December 2024

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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China preps another rocket that Beijing hopes will become its workhorse 2024-12-12 at 05:36 By Laura Dobberstein Long March-8A improves payload by forty percent and comes just a month after Long March 12 debut China is readying an upgraded and more capable rocket for its first launch, to advance its ambition of creating large constellations

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Epic coughs up the dirty V-Bucks: Fortnite’s ‘dark pattern’ refunds hit accounts 2024-12-12 at 04:03 By Brandon Vigliarolo Did you get your loot box? Consumers tricked into making unwanted purchases in Epic Games’ popular Fortnite title should see refunds start to hit their accounts this week, according to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC).… This

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Apple reportedly building AI server processor with help from Broadcom 2024-12-12 at 02:33 By Tobias Mann Something called ‘Baltra’ expected to make its debut in 2026, perhaps with tech both already use Apple is reportedly working with chip giant Broadcom to develop a custom server processor to power the AI services and features built into

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Blocking Chinese spies from intercepting calls? There ought to be a law 2024-12-12 at 01:17 By Jessica Lyons Sen. Wyden blasts FCC’s ‘failure’ amid Salt Typhoon hacks US telecoms carriers would be required to implement minimum cyber security standards and ensure their systems are not susceptible to hacks by nation-state attackers – like Salt Typhoon

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Intel turmoil prompts S&P Global to downgrade chipmaker’s credit rating 2024-12-11 at 23:34 By Tobias Mann Finance house finds x86 giant’s lack of strategy disturbing Intel’s troubles continue to compound after S&P Global on Tuesday downgraded its credit rating, citing concerns about the chipmaker’s pace of recovery and management uncertainty.… This article is an excerpt

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How to Optimize DLP High Speed Discovery 2024-12-11 at 23:20 By Atul Mahajan Provision smarter, scan faster and stay compliant with built-in reporting This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source React to this headline:

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Facebook, Threads, WhatsApp, Instagram stumble on and offline in global outage 2024-12-11 at 23:05 By Iain Thomson What’s an influencer to do? Meta’s techies are likely having a bad day as the internet titan’s Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram are suffering some degree of downtime globally.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

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Why incoming FTC chair Andrew Ferguson will ‘bring the heat on Big Tech’ 2024-12-11 at 21:49 By Thomas Barrabi President-elect Donald Trump’s pick of Andrew Ferguson to head the Federal Trade Commission is the latest sign that his administration plans to continue a crackdown on Big Tech bad actors that began during his first term

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