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Economy
DDoSers are using a potent new method to deliver attacks of unthinkable size
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Last August, academic researchers discovered a potent new method for knocking sites offline: a fleet of…
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Economy
Microsoft identifies and mitigates new malware targeting Ukraine “within 3 hours”
Enlarge (credit: Drew Angerer | Getty Images) Microsoft has been pushing harder to increase the baseline security features of Windows…
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Investing
How to Think Straight about Bitcoin’s Social Costs and Benefits
Building a bridge is costly: It takes labor and machinery and raw materials that have alternative uses. Does it follow…
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Economy
After Ukraine recruits an “IT Army,” dozens of Russian sites go dark
Enlarge Cyberspace is feeling the strain of Russia’s deadly invasion of Ukraine: multiple sites tied to the Kremlin and its…
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Economy
Ukraine asks Musk for Starlink terminals as Russian invasion disrupts broadband
Enlarge / The new version of Dishy McFlatface. (credit: Starlink) SpaceX is sending Starlink user terminals to Ukraine after a…
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We’re Hiring A Senior Editor For Interactives
FiveThirtyEight is seeking a thoughtful, energetic and ambitious Senior Editor for Interactives to help lead our interactive and visual journalism.…
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Economy
Russia’s most cutthroat hackers infect network devices with new botnet malware
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Hackers for one of Russia’s most elite and brazen spy agencies have infected home and small-office…
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Economy
Millions of WordPress sites get forced update to patch critical plugin flaw
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Millions of WordPress sites have received a forced update over the past day to fix a…
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Economy
VMware Horizon servers are under active exploit by Iranian state hackers
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Hackers aligned with the government of Iran are exploiting the critical Log4j vulnerability to infect unpatched…
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Economy
US says Russian state hackers lurked in defense contractor networks for months
Enlarge / What’s happened to Russia’s flag? (credit: Sean Gladwell / Getty Images) Hackers backed by the Russian government have…
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