May 2024

Chinese government website security is often worryingly bad, say Chinese researchers 2024-05-03 at 05:46 By Laura Dobberstein Bad configurations, insecure versions of jQuery, and crummy cookies are some of myriad problems Exclusive  Five Chinese researchers examined the configurations of nearly 14,000 government websites across the country and found worrying lapses that could lead to malicious

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Starlink geofence appears to have some gaping holes 2024-05-03 at 04:01 By Brandon Vigliarolo I guess the brains down in Africa gonna take some time to do the things they never should have had Starlink’s self-imposed end of April deadline to crack down on roaming users who abuse the service has come and gone without

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Microsoft, Google do a victory lap around passkeys 2024-05-03 at 02:16 By Jessica Lyons Windows giant extends passwordless tech to everyone else Microsoft today said it will now let us common folk — not just commercial subscribers — sign into their Microsoft accounts and apps using passkeys with their face, fingerprint, or device PIN.… This article

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Prof sues Meta to protect his Unfollow Everything 2.0 extension from Facebook 2024-05-03 at 02:01 By Thomas Claburn You’ve got to fight for your right to personalize A professor has asked the US courts to confirm he has the right to release a browser extension to help people disengage with Facebook by automatically changing certain

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Florida man gets 6 years behind bars for flogging fake Cisco kit to US military 2024-05-03 at 00:01 By Matthew Connatser Operation busted after dodgy devices ended up at Air Force Miami resident Onur Aksoy has been sentenced to six and a half years in prison for running a multi-million-dollar operation selling fake Cisco equipment

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Patch up – 4 critical bugs in ArubaOS lead to remote code execution 2024-05-02 at 23:46 By Connor Jones Ten vulnerabilities in total for admins to apply Network admins are being urged to patch a bundle of critical vulnerabilities in ArubaOS that lead to remote code execution as a privileged user.… This article is an

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More than two dozen Android vulnerabilities fixed … slowly 2024-05-02 at 23:16 By Thomas Claburn Meanwhile, Xiaomi slapped down 20 Oversecured, a business that scans mobile apps for security issues, says it has identified more than two dozen vulnerabilities over the past few years affecting Android apps from smartphone maker Xiaomi and Google’s Android Open

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Huawei’s hidden hand in optics research competition shocks scholars 2024-05-02 at 22:01 By Matthew Connatser US universities awarded money from a company they had severed ties with Huawei secretly sponsored an optics technology research competition run by the Optica Foundation, and donated at least a million dollars to the organization.… This article is an excerpt

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NASA plasma propulsion project promises Mars in a flash 2024-05-02 at 21:16 By Lindsay Clark System would also make it easier to transport much heavier spacecraft Engineering research outfit Howe Industries is working with NASA to develop a new plasma-based propulsion system that might help solve the problem of moving around the solar system faster

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