Michael Phelps shares 4 strategies to fight pandemic pessimism

It’s December 2020 and Michael Phelps is sitting in his own shit. As he puts it, the pandemic has slowed down reality — disrupting his “go, go, go” pace and…

The remixed genre tropes of Gideon the Ninth, explained

Tor Enemies to lovers, And Then There Were None, and the other tropes of Tamsyn Muir’s genre-busting space opera. The Vox Book Club is linking to Bookshop.org to support local…

Authentication Bypass Vulnerability Patched in Bouncy Castle Library

Read the original article: Authentication Bypass Vulnerability Patched in Bouncy Castle Library A high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability was recently addressed in the Bouncy Castle cryptography library. Founded in 2000, the…

The Strategic Implications of SolarWinds

Read the original article: The Strategic Implications of SolarWinds Headquarters of the U.S. Department of Energy, a target of the hacking operation (Beau Finley,</p>Become a supporter of IT Security News…

How the US government hack happened, and what it means, explained by an expert

The US Treasury Department can be seen behind the fence that provides extensive security for the White House on November 3, 2020. | Andrej Sokolow/picture alliance via Getty Images “This…

Vigil@nce – rpmlint: security improvement

This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer… SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY Impacted products: openSUSE Leap, SLES. Severity: 1/4. Consequences: no consequence. Provenance: internet client. Confidence: confirmed by the editor…

The absurd, sadistic joy of The Flight Attendant

Kaley Cuoco in The Flight Attendant. | HBO Max HBO Max’s The Flight Attendant, starring Kaley Cuoco, finds the joy in watching someone who’s acutely bad at crime. To love…

The SolarWinds Breach Is a Failure of U.S. Cyber Strategy

Read the original article: The SolarWinds Breach Is a Failure of U.S. Cyber Strategy Lightning in the clouds over Washington, D.C. at night. (www.forestwander.com; CC BY-SA 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/) On Dec.…

Teachers are sacrificing student privacy to stop cheating

Getty Images Surveillance software for remote learning is drawing criticism from privacy advocates and lawmakers. As the fall semester began at the University of Nevada, Reno, psychology professor Mark Lescroart…

Vigil@nce – Unbound: denial of service via PID File Symlink

This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/computer-vulne… SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY Impacted products: openSUSE Leap, SLES. Severity: 1/4. Consequences: denial of service on service, denial of service on client.…

US cybersecurity agency warns suspected Russian hacking campaign broader than previously believed

An alarming new alert issued by the Department of Homeland Security’s cyber arm Thursday revealed that Russian hackers suspected of a massive, ongoing intrusion campaign into government agencies, private companies…

“It might become as big as hip-hop”: the rise and rise of hyperactive subgenre glitchcore

Every year has its own musical phenomenon – even 2020. The last 12 months, musically speaking at least, have been all about hyperpop… or glitchcore… or whatever name sticks. Thinking…

Everything you need to know about The Mistwoods DOTA Update

Arise DOTA fans! Instead of moping over the cancellation of The International 2020 and spending the entire day with Diretide, fans can now witness a breath of fresh air with…

Hack against US is ‘grave’ threat, cybersecurity agency says

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal authorities are expressing increased alarm about a long-undetected intrusion into U.S. and other computer systems around the globe that officials suspect was carried out by Russian…

Microsoft president sounds alarm on ‘ongoing’ SolarWinds hack, identifies 40 more precise targets

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft president Brad Smith warned that the wide-ranging hack of the SolarWinds’ Orion IT software is “ongoing,” and that investigations reveal “an attack…