Living Off the Land: Remote Monitoring and Management is a project that aims to systematically catalog remote monitoring and management software. It aims to provide defenders with IoCs of software to watch out for in their environment. The project is looking for community contributors.
AWS ChatBot is an AWS service that's designed to be used with messaging services (Teams, Slack, etc) to monitor and respond to AWS events. The service can be configured using a Channel Role which will give all members of the channel the same permissions without requiring AWS credentials. If this is combined with a permissive Channel Guardrail policy, any user will be able to execute AWS CLI commands in the configured account without any permissions.
The FBI created its own cryptocurrency to catch fraudsters in a global scheme that involved manipulation and wash trades. The fraud involved creating a false market signal to inflate prices and profit from selling assets. Several individuals have been charged in the crypto fraud case across multiple countries.
The EU has officially adopted the Cyber Resilience Act, which introduces cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements.
2024.10.14·infosecurity-magazine.com·2 min read·TLDR InfoSec A hacker stole a database of users' interactions with AI chatbots from the Muah.ai site.
OpenAI confirms cyber threat actors are using ChatGPT to develop malware and enhance offensive operations.
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Social media algorithms shape how speech is shared by amplifying or suppressing content, often prioritizing controversial posts that drive engagement. This algorithmic control distorts public discourse, making visibility dependent on platform mechanics rather than the value of ideas. As a result, social media is no longer a level playing field, as algorithms significantly influence what is heard and the nature of free speech online.
Micro-influencers with up to 50K followers deliver the best ROI for brands. Smaller influencers, especially those with fewer than 10K followers, post sponsored content 67% more frequently than influencers with over 1M followers. Brands with limited budgets find micro-influencers attractive due to their authentic engagement and closer relationships with followers. Compensation varies widely, with Instagram influencers charging between $10 and $10K per post, while TikTok rates range from $25 to $2.5K.
When pricing your product, focus on the value you offer rather than relying on formulas. Many companies guess their prices, with 85% lacking a strategic approach. Value-based pricing aligns your price with the economic benefits delivered, such as time savings or cost reductions. Avoid pricing too low, as it can hurt brand perception and profitability. Cost-plus or competitor-based pricing can work but may miss capturing your product's full value. Strategies like price tiers, skimming, and penetration pricing can attract different customer segments.
This post critiques the common claim that email marketing can deliver a 30% revenue increase through tactics like pop-ups and frequent campaigns. It stresses the importance of leveraging zero-party data. Instead of merely collecting contact details, brands should ask targeted questions about customers' goals and what matters most to them. This approach leads to increased revenue, higher conversion rates, improved welcome flows, and a more qualified email list, allowing brands to uncover valuable insights that many overlook.
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Google has launched the latest version of its “Frightgeist” Halloween search trends mini-site. It provides up-to-date listings of all of the top Halloween trends by US state based on Google Search activity. The listings include kids costume trends, make-up searches, food trends, and dog costumes.
A guide on best practices and the setup process for Message Ads on LinkedIn.
Reddit's new Keyword Targeting feature can drive 30% higher conversion volumes by placing ads in specific conversations according to the platform. Reddit has also introduced AI-powered Dynamic Audience Expansion, which could reduce Cost Per Action by 30%, and multi-placement optimization to improve ad efficiency.
Traditional logo placements, such as billboards, often miss opportunities to tell a brand's story in a more interesting and subtle way. Bitdefender and CrowdStrike, for instance, placed their logos on Formula 1 car halos to symbolize protection, while Brex sponsored hotel key cards at SXSW to stay top of mind with attendees. Other creative logo placement ideas include public restroom mirrors, coat check tickets, escape room clues, and ice sculptures.
AI agents will transform the internet by handling tasks for users and filtering out ads. Premium AI agents will eliminate ads entirely, while freemium models will include more personalized advertisements. Advertisers will need to shift from traditional ads to offering discounts and special deals tailored to consumer needs. Marketers will focus on creating engaging online experiences as AI agents become the main users of websites.
Miro has repeatedly updated its pricing page over the past 18 months, refining positioning and user alignment without changing prices. Key adjustments included tailoring plan descriptions to user profiles, testing call-to-actions like "Buy Business" over "Try it Free," and reintroducing free trials to gauge engagement. Miro also experimented with linking plan descriptions to track user interest and buying intent.
A HockeyStack report shows B2B SaaS deals require around 266 touchpoints, sparking debate between attribution vs. brand-focused marketers.
Why “disrupting” yourself can sink your business.
This list of podcasts includes StoryBrand's Marketing Made Simple, Target Internet's The Digital Marketing Podcast, and The Marketing Meetup.
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A 15-year-old bug hunter discovered a vulnerability in Zendesk's email collaboration feature that allowed attackers to access customer support tickets from any company using the service. This exploit was initially dismissed by Zendesk's bug bounty program as "out of scope," but subsequent public disclosure of the vulnerability forced Zendesk to take action. The bug hunter then discovered a second, more serious exploit that could allow attackers to gain access to private Slack workspaces using Zendesk, which was fixed later.
Piping large amounts of JSON data from a Node.js command to another command results in truncated output. The issue stems from the asynchronous nature of Node.js's `process.stdout.write` when writing to a pipe on POSIX systems. When the pipe buffer is full, `process.stdout.write` returns false, and further writes are blocked until the pipe is read. The solution involves subscribing to the `drain` event of the `process.stdout` stream to resume writing after the pipe has been filled.
React re-renders a component only when its state changes, triggered by an event handler that modifies the state using useState's updater function. It handles multiple updates within an event handler by batching them, applying only the result of the last invocation. StrictMode is a development mode that forces components to re-render twice to ensure purity and resilience.
A former Google director shares three career principles that helped her achieve five promotions in ten years: Glue, Grit, and Friction. Glue refers to the less glamorous tasks that are vital for team success but might not be directly promotable. Grit is a commitment to pursuing long-term goals despite challenges and viewing failures as opportunities for learning. Friction represents the gap between reality and the ideal state. It must be overcome to show a force multiplier effect.
2024.10.14·read.highgrowthengineer.com·10 min read·TLDR Web Dev Writing down plans is a simple yet powerful habit that can help one's career. It forces better thinking and clarity, builds alignment amongst teams, and increases visibility.
Plain text is more complex than it seems on the surface. For example, tabs and spaces differences can cause inconsistencies during collaboration. Soft-wrapping text is better for improved readability and compatibility.
This is a Visual Studio Code extension for visually editing HTML files in real time. It has features like element selection, zoom, and alignment.
Canary is an open-source, self-hostable search engine that offers both a core server and web components for building a search bar for your application.
Mitata is a benchmark tooling library for JavaScript and C++ that offers accurate timing down to picoseconds, helpful visualizations, and features like automatic garbage collection and argument handling for benchmarks.
The price of H100 GPUs has plummeted from $8/hour to under $2/hour in just a year. This is due to the resales of reserved compute, the rise of open-source models for fine-tuning, and a decline in the number of companies developing new foundation models.
Generative AI is a fundamental shift that will push data engineers to merge with data analysts to focus on business needs and merge with software engineers to own online systems end-to-end. Current data engineers should try to get ahead by incorporating LLMs into their workflows, exploring AI infrastructure, and staying informed about advancements in the field.
Papaya is a fast and concurrent hash table for Rust. It uses a novel approach to address the challenges of lock-free design, including using a metadata table for cache efficiency and a probabilistic approach to resizing. It also uses various memory reclamation strategies to be faster than other concurrent Rust hash tables in terms of read throughput, latency, and async support.
Cloudflare's Durable Object platform has been upgraded to use SQLite for relational storage, allowing for zero-latency data access by co-locating application logic with the data on the same physical host.
Working from home is expected to boost economic growth through increased labor supply, more efficient use of capital, and improved productivity.
This blog post details numerous, often baffling, bugs and quirks of the Windows resource compiler (rc.exe).
The @scope rule in CSS allows developers to directly attach styles to HTML elements, limiting the scope of the CSS to the children of the targeted DOM node.
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2024.10.11·threatlocker.com·Sponsor·TLDR Tesla has unveiled the Cybercab, a new electric vehicle dedicated to self-driving that lacks a steering wheel or pedals. It will need approval from regulators before going into production. The robotaxi features a futuristic design with doors that open upward and a small cabin with only enough space for two passengers. It doesn't have a charging plug - the vehicle will use inductive charging to regain power wirelessly. Tesla plans to have the Cybercab in production by 2026, although that could be delayed until 2027.
2024.10.11·theverge.com·3 min read·TLDR ByteDance has launched earbuds that enable users to talk directly with the company's generative AI chatbot without waking up their smartphone. The open-ear wearables are currently only available in China. They come in four color options: purple, silver, black, and white. At $170, the device is set to ship from October 17.
Vast, a space startup, has shown off the final design for its Haven-1 commercial space station. The cylindrical outpost is designed to house state-of-the-art facilities for scientific research. The video from Vast is available in the article. Vast hopes to launch its station via a SpaceX Falcon 9 no earlier than August 2025.
2024.10.11·futurism.com·3 min read·TLDR This post explains the science behind blood pressure detection on the wrist, past medical literature on using deep neural networks to glean signals from consumer wearables, likely limitations of wrist-based blood pressure sensors, and how doctors and patients can incorporate the technology into medical practice. 120 million people in the US have been diagnosed with high blood pressure, but only 23% have it under control. A continuous blood pressure monitor could help give real-time feedback on dietary choices and help control the condition, which in turn could lower heart attack rates.
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2024.10.11·invest.infinityfuel.com·Sponsor·TLDR 2024.10.11·invest.infinityfuel.com·TLDR Nixiesearch is a hybrid search engine that can learn the intent of a visitor by fine-tuning data. Unlike other vector search engines, it supports facets, rich filtering, sorting, and autocomplete. Nixiesearch will not return hallucinated responses. It doesn't support sharding or analytical queries over deeply-nested documents. The project is focused on consumer-facing search.
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