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- Friday Squid Blogging: Vampire Squid Genome
Schneier on Security • 2025-12-05 14:06 • www.schneier.comThe vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) has the largest cephalopod genome ever sequenced: more than 11 billion base pairs. That’s more than twice as large as the biggest squid genomes.
It’s technically not a squid: “The vampire squid is a fascinating twig tenaciously hanging onto the cephalopod family tree. It’s neither a squid nor an octopus (nor a vampire), but rather the last, lone remnant of an ancient lineage whose other members have…
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/12/friday-squid-blogging-vampire-squid-genome.html - Barts Health NHS discloses data breach after Oracle zero-day hack
BleepingComputer • 2025-12-05 10:55 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Barts Health NHS Trust has announced that Clop ransomware actors have stolen files from a database by exploiting a vulnerability in its Oracle E-business Suite software. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/barts-health-nhs-discloses-data-breach-after-oracle-zero-day-hack/
Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.
