Crooked Bough News Round-up

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+ How a USB-connected speaker can infect a PC without ever being touched—Seller of the Sound Blaster Katana V2X doesn't consider the behavior a...

+ Dashlane explains how attackers managed to download encrypted password vaults—By targeting large numbers of users, attackers increased their chances...

+ Can't make sense of Dashlane's vault theft notification? You're not alone.—Security advisory leaves out key details. Dashlane maintains complete ...

+ Dozens of Red Hat packages backdoored through its official NPM channel—Anyone who has downloaded affected Red Hat packages should investigate...

+ Botnet of more than 17 million devices dismantled—The botnet was reportedly tied to a Russia-based residential proxy net...

+ Fed up with vibe coders, dev sneaks data-nuking prompt injection into their code—Undisclosed addition in jqwik instructed AI coding agents to delete ap...

+ Websites have a new way to spy on visitors: Analyzing their SSD activity—Telltale SSD activity can be measured in the browser using simple Java...

+ Millions of AI agents imperiled by critical vulnerability in open source package—"BadHost" was found in Starlette, a package with 325 million weekly do...

+ US's big bet on quantum computing may not be entirely legal—Deal also launched the first quantum foundry company, but is there a n...

+ Texas AG sues Meta over claims that WhatsApp doesn't provide end-to-end encryption—Critics note a lack of factual support in lawsuit filed by US Senate c...

+ A hacker group is poisoning open source code at an unprecedented scale—GitHub is just the latest victim of TeamPCP, a gang that has carried o...

+ US government takes $2 billion equity stake in nine quantum computing firms—Beneficiaries include startup backed by firm with links to the Trump f...

+ Google publishes exploit code threatening millions of Chromium users—Google publishes exploit code before patch, reported 42 months earlier...

+ In stunning display of stupid, secret CISA credentials found in public GitHub repo—SSH keys, plaintext passwords, other sensitive data had been up since ...

+ Zero-day exploit completely defeats default Windows 11 BitLocker protections—It's not entirely clear how the exploit works. Microsoft says it's inv...

+ Cisco announces record revenue and 4,000 layoffs in the same day—Layoffs are "not a savings-driven restructure," CFO says. [Category: B...

+ Linux bitten by second severe vulnerability in as many weeks—Production-version patches are coming online and should be installed p...

+ Chaos erupts as cyberattack disrupts learning platform Canvas amid finals—Across the country, schools and colleges postpone year-end tests. [Cat...

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+ Over-Engineering an FDM Spool Holder From Prusa Mk4S Remains—Unlike resin printers where you generally just pour the fresh resin in...

+ As It Turns Out, There’s More Than One Cassette Mechanism Being Made After All—Its become an accepted truth amongst tapeheads that theres no point lo...

+ Using Windows 11 on an LGA 775 PC with AGP Videocard—Although the thought of installing a modern operating system like Wind...

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+ ICE’s Reliance On Masked Thugs Is Predictably Resulting In Masked Thugs Claiming They’re ICE Officers—ICE never needed officers to disguise themselves with masks and strip ...

+ Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Generous To A Default—Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online sp...

+ 340 Local News Outlets Now Blocking The Internet Archive—Earlier this year Nieman Lab broke the story that major news publisher...

+ Daily Deal: Build A Weather App With Ruby On Rails—Its time you get up to speed with Ruby on Rails! This full-stack web f...

+ Former Cop Arrested For Not Being Sufficiently Reverential Of Charlie Kirk’s Corpse Scores $835K Lawsuit Settlement—MAGA got itself a martyr when Charlie Kirk was killed. The violent lef...

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+ States may sue to prevent Paramount, Warner Bros. merger—The attorneys general of several states are preparing to file a lawsui...

+ KB Securities partners with Canton Foundation, Wavebridge—South Korea's KB Securities said it teamed with global blockchain netw...

+ Treasury Dept. asks banks to look for signs of illegal immigrant labor—The Treasury Department issued an advisory to financial institutions t...

+ President Lee calls remains repatriation proof of U.S.-South Korea alliance—President Lee said that mutual repatriation of Korean War remains by S...

+ S. Korea Protesters block Seoul counting center after ballot dispute—Protesters who had blocked a polling station in Seoul's Songpa distric...

+ South Korea election chief to resign over ballot shortage—S. Korea's election chief said he will resign to take responsibility f...

+ South Korea says nuclear sub plan still calls for local build—S. Korea's presidential office said no major change in the plan to bui...

+ Samsung Electronics to offer $261M in vouchers to customers—Samsung said Friday it will launch a monthlong customer appreciation c...

+ South Korean President to visit Europe for G7 summit, Vatican meeting—President Lee Jae-myung will visit Europe from Tuesday through June 18...

+ South Korean air defense stocks surge on Middle East demand—S. Korean defense stocks are surging as Middle Eastern countries press...

+ South Africa rolls out twice-yearly HIV prevention drug—South African officials on Friday announced that the HIV prevention dr...

+ Anthropic warns that AI needs a 'brake pedal'—Artificial intelligence company Anthropic issued a warning about syste...

+ Paraguayan fans try to resell World Cup tickets after U.S. visa denials—Paraguayan fans have begun to resell tickets for national team matches...

+ Brendan Banfield sentenced to life for killing wife, stranger—Brendan Banfield, a man convicted of killing his wife and a stranger i...

+ Lebanon appeals for additional $331.5 million in aid—Lebanon on Friday launched a new, urgent humanitarian appeal, its seco...

+ Judge: Trump must restart immigration, asylum processing—A federal judge canceled a batch of Trump's immigration policies, forc...

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+ Best Running Shoes, Tested and Reviewed (2026): Saucony, Adidas, Hoka—We logged thousands of test miles to bring you the best running shoes ...

+ GroWell Cap Review: I Have Hair for the First Time in 15 Years—I shaved my head 15 years ago and never looked back. This GroWell LED ...

+ The US Has a Plan to Combat Screwworm. It Involves a Lot More Flies—Releasing sterilized flies can crash a local population of flesh-eatin...

+ Logitech G512 X 98 Review: A Hybrid Mish-Mash—The Logitech G512 X 98 lets you swap between mechanical and analog swi...

+ 13 Environmentally Conscious Packing Tips for Your Next Vacation—Your trip starts impacting the planet before you even leave home. Here...

+ How to Spot Greenwashing Claims When You Travel—Hotels and other service providers pitch themselves as eco-friendly wh...

+ How a Citizen Science Organization Aims to Preserve the Places It Brings Tourists to Study—The actual eco-friendliness of ecotourism varies considerably. One res...

+ This Summer Travel Season Could Forever Alter the Future of Sustainable Aviation Fuel—As the conflict in Iran disrupts the world’s oil supply, airlines are ...

+ So Long, ‘Ferrynoia.’ Green Maritime Technology Is Here—From San Francisco to Stockholm, a new generation of electric ferries ...

+ The DOGE Boys Get VC Funding to Support Their Latest Enterprise—Former DOGE members and Elon Musk allies are backing a startup aimed a...

+ Has Microsoft Lost Its Mojo (Again)?—Microsoft’s AI products aren’t selling and Github’s been plagued with ...

+ Inside Madonna’s Horny, Full-Throttle Grindr Takeover—From talking about sex with JFK Jr. to a surprise show in Times Square...

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