Qilin affiliates spear-phish MSP ScreenConnect admin, targeting customers downstream
Attack matches three-year long pattern of ScreenConnect attacks tracked by Sophos MDR as STAC4365.
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Open Source Genetic Database Shuts Down to Protect Users From ‘Authoritarian Governments’
The creator of an open source genetic database is shutting it down and deleting all of its data because he has come to believe that its existence is dangerous with “a rise in far-right and other authoritarian governments” in the United States and elsewhere. “The largest use case for DTC genetic data was not biomedical…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s Iconic Look Used to Promote Knockoff Leather Jackets
It’s probably not a coincidence that some of the most famous tech company CEOs have instantly recognizable looks. Steve Jobs’s black turtleneck and blue jeans. Palmer Lucky’s Hawaiian shirts and flip flops. Mark Zuckerberg’s wedgieable jeans and t-shirt era followed by his current hypebeast transformation. Much like infamous dictators throughout history, the leaders’ style at…
Meet the Fish That Doesn’t Want to Be Met
Welcome back to the Abstract! You’ve probably been reading a lot about humans this week. Most of the news seems to revolve around humans. Fair enough, we do seem to get up a lot of hijinx. But now, we’re going to check in on what some other Earthlings have been doing with their time. Some…
Behind the Blog: Foolishness and Breaking Through
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss getting fooled, the ‘one big story’ of the week, and Ghibli. SAM: I remembered earlier this week that it’s almost April Fools’ Day, because Joe showed us…
How the FBI Tracked, and Froze, Millions Sent to Criminals in Massive Caesars Casino Hack
This article was produced in collaboration with Court Watch, an independent outlet that unearths overlooked court records. Subscribe to them here. The FBI managed to track down and freeze millions of dollars of cryptocurrency Caesars Entertainment sent to a group of hackers that held the casino’s computer systems ransom, according to a 404 Media and Court Watch…
Stealing user credentials with evilginx
A malevolent mutation of the widely used nginx web server facilitates Adversary-in-the-Middle action, but there’s hope
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Pikachu Spotted Fleeing Police Crackdowns During Turkey Protests
In a video that fills me with wonder at being alive in 2025, someone in an inflatable Pikachu costume was seen loping down the street in Turkey alongside anti-Erdoğan protesters fleeing from the cops. Pikachu was spotted amongst anti-Erdoğan protesters fleeing from police in Antalya, Turkey last night. — Adam Schwarz (@adamjschwarz.bsky.social) 2025-03-27T14:36:22.725Z The protests—reportedly…
Hayao Miyazaki, Who Said AI Is ‘Insult to Life Itself,” Reduced to AI-Generated Meme by OpenAI
On Tuesday, OpenAI updated ChatGPT with new AI image generation capabilities that make it especially good at recreating specific visual styles. People trying the new feature immediately flooded social media with images in the style of Studio Ghibli and Japanese animation legend Hayao Miyazaki, who famously called artificial intelligence “an insult to life itself.” Miyazaki’s…