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Star leaky app of the week: StarDict 2025-08-08 at 18:29 By Liam Proven Fun feature found in Debian 13: send your selected text to China – in plaintext As Trixie gets ready to début, a little-known app is hogging the limelight: StarDict, which sends whatever text you select, unencrypted, to servers in China.… This article […]

Ex-White House cyber, counter-terrorism guru: Microsoft considers security an annoyance, not a necessity 2025-08-08 at 16:42 By Jessica Lyons Tells The Reg China’s ability to p0wn Redmond’s wares ‘gives me a political aneurysm’ Comment  Roger Cressey served two US presidents as a senior cybersecurity and counter-terrorism advisor and currently worries he’ll experience a “political aneurysm” […]

NASA boss calls for nuclear reactor on the Moon 2025-08-08 at 16:42 By Richard Speed Science budget? Whatever. It’s all about beating China and Russia NASA’s Acting Administrator, Sean Duffy, has directed the US space agency to come up with a plan to deploy a nuclear reactor on the Moon.… This article is an excerpt […]

Security Leaders Share Thoughts on DaVita Data Breach 2025-08-08 at 16:42 By On August 5, dialysis firm DaVita confirmed a data breach affecting over 900,000 individuals. The breach potentially exposed Social Security Numbers and personal health information. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Why Trump is starting ‘not to give a crap’ if TikTok goes dark — at least briefly 2025-08-08 at 15:04 By Charles Gasparino You might be thinking that Trump just might kick the can down the road with another executive order extension, right? This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews […]

Bitcoin likely to lead gains from Trump’s 401(k) crypto order 2025-08-08 at 15:04 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Trump’s executive order opening 401(k)s to crypto has drawn a mix of praise, caution and criticism from industry leaders and skeptics alike. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Can you split a private key in half? Understanding crypto ownership in divorce and beyond 2025-08-08 at 15:04 By Cointelegraph by Onkar Singh While you can’t literally split a private key, there are secure legal and technical methods to share or divide control of crypto assets during divorce. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com […]

How Trump’s $9T executive order could let you add Bitcoin to your retirement plan 2025-08-08 at 15:04 By Cointelegraph by Tobias Vilkenson Trump’s move may change US retirement plans. Bitcoin could soon be part of your 401(k), and Wall Street is getting ready. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Infosec hounds spot prompt injection vuln in Google Gemini apps 2025-08-08 at 15:03 By Gareth Halfacree Not a very smart home: crims could hijack smart-home boiler, open and close powered windows and more. Now fixed Black hat  A trio of researchers has disclosed a major prompt injection vulnerability in Google’s Gemini large language model-powered applications.… […]

UK secretly allows facial recognition scans of passport, immigration databases 2025-08-08 at 15:03 By Connor Jones Campaigners brand Home Office’s lack of transparency as ‘astonishing’ and ‘dangerous’ Privacy groups report a surge in UK police facial recognition scans of databases secretly stocked with passport photos lacking parliamentary oversight.… This article is an excerpt from The […]

RubyGems, PyPI Hit by Malicious Packages Stealing Credentials, Crypto, Forcing Security Changes 2025-08-08 at 14:17 By A fresh set of 60 malicious packages has been uncovered targeting the RubyGems ecosystem by posing as seemingly innocuous automation tools for social media, blogging, or messaging services to steal credentials from unsuspecting users. The activity is assessed to […]

Leaked Credentials Up 160%: What Attackers Are Doing With Them 2025-08-08 at 14:17 By When an organization’s credentials are leaked, the immediate consequences are rarely visible—but the long-term impact is far-reaching. Far from the cloak-and-dagger tactics seen in fiction, many real-world cyber breaches begin with something deceptively simple: a username and password. According to Verizon’s […]

This ‘dictator’ of hormones has a major impact on sleep and metabolism — how to tell if your levels are out of whack 2025-08-08 at 13:22 By Tracy Swartz It’s a pretty simple test that resembles a COVID or pregnancy test — except it’s with spit. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News […]

Binance taps Spain’s BBVA to offer safer crypto custody post-FTX: FT 2025-08-08 at 13:22 By Cointelegraph by Arijit Sarkar As trust in crypto exchanges remains low, Binance’s new custody deal with BBVA marks a shift toward traditional finance safeguards. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Sopra Steria bags £115 million legacy extension from UK pensions department after delays to replacement ERP project 2025-08-08 at 13:22 By Lindsay Clark New SaaS system awaits a ‘fully costed and deliverable integrated plan’ before it can support 280,000 employees The UK’s pensions and social security department has modified a 12-year-old contract with Sopra Steria, […]

After 30 years PHP still evolving: Team adds pipe operator, considers generics 2025-08-08 at 13:22 By Tim Anderson Modern language features plus high performance FrankenPHP app server make PHP worth another look The PHP team is considering adding a partial implementation of generics to the language, has confirmed that a pipe operator will be in […]

UK proxy traffic surges as users consider VPN alternatives amid Online Safety Act 2025-08-08 at 13:22 By Richard Speed It’s ‘more than a temporary trend,’ Decodo claims Amid the furor around surging VPN usage in the UK, many users are eyeing proxies as a potential alternative to the technology.… This article is an excerpt from […]