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LOLBins: What are they & How to Detect Them
Learn what LOLBins are, threats malicious threat actors can pose, how to detect those threats, and how to prevent them.
Thursday, 9 January 2025
Everything this site carried that day, newest first. Stories are kept for a month, and the widely covered ones for a year.
Databricks / ClickHouse / DuckDB / Supabase / Neon / PlanetScale
An API to Track Database Schema Changes
We keep expanding our Schema Diff feature, this time adding an API endpoint: compare_schema. You can use it in all your Neon projects, including the Free Plan. Schema Diff allows you to easily compare schemas between Neon databases. It was first made available via the Neon Consol...
Podcasts: Practical AI / TWIML / No Priors / Dwarkesh
Tyler Cowen — The #1 bottleneck to AI progress is humans
I interviewed Tyler Cowen at the Progress Conference 2024. As always, I had a blast. This is my fourth interview with him – and yet I’m always hearing new stuff. We talked about why he thinks AI won't drive explosive economic growth, the real bottlenecks on world progress, him now writing for AIs…
Apple Developer News & Releases
Algorithm changes to server connections for Apple Pay on the Web
Starting next month, Apple will change the supported algorithms that secure server connections for Apple Pay on the Web. In order to maintain uninterrupted service, you’ll need to ensure that your production servers support one or more of the designated six ciphers before February 4, 2025. These…
Databricks / ClickHouse / DuckDB / Supabase / Neon / PlanetScale
ClickHouse Release 24.12
ClickHouse 24.12 is available. In this post, you will learn about new features, including Iceberg REST catalog and schema evolution support, the ability to use JSON subcolumns as a primary key, and even more JOIN improvements.
EFF Deeplinks / noyb / Access Now
Austrian data protection authority slammed by CJEU
In the judgment C-416/23, the Austrian Data Protection Authority (DSB) received a slap in the face from the CJEU. The authority has – arbitrarily – set the number of complaints that data subjects can file at a maximum of two per month, even if one is affected by GDPR violations almost daily. The…