December 2024

Lights out for 18 more DDoS booters in pre-Christmas Operation PowerOFF push 2024-12-12 at 14:04 By Connor Jones Holiday cheer comes in the form of three arrests and 27 shuttered domains The Europol-coordinated Operation PowerOFF struck again this week as cross-border cops pulled the plug on 27 more domains tied to distributed denial of service […]

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British Army zaps drones out of the sky with laser trucks 2024-12-12 at 12:40 By Dan Robinson High-energy weapon proves its mettle in testing The British Army has successfully destroyed flying drones for the first time using a high-energy laser mounted on an armored vehicle. If perfected, the technology could form an effective counter-measure against drone attacks.…

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WordPress Hunk Companion Plugin Flaw Exploited to Silently Install Vulnerable Plugins 2024-12-12 at 12:19 By Malicious actors are exploiting a critical vulnerability in the Hunk Companion plugin for WordPress to install other vulnerable plugins that could open the door to a variety of attacks. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-11972 (CVSS score: 9.8), affects all versions

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Report: New cyber scam campaign targets job seekers 2024-12-12 at 11:06 By Research reveals a new cyber scam campaign targeting job seekers. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Firefox ditches Do Not Track because nobody was listening anyway 2024-12-12 at 10:52 By Brandon Vigliarolo Few websites actually respect the option, says Mozilla When Firefox 135 is released in February, it’ll ship with one less feature: Mozilla plans to remove the Do Not Track toggle from its Privacy and Security settings. … This article is

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Aliens, spy balloons, or drones? SUV-sized mystery objects spotted in US skies 2024-12-12 at 09:33 By Jessica Lyons No word from the FBI about where they are hiding aliens or UFOs Unidentified flying objects said to be the size of sports utility vehicles have been spotted flying over parts of the northeastern US, prompting investigations

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Europol Dismantles 27 DDoS Attack Platforms Across 15 Nations; Admins Arrested 2024-12-12 at 09:33 By A global law enforcement operation has failed 27 stresser services that were used to conduct distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and took them offline as part of a multi-year international exercise called PowerOFF. The effort, coordinated by Europol and involving 15

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Australia lays fiendish tax trap for Meta – with an expensive escape hatch 2024-12-12 at 08:21 By Simon Sharwood If Zuck and other Big Tech players pay news publishers, their bills vanish Australia has created a tax that only big tech companies must pay – but which they can also legally avoid by paying money

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Citrix goes shopping in Europe and returns with gifts for security-conscious customers 2024-12-12 at 07:20 By Simon Sharwood Acquires two companies that offer stuff for those on the nice list to keep naughty list types at bay Citrix has gone on a European shopping trip, and come home with its bag of gifts bulging thanks

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Security regulations and standards can impact your security career 2024-12-12 at 07:04 By Today’s security professional needs to understand the nature of regulations, standards and guidelines to advance their career. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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