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Thoughts and musings of David Greenberg, a polymath

Cybersecurity

14 Trojanized npm Packages Drop RedC2 4.0 Linux Backdoor With AI-Assisted C2

August 21, 2026 Blogmaster

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a set of trojanized npm packages that masquerade as working calendar and streak utilities but are engineered to stealthily deliver an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Linux implant…

Technology

Lawsuit demands Logitech hand tariff refunds over to customers

August 21, 2026 Blogmaster

Logitech is facing a proposed class action lawsuit for not giving customers tariff refunds. In April 2025, Logitech raised the prices on 51 percent of its portfolio, with some prices…

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Motorola’s GrapheneOS phones will launch in 2027 priced higher than Pixels

August 21, 2026 Blogmaster

Several months ago, Motorola and the makers of GrapheneOS announced a team-up that would expand support for the privacy-centric OS to beyond Google’s Pixel phones. The announcement, however, was bereft…

Technology

Personalized pricing is “abhorrent,” but FTC limits may increase costs, critics say

August 21, 2026 Blogmaster

Some Americans worry that the Federal Trade Commission’s rush to limit personalized pricing in the name of consumer protection could end up killing discounts they depend on or, counterintuitively, raising…

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Fighter jets help destroy Russian drone boat near European offshore gas platform

August 21, 2026 Blogmaster

This week, Romania accused Russia of sending a drone boat loaded with explosives to a vital European natural gas platform in the Black Sea. A Romanian F-16 fighter jet used…

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Chinese regulators tell Tesla to fix nearly 3 million cars

August 21, 2026 Blogmaster

Tesla is facing a massive recall in China today. Chinese regulators are taking a stricter approach to safety, and the automaker now has to add warning labels to 2.98 million…

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Zero Knowledge Proofs Aren’t Age Verification Silver Bullets

August 21, 2026 Blogmaster

Age verification (laws and regulations requiring platforms and websites to assure or estimate that a user seeking to use an online service is of a certain age) is everywhere. At…

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Daily Deal: Plantum Plant Identifier (iOS only)

August 21, 2026 Blogmaster

The Plantum app is a digital tool that helps to identify plants, diagnose plant diseases, and improve plant care. The app can identify over 40,000 plant species, assess their health,…

Cybersecurity

Android Car Malware Spreads Through Built-In Updaters for Ad Fraud, Proxy Botnet

August 21, 2026 Blogmaster

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malware family that’s specifically designed to infect Android-based vehicle head unit firmware developed by DoFun. Kaspersky, which discovered the threat in June 2026, said…

Cybersecurity

Microsoft Defender’s Own Driver Can Be Weaponized to Delete Security Software at Boot

August 21, 2026 Blogmaster

Check Point Research has disclosed a technique that uses Microsoft Defender’s own legitimately signed boot-time remediation driver to perform arbitrary kernel-level file and registry operations on Windows systems ranging from…

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