New, from me: The Kimwolf Botnet is Lurking in Corporate, Govt. Networks A new Internet-of-Things botnet called Kimwolf has spread to more than 2 million devices, forcing infected systems to participate in massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and to relay other malicious and abusive Internet traffic. Kimwolf’s ability to scan the local networks of compromised systems for other IoT devices to infect makes it a sobering threat to organizations, and new research reveals Kimwolf is surprisingly prevalent in government and corporate networks.

Kimwolf Botnet Lurking in Corporate, Govt. Networks – Krebs on Security

Continue, or "try it now" a popup from Gmail now asks, offering to compose your next message with Gemini. I guess the tiny "x" is the "fuck no" button? #darkpatterns

The journalist Ken Kilppenstein reports that the Trump administration has decided to refuse all visa applicants from 75 different of countries, according to a U.S. diplomatic cable leaked to him. "Effective January 21, the directive is signed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and was circulated minutes before the publication of this story. Citing the Immigration and Nationality Act, the order points to concerns over immigrants being “financially self-sufficient” as the reason for the freeze." “President Trump has made clear that immigrants must be financially self-sufficient to protect public benefits for American citizens,” the cable reads. “Applicants from these countries are at a high risk for becoming a public charge and recourse to local, state, and federal government resources in the United States.” Klippenstein says the countries affected include: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bosnia, Brazil, Burma, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cote d’Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominica, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, The Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Republic of the Congo, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, and Yemen Maybe paywall, but worth supporting or at least subscribing. Ken has been out in front on reporting some of this administration's most gonzo moves, especially NSPM-7:

U.S. Freezes Visas to 75 Countries

Read the leaked diplomatic cable