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Call of Duty studio co-founder pleads guilty to crashing drone into firefighting aircraft 2025-02-03 at 19:03 By Brandon Vigliarolo Peter Tripp Akemann avoids jail, will pay ‘Super Scooper’ repair costs and is ordered to help with LA’s wildfire recovery A Culver City, California resident has admitted to crashing his drone into a ‘Super Scooper’ firefighting […]

OpenAI unveils deep research agent for ChatGPT 2025-02-03 at 17:49 By Richard Speed Takes a bit more time to spout a bit less nonsense OpenAI today launched deep research in ChatGPT, a new agent that takes a little longer to perform a deeper dive into the web to come up with a response to a […]

Lightsail space tech gets tailwind from Caltech breakthrough 2025-02-03 at 17:18 By Lindsay Clark Sci-fi interstellar travel gets another tiny push Centuries after Western explorers used sail power to discover a world hitherto unknown to them — although well known to people who already lived there — science fiction writers and engineers have wondered if […]

47% of organizations have put off cybersecurity upgrades 2025-02-03 at 16:34 By According to a recent Sentry report,  a majority (67%) admit they’re feeling more stressed compared to last year. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

US datacenters in for shock as Canada mulls cutting the juice over Trump tariffs 2025-02-03 at 16:19 By Dan Robinson Short-term result likely to be increased energy prices across the board Trump’s tariffs are raising a new question mark over US datacenters and their expanding energy consumption, with price hikes possible as Canada threatens to […]

768 CVEs Exploited in 2024, Reflecting a 20% Increase from 639 in 2023 2025-02-03 at 16:18 By As many as 768 vulnerabilities with designated CVE identifiers were reported as exploited in the wild in 2024, up from 639 CVEs in 2023, registering a 20% increase year-over-year. Describing 2024 as “another banner year for threat actors […]

DeepSeek spills Big AI’s open secret: Bright people with good ideas can beat billion dollar binges 2025-02-03 at 15:19 By Rupert Goodwins You can’t make monopoly money without a monopoly, but you sure can lose it Opinion  It would take a heart of stone not to explode with joy at the massive infusion of schadenfreude […]

PyPI Introduces Archival Status to Alert Users About Unmaintained Python Packages 2025-02-03 at 15:19 By The maintainers of the Python Package Index (PyPI) registry have announced a new feature that allows package developers to archive a project as part of efforts to improve supply chain security. “Maintainers can now archive a project to let users […]

FuriPhone FLX1: A Debian-powered brick that puts GNOME in your back pocket 2025-02-03 at 14:33 By Liam Proven Fun with a FOSS-focused Phosh fondleslab FuriLabs offers a decent-spec smartphone that is based on Debian and can run GNOME apps in your pocket.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

⚡ THN Weekly Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools and Tips [27 February] 2025-02-03 at 14:04 By This week, our news radar shows that every new tech idea comes with its own challenges. A hot AI tool is under close watch, law enforcement is shutting down online spots that help cybercriminals, and teams are busy fixing […]

What Is Attack Surface Management? 2025-02-03 at 14:04 By Attack surfaces are growing faster than security teams can keep up – to stay ahead, you need to know what’s exposed and where attackers are most likely to strike. With cloud adoption dramatically increasing the ease of exposing new systems and services to the internet, prioritizing […]

Coyote Malware Expands Reach: Now Targets 1,030 Sites and 73 Financial Institutions 2025-02-03 at 14:04 By Brazilian Windows users are the target of a campaign that delivers a banking malware known as Coyote. “Once deployed, the Coyote Banking Trojan can carry out various malicious activities, including keylogging, capturing screenshots, and displaying phishing overlays to steal […]

2 officers bailed as anti-corruption unit probes data payouts to N Irish cops 2025-02-03 at 13:49 By Connor Jones Investigating compensation to police whose sensitive info was leaked in 2023 The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has bailed two officers after they were arrested as part of a fraud investigation related to the payments […]

Motorola appeal over £200M price cap for Airwave service rejected 2025-02-03 at 13:19 By Dan Robinson Profiteering from emergency services comms network in Britain? Not anymore, says CMA Motorola will not be allowed to again appeal a decision by the UK competition regulator to impose a price cap on the communications network it operates for […]

Phishing tax scams increase as tax deadlines approach 2025-02-03 at 12:04 By Researchers have observed an increase in malicious domains and campaigns impersonating tax agencies and financial institutions.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

UK biz dept overspent by £208M prepping to pay workers hurt in Post Office IT scandal 2025-02-03 at 11:34 By Lindsay Clark Auditor offers qualified opinion as financial fallout from historic miscarriage of justice remains unclear The UK’s spending watchdog has offered a “qualified opinion” on the Department for Business and Trade’s accounts, largely down […]