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Slideshow: The Gorge joins national Hands Off! protest events
HOOD RIVER — An estimated 1,500 people from around the Gorge rallied on April 5 in Hood River to take part in the national Hands Off! day of protest coordinated by 50501, the national Indivisible group, MoveOn.org, and more than…
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Salt & Straw unveils cookbook, newest location
Cofounder Tyler Malek will publish a cookbook this month, and the gourmet ice cream chain adds a New England story.
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Microsoft Credits EncryptHub, Hacker Behind 618+ Breaches, for Disclosing Windows Flaws
A likely lone wolf actor behind the EncryptHub persona was acknowledged by Microsoft for discovering and reporting two security flaws in Windows last month, painting a picture of a “conflicted” individual straddling a legitimate career in cybersecurity and pursuing cybercrime. In a new extensive analysis published by Outpost24 KrakenLabs, the Swedish security company unmasked the…
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North Korean Hackers Deploy BeaverTail Malware via 11 Malicious npm Packages
The North Korean threat actors behind the ongoing Contagious Interview campaign are spreading their tentacles on the npm ecosystem by publishing more malicious packages that deliver the BeaverTail malware, as well as a new remote access trojan (RAT) loader. “These latest samples employ hexadecimal string encoding to evade automated detection systems and manual code audits,…
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Malicious Python Packages on PyPI Downloaded 39,000+ Times, Steal Sensitive Data
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered malicious libraries in the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that are designed to steal sensitive information. Two of the packages, bitcoinlibdbfix and bitcoinlib-dev, masquerade as fixes for recent issues detected in a legitimate Python module called bitcoinlib, according to ReversingLabs. A third package discovered by Socket, disgrasya, contained a
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Oregon chipmakers feel tariff pain, despite US exemption
Semiconductors are exempt from Trump tariffs, but many companies remain vulnerable.
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Prosper Portland to consider sale of Convention Center-adjacent hotel
Prosper Portland acquired the property in 2002 as a possible site for an Oregon Convention Center hotel.
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Oregon cannabis ranked 2nd in thriving in open US market
Robin Goldstein from UC Davis ranks the states by cannabis industry economic potential.
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Portland’s largest law firms join amicus brief supporting Perkins Coie
The firms were among more than 500 to lend their names to a friend-of-the-court brief filed in U.S. District Court.
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Portland Office of Small lead on 2025 plans
Portland’s new Office of Small Business is set to fully launch in May — although the four-person team behind it has already been hard at work.

