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Charitable giving for beginners: How your donations can work for you
“I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution” — Andrew Carnegie. Charitable giving is a great honor, one that takes forethought, research and planning. Hopefully, ongoing financial planning is a part of your financial management. We find a few major themes tend to rise to the…
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Nine-Year-Old npm Packages Hijacked to Exfiltrate API Keys via Obfuscated Scripts
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered several cryptocurrency packages on the npm registry that have been hijacked to siphon sensitive information such as environment variables from compromised systems. “Some of these packages have lived on npmjs.com for over 9 years, and provide legitimate functionality to blockchain developers,” Sonatype researcher Ax Sharma said. “However, […] the latest
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Oregon stocks 2025: Auto industry worries hammer a key public company
Shares of Lithia were off by nearly 4% as its auto industry brethren faces tariff-related questions.
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Davidson Kempner, Silver Lake battle over Vacasa deal
A fight between the troubled company’s largest shareholders is heating up.
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Bill to rein in corporate control of health care advances in Oregon Senate
A bill to rein in corporate ownership of medical practices passed out of an Oregon legislative committee this week.
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PSU, faculty reach tentative contract agreement amid $18M budget gap
The agreement, subject to ratification by union members, includes “competitive wages, enhanced job security, professional development support and measures to enhance faculty well-being,” the faculty union said.
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New Morphing Meerkat Phishing Kit Mimics 114 Brands Using Victims’ DNS Email Records
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform that leverages the Domain Name System (DNS) mail exchange (MX) records to serve fake login pages that impersonate about 114 brands. DNS intelligence firm Infoblox is tracking the actor behind the PhaaS, the phishing kit, and the related activity under the moniker Morphing Meerkat.…
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Portland law firms see diversity gains across multiple categories
The face of Portland’s legal community is changing. See which Portland-area law firms are the most diverse this year.
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Hackers Repurpose RansomHub’s EDRKillShifter in Medusa, BianLian, and Play Attacks
A new analysis has uncovered connections between affiliates of RansomHub and other ransomware groups like Medusa, BianLian, and Play. The connection stems from the use of a custom tool that’s designed to disable endpoint detection and response (EDR) software on compromised hosts, according to ESET. The EDR killing tool, dubbed EDRKillShifter, was first documented as…
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APT36 Spoofs India Post Website to Infect Windows and Android Users with Malware
An advanced persistent threat (APT) group with ties to Pakistan has been attributed to the creation of a fake website masquerading as India’s public sector postal system as part of a campaign designed to infect both Windows and Android users in the country. Cybersecurity company CYFIRMA has attributed the campaign with medium confidence to a…
