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If you wanted to hurt Putin’s ransomware racketeers, these info-stealing npm packages are one way to do it

Researchers at software supply chain security outfit Safety think they’ve found malware that targets Russian cryptocurrency developers, and perhaps therefore Russia’s state-linked ransomware crews…

The Princess of Wales has mastered the art of dressing to impress - but she's equally admired for her relaxed, countryside style, often showcased during rural engagements.

Effortlessly elegant socialite Beatrice Borromeo, who is celebrating her 40th birthday today, was once crowned 'most stylish European royal' by Tatler.

Blockbuster weight loss jabs relied on by millions not be the quick fix many believe it to be, experts warn, as users pil on the pounds after stopping treatment.

For months, everything at Yusuf's company was fine. Then, suddenly, he comes in to the office to learn that overnight the log exploded with thousands of panic messages. No software changes had been pushed, no major configurations had happened- just a reboot. What had gone wrong?

This particular function was invoked as part of the application startup:

func (a *App) setupDocDBClient(ctx context.Context) error { docdbClient, err := docdb.NewClient( ctx, a.config.MongoConfig.URI, a.config.MongoConfig.Database, a.config.MongoConfig.EnableTLS, ) if err != nil { return nil } a.DocDBClient = docdbClient return nil }

This is Go, which passes errors as part of the return. You can see an example where docdb.NewClient returns a client and an err object. At one point in the history of this function, it did the same thing- if connecting to the database failed, it returned an error.

But a few months earlier, an engineer changed it to swallow the error- if an error occurred, it would return nil.

As an organization, they did code reviews. Multiple people looked at this and signed off- or, more likely, multiple people clicked a button to say they'd looked at it, but hadn't.

Most of the time, there weren't any connection issues. But sometimes there were. One reboot had a flaky moment with connecting, and the error was ignored. Later on in execution, downstream modules started failing, which eventually led to a log full of panic level messages.

The change was part of a commit tagged merely: "Refactoring". Something got factored, good and hard, all right.

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Emergency services rushed to the scene

The American sparked wild celebrations when he holed a chip for birdie from 81 feet to take a two-shot lead on the 71st hole of the BMW Championship in Maryland .

Dressed in a tailored suit and travelling only by chauffeur-driven limousines, Alick Kapikanya looked every inch the successful businessman.

The US President and Russian leader held crunch talks at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage on Friday and were expected to eat together at a luncheon.

Vidchat hosts probably know Otter.ai records everything and feeds it into AI. Their guests may not

Voice transcription service Otter.ai has found itself on the wrong end of a lawsuit that claims it trains its speech recognition tech without securing permission to do so.…

On Sunday, the 36-year-old Disney alumna shared a photo of her bump on display in a crop top alongside videos of Rüfüs Du Sol's concert in Los Angeles from Saturday night.

Take a look at what being called "a stunning phenomenon," captured in a photo taken from the International Space Station as it passed above a thunderstorm over Mexico and the American Southwest. So what was it? "A rare form of Transient Luminous Event (TLE) called a gigantic jet," according to a new blog post at Notebookcheck.net: A gigantic jet happens above thunderstorms, firing powerful bursts of electrical charge from the top of the thunderstorm (about 20 km [12.4 miles] above the ground) into the upper atmosphere (about 100 km [62.1 miles] above the ground). The upper part of gigantic jets produces red emissions identical to sprites [large-scale electric discharges above thunderclouds]. But while gigantic jets burst directly from the top of thunderstorms, sprites form independently, much higher in the atmosphere, appearing around 50 miles (80 km) above the Earth's surface. "If ordinary lightning seems pretty ordinary, upper-atmosphere lightning is something else — an entire zoo of various upper-atmosphere electrical discharges," writes the Severe Weather Europe site. And NASA made a request in a new blog post this week to any aspiring citizen scientists. "Have you captured an image of a jet, sprite, or other type of TLE? Submit your photos to Spritacular.org to help scientists study these fascinating night sky phenomena!" Click here to see some of the photos from around the world that have already been uploaded and collected at Spritacular.org.

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A gut health scientist revealed exactly what he eats in a day on a special diet - and why it could transform your health.

A former Australian Federal Police officer has renewed calls for China to cooperate and ensure the man who allegedly poured hot coffee over baby Luka in a Brisbane park doesn't walk away scot-free.

She was massively popular, with a years-long waiting list for phone consultations and fans willing to pay thousands of dollars to go on a cruise with her.

Prime Minister promises first local silicon will appear this year, decades after Fairchild Semi's Robert Noyce made polite inquiries

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has celebrated the nation’s independence day by pointing out that the nation is finally becoming a global chipmaking contender – 60 years after blowing the chance to be a global leader.…

A report into the accident has been completed and is now being consulted by stakeholders

The busy Essex A-road will be closed for for five nights

From its Roman heritage to a vibrant mix of independents, events, and green spaces, Colchester city centre still has everything anyone could ever want.

The shamed Met police officer, 52, who is serving a whole life sentence for the kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard in 2021, lived in the house with wife Olena for five years.