Comment Re:"The Texas of Europe" (Score 1) 8
Why is Texas always so backward?
Comment And let me guess (Score 2) 67
In one month we'll be reading about all these $2000.00 phones that developed a cracked screen right on the hinge (how did I know?)...
Comment Do people still use Google for search? (Score 2) 75
Honest question.
Submission + - A Modern Greek Tragedy (reuters.com)
Valgrus Thunderaxe writes: Five die when an Amazon Prime Air plane overran a runway at Miami International Airport and crashed into a parking lot full of Teslas. Among the Teslas were 26 new Tesla Cybercabs.
Comment Re:Ooo its a paradox (Score 1) 115
So you feel you're somehow a more ethical person because you're poor? He saved her life.
Comment It's a car dealership (Score 1) 162
This is like complaining about $20 hot dogs at a baseball game. Don't like it, don't buy it.
Comment Re:Ooo its a paradox (Score 1) 115
What should he have done? Go running to Medicaid? You would have done the same thing in his position.
Comment Re:Invest in a scam (Score 1) 41
If you didn't want to get raped, you shouldn't have dressed like that. Big surprise.
Comment Re:Store of value (Score 1) 41
Don't hear a lot of stories about million in gold being stolen...
Really? I have.
Really? I have.
Submission + - Donald Trump Proposes "New Mexico" be Renamed "New America" (cnn.com)
Valgrus Thunderaxe writes: On Sunday, US President Doland Trump proposed the state of New Mexico be renamed to "New America". Trump posted a photo of New Mexico with the proposed change to Truth Social, and the photo was subsequently reshared by the official White House account on X.
The image shows the outline of the state with the word "Mexico" crossed out in red and replaced with "America".
Trump has the power to rename geographic landmarks such as bodies of water, but he doesn't have the constitutional ability to legally rename states. New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grishman accused Trump of creating a distraction and insisted "New Mexico's name isn't up for debate".
The image shows the outline of the state with the word "Mexico" crossed out in red and replaced with "America".
Trump has the power to rename geographic landmarks such as bodies of water, but he doesn't have the constitutional ability to legally rename states. New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grishman accused Trump of creating a distraction and insisted "New Mexico's name isn't up for debate".
Submission + - Hackers Use Phishing Lures using Invisible Unicode Characters (cybersecuritynews.com)
joshuark writes: Hackers are using invisible Unicode characters to make phishing emails appear harmless while disrupting the security systems built to spot suspicious language.
Researchers found the activity while examining protections for hidden prompt-injection content in email. The discovery shows that techniques first discussed around AI systems can quickly be repurposed for routine inbox attacks.
The campaign pushed finance-themed messages at massive scale, showing how a tiny change inside a word can weaken standard filtering. Recipients saw ordinary offers for funding, loans, or credit, but the underlying text was altered.
This is not malware delivered through an attachment. It is a phishing evasion method that changes how malicious text is encoded. The emails were sent in huge weekday bursts from disposable, finance-branded domains and passed through shared marketing infrastructure.
That combination gave criminals both reach and a more credible appearance, raising the risk of fraud, credential theft, and costly business mistakes. The attack works because the inserted characters do not normally appear on screen. A recipient sees a familiar financial term, while a filter looking for the exact text may see separate fragments instead.
The key defensive step is to normalize email text before applying keyword, signature, or regular-expression checks. Security teams should remove or standardize invisible and non-rendering characters in message subjects and bodies.
Researchers found the activity while examining protections for hidden prompt-injection content in email. The discovery shows that techniques first discussed around AI systems can quickly be repurposed for routine inbox attacks.
The campaign pushed finance-themed messages at massive scale, showing how a tiny change inside a word can weaken standard filtering. Recipients saw ordinary offers for funding, loans, or credit, but the underlying text was altered.
This is not malware delivered through an attachment. It is a phishing evasion method that changes how malicious text is encoded. The emails were sent in huge weekday bursts from disposable, finance-branded domains and passed through shared marketing infrastructure.
That combination gave criminals both reach and a more credible appearance, raising the risk of fraud, credential theft, and costly business mistakes. The attack works because the inserted characters do not normally appear on screen. A recipient sees a familiar financial term, while a filter looking for the exact text may see separate fragments instead.
The key defensive step is to normalize email text before applying keyword, signature, or regular-expression checks. Security teams should remove or standardize invisible and non-rendering characters in message subjects and bodies.
Comment Re: Haven't seen events this size in the modern er (Score 1) 51
I blame Grover Cleveland.
Comment Re:Crime in the US is out-of-control (Score 1) 84
+1. I'm sick of going to CVS and having to beg to get a tube of toothpaste out from behind bulletproof glass.
Comment Re:So? DEI Feminst Woke Movies Are Boring (Score 3, Informative) 88
Men having sex with boys was normal in Greece.
Submission + - US Military Disables Ad Trackers on Devices to Protect Troops (reuters.com) 1
DeanonymizedCoward writes: Reuters reports that the US Military is disabling ad tracking on devices, to prevent adversaries from buying publicly-available tracking data to assist in targeting troops. Military officials say that they have disabled trackers on a variety of computers and mobile devices, according to letters released on Friday by Sen. Ron Wyden, and following reports that commercially-available tracking data has been used to target troops in the Middle East.
This effort comes amid attempts by the military to impose tighter restrictions on use of personal devices in the field, and after it was reported that videos posted publicly by troops abroad have also been used by adversaries to target military facilities.
Wyden said in a statement that it was clear that the military's efforts "have not been effective at neutralizing this threat." U.S. Representative Pat Harrigan, a North Carolina Republican, said that U.S. enemies "should not be able to pull out a credit card and buy information that helps them track American troops."
Rep. Harrigan remains silent as to the larger question of whether the general public should be able to pull out a credit card and buy information that helps them track anyone they please.
This effort comes amid attempts by the military to impose tighter restrictions on use of personal devices in the field, and after it was reported that videos posted publicly by troops abroad have also been used by adversaries to target military facilities.
Wyden said in a statement that it was clear that the military's efforts "have not been effective at neutralizing this threat." U.S. Representative Pat Harrigan, a North Carolina Republican, said that U.S. enemies "should not be able to pull out a credit card and buy information that helps them track American troops."
Rep. Harrigan remains silent as to the larger question of whether the general public should be able to pull out a credit card and buy information that helps them track anyone they please.
