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ch0k1 4 months ago
Nick Szabo joins fray as controversial Bitcoin Core update nears release
Cointelegraph
Bitcoin Core V30.0 Sparks Controversy Over Data Limits
Cypherpunk Nick Szabo warns of legal risks in a heated debate about an upcoming Bitcoin Core upgrade that will expand arbitrary data limits.
 Cypherpunk Nick Szabo has posted on X after five years of silence, adding his views to a fierce debate between Bitcoin purists and maximalists.
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Nick Szabo joins fray as controversial Bitcoin Core update nears release \ stacker news
Cypherpunk Nick Szabo has posted on X after five years of silence, adding his views to a fierce debate between Bitcoin purists and maximalists.
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ch0k1 4 months ago
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway set to make its biggest deal in three years https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/02/business/warren-buffett-oxychem-acquisition Berkshire Hathaway, the Warren Buffett-owned conglomerate, has announced its biggest deal in three years with the planned acquisition of OxyChem for $9.7 billion. This will be Buffett’s biggest deal since he paid $11.6 billion for Alleghany, an insurance company, in 2022. Buffett, 95, recently announced he was stepping down as CEO at the end of the year.
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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway set to make its biggest deal in three years \ stacker news
Berkshire Hathaway, the Warren Buffett-owned conglomerate, has announced its biggest deal in three years with the planned acquisition of OxyChem fo...
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ch0k1 4 months ago
SVG Security Analysis Toolkit to Detect Malicious Scripts Hidden in SVG Files
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SVG Security Analysis Toolkit to Detect Malicious Scripts Hidden in SVG Files
As attackers increasingly leverage Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) for stealthy code injection, security researchers face mounting challenges in det...
 As attackers increasingly leverage Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) for stealthy code injection, security researchers face mounting challenges in detecting obfuscated payloads embedded within SVG assets. The SVG Security Analysis Toolkit by HackingLZ offers a comprehensive solution: a suite of four Python-based tools designed to reveal hidden scripts, decode obfuscated URLs, and verify protection mechanisms, all without exposing analysts to unsafe execution environments.
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SVG Security Analysis Toolkit to Detect Malicious Scripts Hidden in SVG Files \ stacker news
As attackers increasingly leverage Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) for stealthy code injection, security researchers face mounting challenges in det...
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ch0k1 4 months ago
OpenAI Valuation Soars to $500 Billion, Topping Musk’s SpaceX https://finance.yahoo.com/news/openai-completes-share-sale-record-043148719.html OpenAI has completed a deal to help employees sell shares in the company at a $500 billion valuation, propelling the ChatGPT owner past Elon Musk’s SpaceX to become the world’s largest startup.
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OpenAI Valuation Soars to $500 Billion, Topping Musk’s SpaceX \ stacker news
OpenAI has completed a deal to help employees sell shares in the company at a $500 billion valuation, propelling the ChatGPT owner past Elon Musk...
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ch0k1 4 months ago
Apple halts Vision Pro overhaul to focus on AI glasses, Bloomberg News reports
Apple halts Vision Pro overhaul to focus on AI glasses, Bloomberg News reports
 Apple has halted a planned overhaul of its Vision Pro mixed-reality headset to shift resources to smart glasses that would rival products from Meta Platforms, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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Apple halts Vision Pro overhaul to focus on AI glasses, Bloomberg News reports \ stacker news
Apple has halted a planned overhaul of its Vision Pro mixed-reality headset to shift resources to smart glasses that would rival products from Meta...
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ch0k1 4 months ago
Jimmy Song slams Bitcoin Core devs for ‘fiat’ mentality on OP_Return
Cointelegraph
'These Fiat Arguments Regarding OP_RETURN Need to Go' — Jimmy Song
Longtime Bitcoin developer and sound money advocate Jimmy Song voiced criticism against Bitcoin Core developers regarding non-monetary data limits.
 Song accused BTC Core developers of defecting and failing to address widespread community concerns about non-monetary data on the ledger.
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Jimmy Song slams Bitcoin Core devs for ‘fiat’ mentality on OP_Return \ stacker news
Song accused BTC Core developers of defecting and failing to address widespread community concerns about non-monetary data on the ledger.
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ch0k1 4 months ago
Satoshi comments on arbitrary data shows how old the OP_RETURN debate is
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OP_RETURN a Rehashed 2010 Arbitrary Data Debate
The Bitcoin community is torn as Core v30 aims to remove the 80-byte OP_RETURN ceiling, rekindling Satoshi Nakamoto’s original debate over storin...
 The Bitcoin community is split over Bitcoin Core v30’s plan to drop the 80-byte OP_RETURN limit, a dispute started by Nakamoto’s arbitrary data restrictions.
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Satoshi comments on arbitrary data shows how old the OP_RETURN debate is \ stacker news
The Bitcoin community is split over Bitcoin Core v30’s plan to drop the 80-byte OP_RETURN limit, a dispute started by Nakamoto’s arbitrary data...
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ch0k1 4 months ago
Physicists Simulated a Black Hole in The Lab, And It Then Began to Glow
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Physicists Simulated a Black Hole in The Lab, And It Then Began to Glow
A black hole analog could tell us a thing or two about an elusive radiation theoretically emitted by the real thing.
 A black hole analog could tell us a thing or two about an elusive radiation theoretically emitted by the real thing. Using a chain of atoms in single file to simulate the event horizon of a black hole, a team of physicists in 2022 observed the equivalent of what we call Hawking radiation – particles born from disturbances in the quantum fluctuations caused by the black hole's break in spacetime.
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Physicists Simulated a Black Hole in The Lab, And It Then Began to Glow \ stacker news
A black hole analog could tell us a thing or two about an elusive radiation theoretically emitted by the real thing. Using a chain of atoms in sing...
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ch0k1 4 months ago
Active Directory Hacked to Steal NTDS.dit That Leads to Full Domain Compromise
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Hackers Compromise Active Directory to Steal NTDS.dit that Leads to Full Domain Compromise
Active Directory (AD) remains the foundation of authentication and authorization in Windows environments. Threat actors targeting the NTDS.dit dat...
 Active Directory (AD) remains the foundation of authentication and authorization in Windows environments. Threat actors targeting the NTDS.dit database can harvest every domain credential, unlock lateral movement, and achieve full domain compromise.
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Active Directory Hacked to Steal NTDS.dit That Leads to Full Domain Compromise \ stacker news
Active Directory (AD) remains the foundation of authentication and authorization in Windows environments. Threat actors targeting the NTDS.dit data...
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ch0k1 4 months ago
LNK Malware Uses Windows Binaries to Bypass Security Tools and Execute Malware
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New LNK Malware Uses Windows Binaries to Bypass Security Tools and Execute Malware
New LNK malware uses trusted Windows binaries to bypass defenses, spread via phishing & sites, stealthily fetching hidden payloads.
 A recent wave of attacks leveraging malicious Windows shortcut files (.LNK) has put security teams on high alert. Emerging in late August 2025, this new LNK malware distribution exploits trusted Microsoft binaries to bypass endpoint protections and execute payloads without raising suspicions.
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LNK Malware Uses Windows Binaries to Bypass Security Tools and Execute Malware \ stacker news
A recent wave of attacks leveraging malicious Windows shortcut files (.LNK) has put security teams on high alert. Emerging in late August 2025, thi...
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ch0k1 4 months ago
Charlie Javice sentenced to 7 years in prison for fraudulent $175M sale
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Charlie Javice sentenced to 7 years in prison for fraudulent $175M sale of financial aid startup
The 33-year-old founder of the startup student financial aid company Frank has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison.
 Charlie Javice, the founder of a startup company that promised to revolutionize the way college students apply for financial aid, was sentenced Monday to more than seven years in prison for cheating JPMorgan Chase out of $175 million by greatly exaggerating how many students it served.
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Charlie Javice sentenced to 7 years in prison for fraudulent $175M sale \ stacker news
Charlie Javice, the founder of a startup company that promised to revolutionize the way college students apply for financial aid, was sentenced Mon...
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ch0k1 4 months ago
Gavin Newsom signs first-in-nation AI safety law https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/29/newsom-signs-ai-law-00585348 California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a first-in-the-nation law on Monday that will force major AI companies to reveal their safety protocols — marking the end of a lobbying battle with big tech companies like ChatGPT maker OpenAI and Meta and setting the groundwork for a potential national standard.
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Gavin Newsom signs first-in-nation AI safety law \ stacker news
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a first-in-the-nation law on Monday that will force major AI companies to reveal their safety protocols — mar...
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ch0k1 4 months ago
Britain may already be at war with Russia, former head of MI5 says
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Britain may already be at war with Russia, former head of MI5 says
Eliza Manningham-Buller points to extent of cyber-attacks and other hostile activity orchestrated by Moscow
 Britain may already be at war with Russia because of the depth and intensity of cyber-attacks, sabotage and other hostile activity orchestrated by Moscow against the UK, according to a former head of MI5. Eliza Manningham-Buller, who led the domestic spy agency two decades ago, said she agreed with comments made by the Russia expert Fiona Hill, who argued in a Guardian interview earlier this year that Moscow was at war with the west.
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Britain may already be at war with Russia, former head of MI5 says \ stacker news
Britain may already be at war with Russia because of the depth and intensity of cyber-attacks, sabotage and other hostile activity orchestrated by ...
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ch0k1 4 months ago
Notepad++ DLL Hijacking Vulnerability Let Attackers Execute Malicious Code
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Notepad++ DLL Hijacking Vulnerability Let Attackers Execute Malicious Code
A newly discovered DLL hijacking vulnerability in Notepad++, the popular source code editor, could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on a v...
 A newly discovered DLL hijacking vulnerability in Notepad++, the popular source code editor, could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on a victim’s machine. Tracked as CVE-2025-56383, the flaw exists in version 8.8.3 and potentially affects all installed versions of the software, putting millions of users at risk.
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Notepad++ DLL Hijacking Vulnerability Let Attackers Execute Malicious Code \ stacker news
A newly discovered DLL hijacking vulnerability in Notepad++, the popular source code editor, could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on a v...
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ch0k1 4 months ago
Beware of Fake Online Speedtest Application With Obfuscated JS Codes
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Beware of Fake Online Speedtest Application With Obfuscated JS Codes
Malware hides in fake speed test apps, dropping obfuscated JavaScript via Node.js on Windows while posing as legit utilities.
 A sophisticated malware campaign has emerged that leverages fake online speed test applications to deploy obfuscated JavaScript payloads on Windows systems. These malicious utilities masquerade as legitimate network speed testing tools, manual readers, PDF utilities, and various search frontends to deceive unsuspecting users into installing dangerous code that operates covertly in the background.
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Beware of Fake Online Speedtest Application With Obfuscated JS Codes \ stacker news
A sophisticated malware campaign has emerged that leverages fake online speed test applications to deploy obfuscated JavaScript payloads on Windows...
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ch0k1 4 months ago
Hackers Exploiting WordPress Websites With Silent Malware to Gain Admin Access
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Hackers Exploiting WordPress Websites With Silent Malware to Gain Admin Access
A sophisticated malware campaign targeting WordPress websites has been discovered employing advanced steganographic techniques and persistent backd...
 A sophisticated malware campaign targeting WordPress websites has been discovered employing advanced steganographic techniques and persistent backdoor mechanisms to maintain unauthorized administrator access.
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Hackers Exploiting WordPress Websites With Silent Malware to Gain Admin Access \ stacker news
A sophisticated malware campaign targeting WordPress websites has been discovered employing advanced steganographic techniques and persistent backd...
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