How to keep your PC encryption key safe - from Microsoft and the FBI

Microsoft says it may give your encryption key to law enforcement upon a valid request. Here's how to protect your privacy.
Dark Reading

Vibe-Coded 'Sicarii' Ransomware Can't Be Decrypted

A new ransomware strain that entered the scene last year has poorly designed code and uses Hebrew language that might be a ...

Critical sandbox escape flaw discovered in popular vm2 NodeJS library

A critical-severity vulnerability in the vm2 Node.js sandbox library, tracked as CVE-2026-22709, allows escaping the sandbox and executing arbitrary code on the underlying host system.
Computer Weekly

Broken decryptor leaves Sicarii ransomware victims adrift

A coding error in an emergent strain of ransomware leaves victims unable to recover their data, even if they cooperate with ...

From Cipher to Fear: The psychology behind modern ransomware extortion

Modern ransomware has shifted from encryption to psychological extortion that exploits fear, liability, and exposure. Flare ...

He Leaked the Secrets of a Southeast Asian Scam Compound. Then He Had to Get Out Alive

A source trapped inside an industrial-scale scamming operation contacted me, determined to expose his captors’ crimes—and ...
GitHub

This is a simple example of how to deploy an Azure Function using ZipDeploy. This is a very simple way to deploy an Azure Function without having to use a full CI/CD pipeline.

To learn more about how the template was done refer to the blog post on How to Deploy a .NET isolated Azure Function using Zip Deploy in One-Click on frankysnotes.com. There is also a video on YouTube ...
IEEE

Python Code Smell Detection Using Machine Learning

Abstract: Python is an increasingly popular programming language used in various software projects and domains. Code smells in Python significantly influences the maintainability, understandability, ...
GitHub

Python script to encrypt LS-Dyna input files

In LS-Dyna Encryption is most often used to encrypt material cards and the associated know-how. Since it is quite expensive to create material cards, a common way is to exchange material cards only in ...
IEEE

Sentiment Analysis of Reddit User Opinions on Artificial Intelligence in Education Using Valence Aware Dictionary and Sentiment Reasoner

Abstract: This research performs a sentiment analysis oof Reddit users' opinion about AI in education with Valence Aware Dictionary and Sentiment Reasoner (VADER) library. Artificial intelligence (AI) ...