Month: December 2023
Patient data stolen in ransomware attack affecting millions of healthcare victims
A company building software for hospitals, EMS, and firefighters has suffered a ransomware attack and a data breach that may have affected 2.7 million patients in the US. ESO Solutions disclosed the breach earlier this week. Apparently, it happened in late September 2023, when an unidentified threat actor accessed one…
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How Donald Trump and Elon Musk killed Twitter, with Marty Baron and Zoe Schiffer
Decoder is my show about big ideas and other problems. And today, we’re bringing you a special episode where we’re just going to talk about one very big problem: Twitter. 2023 will go down as the year that Elon Musk killed Twitter. First, he did it in a big way…
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An ancient Microsoft Excel vulnerability is being hijacked to spread malware
Hackers have been observed targeting users running outdated Office programs, with the goal of delivering an infostealing malware called Agent Tesla. This is according to cybersecurity researchers Zscaler ThreatLabs, who recently detailed a phishing campaign that distributes an Excel document. If the victim is using an older version of Excel,…
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Don’t fall prey to this worrying Google Chrome exploit – update your browser now
Google Chrome has a vulnerability of the most dangerous kind, so you’ll want to check that your browser is updated to the latest version which carries the fix. The worst kind of vulnerability is one that’s known about, and Google has confirmed that this particular hole in Chrome has already…
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SpaceX dominated private spaceflight in 2023, but its competitors (mostly) aren’t quitting
It’s been a busy year for spaceflight — the busiest ever, in fact. This fall, space companies once again broke the record for successful orbital launches in a single year with 2023’s 180th flight — Starlink satellites sent up by SpaceX on November 22, according to Ars Technica. The number…
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What happened to the idea of a free internet?
We have been living in the Internet Age for almost thirty years. Most of the global population is aged under thirty, so for the average person, this epoch is all they’ve known. But for those of us who can remember life before the Net, it’s clear to see how much…
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