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The American Scholar: The Last Cigarette
Helge Klein: Windows OS, Services & Apps: Network Connection Target Hosts
tl;dr: The Microsoft Windows operating system talks to 291 hosts and 2,764 IPs on the internet.
David Bordwell's website on cinema: Streaming media: All you can eat, until it eats you
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Heise Online: Österreich bringt internationales Verbot für Deepfake-Technik ins Spiel
The Guardian: Exxon must go to trial over alleged climate crimes, court rules
Nicolas Mahler – Romy Schneider Buchpräsentation und Film: Mi, 25.05.2022 18:00 Uhr.
ORF: Land wird von Hackern erpresst
BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware leverages previously compromised user credentials to gain initial access to the victim system. Once the malware establishes access, it compromises Active Directory user and administrator accounts. The malware uses Windows Task Scheduler to configure malicious Group Policy Objects (GPOs) to deploy ransomware. Initial deployment of the malware leverages PowerShell scripts, in conjunction with Cobalt Strike, and disables security features within the victim’s network. BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware also leverages Windows administrative tools and Microsoft Sysinternals tools during compromise.
Boingboing: QAnon gains mainstream appeal with tens of millions in GOP funding
According to a new investigation by Grid, there are at least 78 QAnon candidates, backed by tens of millions of GOP dollars (20 million in this cycle, over 30 million since 2018), running for state or federal office — including governorships, secretaries of state, state legislature seats, and federal house and senate seats — in more than 26 states in this upcoming election cycle. Grid concludes, "QAnon appears to be a growing political movement with increasing clout and significant mainstream appeal."
The New York Times: The Era of Borderless Data Is Ending
France, Austria, South Africa and more than 50 other countries are accelerating efforts to control the digital information produced by their citizens, government agencies and corporations. Driven by security and privacy concerns, as well as economic interests and authoritarian and nationalistic urges, governments are increasingly setting rules and standards about how data can and cannot move around the globe. The goal is to gain “digital sovereignty.”
Heise Online: Linux 5.18 kommt als "kleine Revolution"
Aeon: A history of punctuation
How we came to represent (through inky marks) the vagaries of the mind, inflections of the voice, and intensity of feeling.