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OpenSSH 9.5 added keystroke timing obfuscation to prevent traffic analysis attacks. The feature hides keystroke timings and floods chaff packets to obscure real keystrokes. This blog post walks through how analyzing packet sizes can reveal keystrokes and their types, aiding in traffic analysis.
RunReveal has released Sigmalite, an open-source sigma rule evaluator for detection, under the Apache 2.0 license for stream processing. Sigmalite allows security teams to use sigma rules for detections outside of their SIEM, providing flexibility in log processing and detection. By integrating Sigmalite into its pipeline, RunReveal aims to offer customers the ability to easily create, validate, and run sigma detections for better log management and correlation.
Bomctl is a new tool within OpenSSF that helps manage Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs) for developers. It aims to simplify handling SBOM documents by providing a command-line interface for retrieving, storing, and manipulating component information. Bomctl supports complex SBOM operations and aims to facilitate integration with existing SBOM tooling ecosystems.
The Bounty Hunter plugin for Caldera enhances emulation by simulating realistic cyberattack chains. Existing tools that automate assessments can be limited and predictable. bountyhunter uses real-world attacker tactics to emulate realistic scenarios.
The Port of Seattle was attacked by Rhysida ransomware, causing disruptions to critical systems like reservation check-in and flight delays. The ransomware gang demanded payment, but the Port refused, choosing to restore affected systems instead. Rhysida is known for targeting various industries and has been linked to attacks on healthcare organizations and other high-profile targets.
Google is making changes to Chrome to switch from supporting the Kyber algorithm to the new ML-KEM algorithm for post-quantum key exchange. The switch is necessary due to the standardization of ML-KEM and incompatibility with the previous version of Kyber. Server operators can temporarily support both algorithms to maintain post-quantum security while clients update their implementations.
The blog post explains how to acquire and decrypt samples of a malicious browser extension using free resources and simple cryptanalysis techniques. By leveraging services like urlscan, the author was able to identify potentially malicious domains and scripts used by the malware. The analysis revealed active and potentially harmful domains, highlighting the importance of monitoring and detecting malicious activities online.
23andMe will pay $30 million in cash to settle a lawsuit over a data breach that affected 6.4 million customers in 2023.
This article dives into the shadowy world of how the overlap between harm communities and cybercriminals is causing real-world violence and extortion schemes.
The FBI and CISA warn against false claims of hacked voter data to manipulate public opinion and undermine confidence in U.S. democratic institutions.
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Inclusive ad campaigns lead to a 3.5% increase in short-term sales and a 16% rise in long-term sales. Research shows that even clunky efforts to portray diverse groups positively influence profits. Consumers are increasingly drawn to ads that authentically represent a variety of people, with 62% of buyers choosing products from brands that embrace inclusivity and 15% becoming more loyal.
Economic uncertainty is altering influencer content. The shift is toward "Relatable Realism," as influencers like Sophie Aris move from luxury to more achievable lifestyles. Trends such as "The Right to Reinvention" and "Influential Allies" highlight a focus on authenticity and active social disruption, while "Credible Creativity" involves brands collaborating with creators known for unique content. The "Extreme Influence" trend involves creators using unconventional methods to capture attention, reflecting a growing trend for brands to engage in playful and experimental ways.
To reduce form abandonment, collect contact information early in the intake process. Long forms deter users, so capturing an email or phone number upfront allows for re-engagement if the form is abandoned. Tactics like email drip campaigns, personalized messages, and special offers help recover lost leads and are more cost-effective than paid channels. Deterministic outreach, using reliable data such as emails or phone numbers, outperforms probabilistic methods, which rely on less accurate data like cookies.
To get buy-in for customer stories, address objections like fear, inconvenience, and lack of clear benefits. Assure customers they have control over the final content and emphasize that the process is quick and simple. Keep the ask short, personal, and safe, avoiding overwhelming details. Use this 6-sentence framework: why them, why now, what's the story, what's involved, the benefits, and the next steps.
AppSumo's revenue grew from $100K in 2010 to over $100M by 2021 through a mix of community-building, strategic leadership, and revenue diversification. Its key tactics included personalized email marketing, viral giveaways, and launching the AppSumo Marketplace, which allowed third-party vendors to list products. AppSumo Plus and Originals further expanded its revenue streams, creating a self-sustaining ecosystem.
Brand24 offers AI-powered monitoring for mentions across social media, news, blogs, videos, forums, podcasts, and more. It can be used to uncover customer needs, identify digital PR opportunities, and find relevant partners and influencers.
Google has announced confidential matching, a privacy-first tool that uses Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) to secure first-party data for audience targeting and campaign measurement. The solution ensures that sensitive business data is isolated and protected, even from Google, during processing. It is now the default for Customer Match in Google Ads as part of Google's broader privacy initiatives.
Morning Brew reached over 4 million subscribers by deconstructing and rebuilding successful referral campaigns, such as its "Refer 50, Get a Mug" initiative. The campaign turned typical referral programs into a viral loop by setting achievable goals and offering social-friendly rewards. Through reverse engineering, marketers can systematically study the psychology and tactics behind successful campaigns and remix these elements to fit their brand's unique needs.
NPS lacks reliability as it doesn't explain the ‘why,' overlooks neutral experiences, and remains too static. By contrast, quarterly sentiment or "perception measurements" track user sentiment on important topics over time, offering a fuller understanding of customer experience. To implement this, define key categories for your product or service, gather feedback from channels like social media and customer service, apply sentiment analysis tools to score feedback, and organize results by topic and sentiment score.
Mental availability ensures customers think of your brand when they reach a buying trigger. Rooted in availability bias, it shows how what we frequently think about shapes decisions. To build it, go beyond measuring direct conversions, invest in channels that keep your brand memorable, and create a distinct message and identity.
Meta, Snapchat, and TikTok are teaming up to help detect and remove suicide and self-harm-related content in order to reduce exposure among at-risk users.
Branding experts discuss the multifaceted nature of brand measurement, risks associated with brand decisions, and the challenges faced by founder-led brands in maintaining their identity.
WTF is SEO? and Marfeel are hosting a panel on September 25th focused on how to best monitor and excel on Google Discover.
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In TypeScript, the `void` type signifies "nothing" and is mostly used to declare the return type of functions. While you can declare a variable as `void`, it's generally not recommended as it can only hold the value `undefined`, making it impractical. Functions declared with a `void` return type are expected to return `undefined`, either explicitly or implicitly. However, due to how TypeScript handles function type declarations and shorthand syntax, functions with a `void` return type can actually return non-`undefined` values - it's important to note that this is a special case to accommodate common usage patterns.
Time series databases store and query data with timestamps, which is useful for infrastructure monitoring, finance, and IoT applications. These databases are an alternative to traditional relational databases, especially when dealing with billions or trillions of data points. The future of time series databases will likely involve solutions for high cardinality, where a large number of unique data points can strain performance, and time series churn, where frequently changing data points can make historical analysis challenging.
Terence Tao, a famous mathematician and UCLA professor, says that OpenAI's GPT-o1 is getting closer to helping with advanced math tasks and research. It successfully identified and applied Cramer's theorem to solve a complex mathematical query, something that previous models struggled with. However, it still needed lots of hints and prodding for complex analysis problems.
A "monolith-first" strategy is better for building new applications, even if microservices are anticipated later. Starting with a monolith is more practical and less risky than starting with microservices due to the significant overhead associated with managing a distributed system. Also, it's hard to define stable service boundaries upfront, making a monolith a better platform for experimentation and refining boundaries before moving to a microservices architecture.
Brainstorming at least two distinct designs when creating software allows you to compare and identify the best solution and potentially combine ideas from both. This requires more upfront effort, but prevents costly rework later and improves design quality.
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Violentmonkey provides userscripts support for browsers. It works on browsers with WebExtensions support.
Amplify UI is an open-source library that offers a range of customizable, accessible, and cloud-connected UI components. It has connected components for streamlined cloud workflows, primitive components for consistent branding, data-bound components for dynamic data display, and various theming options.
Conform is a type-safe form validation library for HTML forms. It integrates with server frameworks like Remix and Next.js.
A report says that CrowdStrike prioritizes speed over quality, which may be a reason behind the huge failure it had recently, which paralyzed airlines and caused significant financial losses. Former employees claim they repeatedly raised concerns about rushed deadlines, insufficient training, and increasing technical problems, but their warnings were ignored. The company disputes these claims, stating that it is committed to quality control and that the information came from disgruntled former employees.
Google's DataGemma models address the issue of hallucinations in LLMs by grounding them in real-world data from the Data Commons knowledge graph. Two approaches are used: Retrieval Interleaved Generation (RIG) and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG). RIG fine-tunes the model to identify statistics and verify them against Data Commons, while RAG retrieves relevant information before the LLM generates text.
Apple M4 chip's Scalable Matrix Extension (SME) unit can achieve impressive peak compute rates for matrix multiplication. However, its performance for vector operations is much lower due to limitations in data movement. This is due to the architecture's reliance on tile storage, where data needs to be moved from the CPU registers to the ZA storage for optimal performance.
Learn Git Branching is an interactive visual website that teaches Git through game levels.
The cult of the founder in Silicon Valley has created a one-dimensional tech landscape dominated by hype cycles and self-important personalities.
Source code for writing an OS in Rust.
Kubernetes should adopt a Long-Term Support (LTS) model with a 24-month support window to address the challenges of frequent upgrades and encourage best practices for cluster management.
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OpenAI has released o1 and o1-mini, the first in a series of reasoning models that have been trained to answer more complex questions faster than a human can. The model is better at writing code and solving multistep problems than previous models, but it is more expensive for developers and slower to use than GPT-4o. The release is still in preview to indicate how nascent it is. ChatGPT Plus and Team users should already have access to the model, while Enterprise and Edu users will get access early next week. OpenAI plans to bring o1-mini access to all free users, but it hasn't set a release date yet.
The private-citizen astronauts traveling with SpaceX have completed the first-ever commercial spacewalk. The spacewalk kicked off shortly after 6 am ET on Thursday. The livestream showed tech industry billionaire Jared Isaacman leaving the SpaceX Crew Dragon and conducting a series of mobility tests before coming back after around an hour. The entire spacecraft was exposed to the vacuum of space during the spacewalk. The crew members were wearing SpaceX-designed and manufactured suits that were previously untested in orbit. A clip from the livestream is available in the article.
Figure's humanoid robots were put to work at BMW's Spartanburg, South Carolina plant for a couple of weeks earlier this year - they will be returning for good in January. The automotive industry has been eager to adopt the humanoid robot form factor, which is in line with its deployment of robots on factory floors. Figure aims to hit a sub-$20,000 price point, but it will take some time. In the meanwhile, the company is testing its robot's efficacy in helping out with tasks around the home. This article features a video of Figure's second-generation robot up close.
Google DeepMind researchers recently released a paper showcasing a method for teaching robots to perform a range of dexterous tasks. It used a new learning platform called ALOHA Unleashed paired with a simulation program, DemoStart, to teach robots by watching humans. The research showcased how systems can learn to perform complex, dexterous tasks from a visual demonstration. Videos of robots trained with the method performing tasks are available in the article.
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