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Elon Musk sold $8.5B in Tesla stock after agreeing to $44B Twitter deal

Says "no further" sales planned after offloading portion of his stake in company. https://bit.ly/38IFT6I

One of the most powerful DDoSes ever targets cryptocurrency platform

15.3 million requests per second is HUGE, especially when delivered through HTTPS. https://bit.ly/3rYmx3U

Russia wages “relentless and destructive” cyberattacks to bolster Ukraine invasion

Cyberattacks complement and are sometimes timed to military actions. https://bit.ly/3xYLVuy

Businesses are adopting Windows 11 more quickly than past versions, says Microsoft

Windows, Surface, Office, Xbox, and LinkedIn all earned more money than in 2021. https://bit.ly/3kjoLXB

Microsoft finds Linux desktop flaw that gives root to untrusted users

Elevation of privilege vulnerabilities can be used to gain persistent root access. https://bit.ly/3KdaHcN

The first “Meta Store” is opening in California in May

Retail attempt down the road from Meta's VR labs primarily dedicated to VR headsets. https://bit.ly/38jGNGo

Hackers are exploiting 0-days more than ever

Mandiant and Google both reported a spike in 0-day bugs in 2021. https://bit.ly/3rL5KBo

Hackers hammer SpringShell vulnerability in attempt to install cryptominers

Thousands of hack attempts made in the days following discovery of the vulnerability. https://bit.ly/3v7IU9l

Critical bug could have let hackers commandeer millions of Android devices

Flaw could be exploited with malicious audio file. https://bit.ly/3s5j6J9

Major cryptography blunder in Java enables “psychic paper” forgeries

A failure to sanity check signatures for division-by-zero flaws makes forgeries easy. https://bit.ly/3rCARze

Netflix plans ad-supported tier amid loss in users and plummeting stock

Reed Hastings: Ads are "working for Hulu," and Netflix will adopt a similar model. https://bit.ly/3EE6zkL

Hackers can infect >100 Lenovo models with unremovable malware. Are you patched?

Exploiting critical UEFI vulnerabilities could allow malware to hide in firmware. https://bit.ly/3Omq5Xw

Your iOS app may still be covertly tracking you, despite what Apple says

Apple's landmark App Tracking Transparency may not be as tough as some people think. https://bit.ly/3xHAhUJ

US uncovers “Swiss Army knife” for hacking industrial control systems

"Pipedream" an extremely versatile malware toolkit for targeting power grids, refineries. https://bit.ly/37SAVn9

Amazon adds 5% “fuel and inflation” surcharge to seller fees for Prime shipping

Amazon reportedly already "pockets 34% of revenue earned by independent sellers." https://bit.ly/3xxQJGP

Preparing for Armageddon: How Ukraine battles Russian hackers

One long-running rivalry shows how Kyiv has withstood major cyber attacks. https://bit.ly/3xtqoK8

Microsoft’s tactics to win cloud battle lead to new antitrust scrutiny

Licensing terms changed fees for Microsoft products running in Amazon, Google cloud. https://bit.ly/3E8E5zk

Russia’s Sandworm hackers attempted a third blackout in Ukraine

The attack was the first in five years to use Sandworm's Industroyer malware. https://bit.ly/3vh5lYk

Trend says hackers have weaponized SpringShell to install Mirai malware

Researchers have been in search of vulnerable real-world apps. The wait continues. https://bit.ly/35Trnru

Ransomware sent North Carolina A&T University scrambling to restore services

ALPHV/Black Cat ransomware group has claimed at least 3 victims so far. https://bit.ly/3NXlNWc

Dealership markups are getting crazy, so this site is tracking them

An extra $200,000 on a new Hummer or $20,000 on an EV6—these are terrible deals. https://bit.ly/3uiuSkD

WatchGuard failed to explicitly disclose critical flaw exploited by Russian hackers

Silently fixed authentication bypass remained a secret even after it was under attack. https://bit.ly/3LIG7Zy

Companies were slow to remove Russian spies’ malware, so FBI did it for them

How the FBI took down "Cyclops Blink," a Russia state botnet infecting network firewalls. https://bit.ly/3jdo41m

Intel suspends all operations in Russia “effective immediately”

Intel says it's working to support its 1,200 employees in Russia. https://bit.ly/3Kg4Fcf

Hydra, the world’s biggest cybercrime forum, shut down in police sting

Hydra market facilitated $5 billion in transactions for 17 million customers. https://bit.ly/3jaNyfL

Zyxel patches critical vulnerability that can allow Firewall and VPN hijacks

Hackers can exploit authentication bypass flaw to gain administrative control. https://bit.ly/3NNvt5t

Russia inches closer to its splinternet dream

New impetus for sovereign Internet after backlash from Russia's war on Ukraine. https://bit.ly/36Skl6T

Explaining Spring4Shell: The Internet security disaster that wasn’t

Vulnerability in the Spring Java Framework is important, but it's no Log4Shell. https://bit.ly/3NG0oAM