years.

☆ Alabama calls off execution of man convicted in murder-for-hire after problem with IV access
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

It is the second execution since September that the state has canceled because of difficulties with establishing an IV. Because the death warrant expired at midnight, the state must go back to court to seek a new execution date. Some three decades ago, a promise was made to Elizabeth’s family that justice would be served through a lawfully imposed death sentence. Smith was initially convicted in 1989, and a jury voted 10-2 to recommend a death sentence, which a judge imposed. The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday denied Smith’s request to review the constitutionality of his death sentence on those grounds.

☆ SUA: Hackerii ruşi au declanşat un atac cibernetic „colosal” şi „neobişnuit de sofisticat” împotriva companiilor americane
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-03 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +3 min

Sursa foto: BloombergSUA: Hackerii ruşi au declanşat un atac cibernetic „colosal” şi „neobişnuit de sofisticat” împotriva companiilor americaneÎn jur de 200 de companii şi business-uri americane au fost afectate în urma unui atac cyber „colosal” şi, în acelaşi timp, „neobişnuit de sofisticat”, de tip ransomware. Specialiştii americani în securitate IT suspectează că în spatele acestui atac cibernetic s-ar afla gruparea de hackeri ruşi REvil, informează Reuters. Agenţia federală de Securitate Cibernetică şi Infrastructură IT a Statelor Unite a precizat, într-un comunicat că urmează să investigheze acest atac, scrie Digi24. Grupul de hackeri ruşi REvil (Ransomware Evil) este considerat a fi unul dintre cele mai puternice şi prolifice din lume, în materie de activităţi de criminalitate din domeniul informatic. Hackerii ruşi REvil s-ar fi aflat în spatele uriaşului atac îndreptat luna trecută împotriva celui mai mare producător de carne din lume.

Persons: Hackerii, John Hammond, Biden, Putin, american Joe Biden, Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden Organizations: Reuters, BBC, Reprezentanţii Locations: SUA, Florida, Statelor Unite, Ransomware, Geneva, America de Nord, Australia

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Persons: Jordan Belfort, Django, Jamie Foxx, King Schultz, Christoph Waltz, Brittle, Schultz, Rick Dalton, Leonardo DiCaprio, Cliff Booth, Brad Pitt, Sharon Tate, Margot Robbie, Dalton, Charles Mason, Baz Luhrmann, F . Scott Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald, Gatsby, David, Rose, Jennifer Aniston, Casey, Emma Roberts, Kenny, Will, Buster, Coen, Iron Man, Captain, Thor, Nick, Samuel L . Jackson, Loki, Tony Stark, ROBERT DOWNEY Jr, Stark Industries, Tony, Frodo, Sauron, Henry Hill, Ray, Jimmy Conway, Robert de Niro, Tommy, Vito, Joe Pesci, Henry, Neo, Keanu Reeves, Morpheus, Laurence Fishburne, Teddy Daniels, Chuck, Peter Pan, Finding, Jack Bruno, Dwayne Johnson, Jack, Woody, Andy, Buzz, Willy Wonka, Charlie, Arthur Slugworth, Bill, Alex Winter, Ted, Socrate, Napoleon, Sigmund Freud, Abraham Lincoln, John Hammond, Jeff, Walter, Peter, El Organizations: Marvel, Iron, Black, US, Jurassic Park Locations: Statelor Unite, Hollywood, Mexic, Vest, Captain America, Hawkeye, Mordor, Nevada, Mountain

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