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Blame a leak for Microsoft SharePoint attacks: researcher • The Register

Blame a leak for Microsoft SharePoint attacks: researcher • The Register

A week after Microsoft told the world that its July software updates didn’t fully fix a couple of bugs, which allowed miscreants to take over on-premises SharePoint servers and remotely execute code, researchers have assembled much of the puzzle — with one big missing piece. How did the attackers, who include Chinese government spies, data thieves, and ransomware operators, know how …

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Guest column | I’m a microplastics researcher. Here’s how I limit the plastic in my life. – The Washington Post

Guest column | I’m a microplastics researcher. Here’s how I limit the plastic in my life.  The Washington Post Simple plastic-free swaps for the home, trail, travel, and beyond  SFGATE Want to Avoid Microplastics in Food? We Found the 8 Most Common Foods That Contain Microplastics  CNET Understanding microplastics: Exposure, health and prevention  MD Anderson Cancer Center Professor warns about microplastics in beverage containers  KUNM …

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Not sleeping well? Columbia researcher suggests changing your diet

Not sleeping well? Columbia researcher suggests changing your diet

ST. PAUL, Minn., July 22 (UPI) — A top U.S. nutrition researcher is translating her expertise on the connections between diet, better sleep and heart health from the pages of dry academic journals into a colorful mass-market cookbook. Marie-Pierre St-Onge, a professor of nutritional medicine at Columbia University Medical Center in New York, along with recipe expert Kat Craddock, have …

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Researcher threatens X with lawsuit after falsely linking him to French probe

Researcher threatens X with lawsuit after falsely linking him to French probe

X claimed that David Chavalarias, “who spearheads the ‘Escape X’ campaign”—which is “dedicated to encouraging X users to leave the platform”—was chosen to assess the data with one of his prior research collaborators, Maziyar Panahi. “The involvement of these individuals raises serious concerns about the impartiality, fairness, and political motivations of the investigation, to put it charitably,” X alleged. “A …

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Microsoft server hack has hit about 100 victims, researcher says – Reuters

Microsoft server hack has hit about 100 victims, researcher says  Reuters Global hack on Microsoft product hits U.S., state agencies, researchers say  The Washington Post Microsoft hit with SharePoint attack affecting global businesses and governments  CNBC What to know about a vulnerability being exploited on Microsoft SharePoint servers  AP News Microsoft SharePoint attack: Officials issue warning about ‘active exploitation’  USA Today Source link

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A Marine Researcher Found Black Goo Inside a Ship. Turns Out It’s a New Lifeform.

A Marine Researcher Found Black Goo Inside a Ship. Turns Out It’s a New Lifeform.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: While performing routine maintenance on the Large Lake Observatory’s R/V Blue Heron, a marine superintendent found a mysterious goo. Microbial biologists at the University of Minnesota Duluth found that the goo was a new species of archaea that thrived in the semi-warm and anaerobic environment of the ship’s rudder housing. The …

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