Routing attacks on the Lightning Network pose security threats and can affect the network's effectiveness and users' financial risks. Routing attacks involve tactics such as imposing high routing fees, spreading false information, diverting payments, and compromising user privacy. To protect against routing attacks, users should utilize watchtowers, verify channel state changes, prioritize well-established payment channels, choose trusted nodes, diversify channels, monitor channel activity, and stay updated with the latest software updates. https://cointelegraph.com/news/identify-and-protect-against-routing-attacks-in-the-lightning-network

#Folklore provides different indications that can suggest a severe #winter: Squirrels gathering nuts in a flurry, Will cause snow to gather in a hurry. See how high the hornets nest, ‘twill tell how high the snow will rest. Onion’s skin very thin, Mild winter coming in; Onion’s skin thick and tough, Coming winter cold and rough.

Almanac.com

Predicting Winter Weather: Squirrels, Woolly Worms & Other Folklore Signs

Learn how squirrels, woolly worms, and onion skins predict winter. Explore folklore and science behind harsh or mild winters.

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Maker Hide Seek utilizes Raspberry Pi Pico to automate plant care, monitoring environmental details and implementing an automated watering system. The project includes a Pimoroni Pico Display Pack 2.0 for UI access, a DHT11 sensor for temperature and humidity monitoring, and manual control for the pump, fan, and light. Raspberry Pi Pico's versatility shines in keeping plants healthy and Hide Seek's project offers insights for similar initiatives.

Tom

Raspberry Pi Pico Automates Plant Care

Meet your new digital plant sitter.

"Spiderchain" aims to build 2-way pegged sidechains on the #Bitcoin network, allowing users to access more features like scalability and privacy. Developed by Botanix Labs, #Spiderchain functions as a Proof of Stake Layer 2 on Bitcoin, offering #Ethereum Virtual Machine compatibility and 12-second block times. Unlike other proposals, Spiderchain does not require changes to the Bitcoin code, but faces challenges such as potential vulnerabilities and initial centralization.

Decrypt

How ‘Spiderchain’ Plans to Build Ethereum on Bitcoin - Decrypt

Existing Ethereum dapps can be transferred to the network by developers, but a malicious majority of orchestrators can't steal your Bitcoin.

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Scientists warn that entire branches of the "Tree of Life" are going extinct due to human activities, posing a threat of a sixth mass extinction. The study focuses on the extinction of entire genera, which lies between the rank of species and family in the classification of living beings. Of the 5,400 genera studied, 73 have become extinct in the last 500 years, a rate much higher than expected based on the fossil record. Human activities such as habitat destruction, overfishing, and hunting are identified as the main causes of this extinction crisis. While experts debate whether this represents the start of a sixth mass extinction, there is a rapidly closing window of opportunity for humans to act and save many genera. https://news.yahoo.com/scientists-warn-entire-branches-tree-011943508.html

Chinese hackers linked to the government have deployed a new #Linux #backdoor originating from a Windows backdoor known as Trochilus. The backdoor, named SprySOCKS, combines Trochilus functions with a new SOCKS implementation, allowing for system information collection and remote control of #compromised systems. The #threat actor responsible, Earth Lusca, targets #government organizations primarily in Asia and shows interest in #espionage, as well as financial motives such as #gambling and #cryptocurrency.

Ars Technica

Chinese hackers have unleashed a never-before-seen Linux backdoor

SprySOCKS borrows from open source Windows malware and adds new tricks.

Satlantis, a #Minecraft server, allows players to earn #Bitcoin while they play by entering a virtual mining pool that pays out real satoshis every 10 minutes. To earn Bitcoin in Minecraft, players must get a virtual #ASIC miner, fuel it with emeralds, and increase their hashrate to enter a raffle to win a sliver of Bitcoin. Aside from using ASIC miners, players can also trade items in the marketplace to earn Bitcoin in #Satlantis.

Decrypt

How to Earn Bitcoin by Playing Minecraft - Decrypt

The Satlantis server on Minecraft pays out real Bitcoin for playing. Here's how to get started, begin earning, and cash out your winnings.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe successfully flew through and captured footage of a powerful solar explosion known as a coronal mass ejection (CME). The rare footage, released by scientists, shows the probe becoming the first spacecraft to fly through a CME near the sun, which is like "scooping up a piece of the sun and ejecting it into space." The observations from the Parker Solar Probe will help scientists better understand and predict potentially destructive CMEs, which can pose risks to satellites, communication technologies, and power grids on Earth.

Mashable

NASA spacecraft flies right through sun explosion, captures footage

It survived.

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New entry posted to the Geeknik’s Lab #blog: Game Engine Review: Embracing Boundless Creativity with #Godot

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Oops! A Microsoft employee accidentally exposed 38 terabytes of private data while publishing a bucket of open-source AI training data on GitHub. #infosec #news

More Microsoft token trouble: 38TB of data exposed

Included secrets, private keys, passwords, 30,000+ internal Teams messages

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A Marine Corps pilot safely ejects from an F-35B jet following a training mishap in South Carolina. The lost F-35, estimated to cost $135.8 million, is being searched for by officials from Joint Base Charleston and Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort. Details of the incident and the training exercise leading to it are currently under investigation.

Business Insider

A pilot training in one of America's most expensive weapons systems ejected over South Carolina. Officials can't find the F-35 he was flying.

A representative for the United States Marine Corps told Insider a "mishap" occurred during a Sunday training flight, resulting in the lost jet.