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New vulnerabilities in browsers - by cronywell 15/09/2023 » 13:14

Chrome and Edge users must update the browser due to a security error

Google and Microsoft have released emergency updates to their web browsers to address a recently revealed security vulnerability. This worrying threat has the potential to impact the privacy and security of Internet users.

The security breach is a problem that is affecting the way images are processed in the WebP format, which is one of the extensions most used by different portals to upload their content, since it reduces the weight of the files and adapts to different formats.

This vulnerability could allow attackers to take control of compromised devices and there are reports that indicate that impacts have already been detected, which is why the world's most important browsers are taking measures to stop its advance.

How to update Chrome and Edge

Google has responded quickly to this threat. The company has already implemented an update in Chrome, for Mac, Linux and Windows platforms. This version directly attacks the recent vulnerability and strengthens the security of users.

For those who have automatic updates enabled, it is likely that the new version has already been downloaded and installed on the system. For those who do not have it, it is recommended to do the process soon to avoid risks. The process is as follows:

1) Open the Browser

2) Click on the three dots on the right side at the top of the screen.

3) Go to Settings.

4) Go to About (Browser)

After this, the browser will look for the latest update and if it finds one, it will start installing it, so we will have to restart the page.


Kim Jong Un's armored train: "A sweet home" - by cronywell 12/09/2023 » 17:14

Kim Jong Un's armored train: "A sweet home"

Images in Russian and North Korean state media showed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un traveling to Russia for a long-awaited meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on an armored train, a method of travel that has been used by the Kim dynasty for decades. Since taking power in 2011, Kim Jong Un has made 10 foreign trips in total to five countries and has traveled by train on several of those occasions, Reuters reported, including to Vietnam's capital, Hanoi, for a summit with the then President of the United States, Donald Trump, in 2019. In April 2019, Kim also traveled by train to the Russian port city of Vladivostok to meet Putin for the first time, the last meeting between the two men so far. "If you travel by train, you can command the entire country from anywhere, receive all faxes and emails, and access all reports because all communication facilities are available. So for Kim Jong Un, you can feel as comfortable as their home," former North Korean official Ko Young Hwan told Reuters news agency on Tuesday. Ahn Byung-min, a South Korean expert on North Korean transportation, told Reuters that the armored trains that have transported the North's leaders over the years have between 10 and 15 carriages each, some of which are reserved exclusively for Kim Jong Un, like a private bedroom, while other carriages carry key members of the leader's entourage as security guards. The green with yellow stripes train that Kim Jong Un was photographed boarding to Russia is the same design that the dictator's late father, Kim Jong Il, appeared to use to visit Russia in 2001, according to Reuters. Russian military commander Konstantin Pulikovsky, who spent time aboard the train with Kim Jong Il during the visit to Russia in 2001, recalled that "it is possible to order any dish from Russian, Chinese, Korean, Japanese and French cuisine." In his memoirs, Pulikovsky said that live lobsters were transported to the train to ensure the availability of fresh seafood, while cases of red wine from Bordeaux and Burgundy were imported from Paris. Even Vladimir Putin's private train "didn't have the comfort of Kim Jong Il's train," he said. Kim Jong Il's train was also described as having "conference rooms, an audience room and bedrooms. Satellite phone connections and flat-screen televisions have been installed so the North Korean leader can be briefed and issue orders," according to a report. report by the South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo in 2009. Kim Jong Un's father traveled by train for each of the three occasions he visited Russia. The train was described by North Korean state media as "a sweet home and office" for Kim Jong Il.


Ruling for the expropriation of YPF - by cronywell 10/09/2023 » 10:45

Ruling for the expropriation of YPF: Argentina must pay US$16 billion.

When calculating compensation, the New York judge opted for the value closest to what the plaintiff fund was requesting. It was a measure by Cristina Kirchner's government.

As a result of an adverse ruling issued by the United States Justice Department, Argentina must pay $16 billion for the expropriation of YPF shares, carried out improperly.

The catastrophic sentence of the judge of the Southern District of New York, Loretta Preska, was known this Friday and she opted for the most unfavorable scenario for the country. For Argentina, the trial was already lost and it intended to pay no more than 5,000 million dollars.

The difference between the figure of the sentence and the Argentine claim lay in calculating interest according to the date of the arrival of Argentine officials in YPF and the date on which the expropriation was approved by law of Congress.

Argentina wanted Judge Preska to indicate that the date of expropriation had been May 7, 2012, when the expropriation law was passed. That way, the compensation would be from that day. In addition, she wanted the retroactive annual interest rate that they were going to apply (from 2012, when it was expropriated, to 2023) to be 0%. That would give close to USD 5,000 million.

However, the Burford fund considered that YPF's intervention materialized on April 16, when the Minister of Economy at that time, Axel Kicillof, was appointed auditor of the company and displaced the private shareholders. From that moment until May 7, YPF shares fell 25%.

In that scenario, Burford would have collected around USD 8.3 billion, even with 0% interest, as Argentina wanted. In any case, the litigants aspired to be recognized with a rate of 8% annually, which would bring the check to USD 16,000 million, an amount that the American judge finally decided.

Now, the $16 billion that Argentina will have to pay is more than the value of 100% of YPF today, whether measured by the official dollar or the blue dollar. In the first case, the oil company has a capitalization of USD 12,200 million, while in the second, in free dollars, its value would be USD 5,298 million.

YPF


The Economist advierte que Milei es “un peligro para la democracia” - by cronywell 08/09/2023 » 11:58

Javier Milei

08 Sep 2023

El diario británico de referencia mundial afirma que “sus políticas están mal pensadas” y cuestiona la propuesta de dolarización del libertario.

Mientras Dario Epstein y Juan Napoli, asesores económicos de Javier Milei, viajaron a Washington para llevar tranquilidad a los inversores financieros, el diario británico de referencia mundial The Economist publicó un artículo donde define al candidato presidencial de La Libertad Avanza como “un peligro para la democracia de Argentina”.

El periódico afirma que “sus políticas están mal pensadas” y, además, cuestiona su propuesta de dolarización. “Bajo un sistema así, los bancos y hogares argentinos necesitarían una flotación de dólares para ponerse en marcha, algo que Milei no tiene forma de proporcionar”, sentencia el artículo.

Además el medio británico expresa que “en caso de poder aplicarlo no impediría la emisión monetaria ni contendría la política fiscal ya que el Gobierno podría continuar endeudándose”. Y agrega que “para empeorar las cosas, la Argentina está al borde del default, lo que la dolarización haría aún más doloroso, ya que no habría prestamista de último recurso si el banco central desapareciera junto con el peso”. The Economist sostiene ademas que por no tener el “temperamento adecuado” tendría dificultades para vincularse con el FMI, a quien debería acudir inexorablemente debido a la obligación de pago del histórico crédito que pidió Mauricio Macri. “Este es el tipo de tarea diplomática delicada para la que Milei carece del temperamento adecuado”, afirma el artículo.


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