Elon Musk’s changes at Twitter explained
Elon Musk has made numerous changes to Twitter since taking over the company. Blocking alternative ways to view Twitter is one of them. This means Twitter has disabled access to its API, which other platforms use to communicate with it. For example, a Twitter user who views their account using social media manager rather than […]
Amazon cuts software development job vacancies
Amazon has reduced the number of software development job openings from 32,692 in May to just 299 this month. According to Internet Archive captures of Amazon’s Software Development jobs category, the number of open positions decreased from 32,692 in May to 30,124 in July, 24,747 in September, 2,829 in November, and 373 in December. Amazon […]
Raccoon and Vidar spread via cracked software links
Since early 2020, more than 250 domains have been used in a widespread impersonation campaign aimed at disseminating the information-stealing malware Vidar and Raccoon. Both pieces of malware are capable of stealing a wide range of personal information from compromised machines, as well as credentials from web browsers and data from various cryptocurrency wallets. The […]
Quitting Unlimited Licensing Agreements is the way out of expensive Oracle fees, expert says
A Big Red audit expert claims that the speediest method for saving money on Oracle licenses is to get rid of its Unlimited Licensing Agreements (ULA). Although ULA agreements are widely regarded as a straightforward method for a large, global organization to support business agility and value creation. It also claims to provide a volume […]
Twitter silent over third-party client issue
Users of third-party Twitter apps such as Tweetbot, Twitterrific, Echofon, and others have expressed concern about the inability to log in and access Twitter feeds, and Twitter is silent about it. On Thursday, January 12, around 11 p.m. ET, the third-party Twitter clients stopped working. Users who attempted to access the apps began receiving error […]
Avast launches BianLian ransomware decryptor
Avast has launched a free decryptor for the BianLian ransomware strain to assist victims in recovering locked files without having to pay the hackers. The decryptor, according to Avast, only works for files encrypted by a known variant of the BianLian ransomware. It may be necessary for new victims to locate the ransomware binary on […]
Basecamp blames exorbitant cloud bills for 2022 exit
David Heinemeier Hansson, CTO of 37Signals, which runs the project Basecamp, has analyzed the massive cloud bills that led to the company’s decision to exit the cloud in October 2022. He stated that the cloud bill for 2022 was $3,201,564 with a monthly payment of $266,797. While $759,983 was spent on compute via Amazon Web […]
