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CrowdStrike probes privilege-escalation exploit disclosure

CrowdStrike is investigating a publicly released proof-of-concept exploit that a security researcher says can elevate local privileges to SYSTEM level on Windows machines running its Falcon endpoint sensor. The exploit, dubbed FalconFlank, was published on GitHub on September 3 by a researcher using the names Nightmare Eclipse, Chaotic Eclipse and MSNightmare. The researcher described it as a…

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The Dataflow Model Revisited

Abstract Eleven years ago, the Dataflow Model paper argued that unbounded, out-of-order data was the new normal, and that we must stop waiting for data to ever become complete.

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