From Malware to Microbes
News on both kinds of viruses: the ones that attack our computers and the ones that affect our health.
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Hackers Hijack Five OVHcloud CLI Releases to Distribute Secret-Stealing Malware
Attackers compromised a contributor’s GitHub account and replaced files in five OVHcloud command-line tool releases with malware designed to steal secrets from infected machines on October 19. The malicious files remained available for up to 94 minutes before OVHcloud removed…
Commentary
Analysis and perspective on the week’s news, from Mark Bishop.
Measles Has Passed 4,000 Cases. Herd Immunity Is a Firewall, and Ours Has Gaps.
US measles cases have passed 4,000, the most since 1991, and nearly all are in people without vaccine protection. Herd immunity works like a firewall: it protects everyone…
A Drone Took Down Part of Yandex’s Cloud. “The Cloud” Still Lives in a Building.
A drone strike knocked out part of Yandex’s cloud. No hacker was involved, and that is the lesson: the cloud is still a building, and your backup plan…
I Thought Every Domain Registry Had to Meet a Security Standard. Not the Country Codes.
Attackers hijacked three country-code registries and obtained real certificates for Google addresses. I had assumed every registry had to meet a security standard. For country codes, no outside…