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Abandoned US Army ‘city under the ice’ imaged in serendipitous NASA find 2024-11-26 at 01:33 By Brandon Vigliarolo Camp Century could spill millions of gallons of sewage, diesel fuel, and nuclear waste as climate warms Deep within the ice sheet of Greenland lies a US military secret that hasn’t been seen since the 1960s, but […]

M4 MacBook Pro shows Apple is still glued to the idea of unfixable laptops 2024-11-26 at 00:09 By Richard Speed Mac Mini and iPhone repairability strides have yet to make it to flagship computer Despite improved repairability scores for Apple’s latest iPhone and Mac Mini, the iFixit team says it was left underwhelmed after tearing

How US Dept of Justice’s cure for Google could inflict collateral damage 2024-11-25 at 23:15 By Thomas Claburn Remedies should be refined with an eye toward broad platform rights and responsibilities Opinion  The US Justice Department’s proposed remedies to address Google’s monopoly control of the search services and search text advertising markets should be reconsidered

DOJ’s cure for Google could cause collateral damage 2024-11-25 at 22:33 By Thomas Claburn Remedies should be refined with an eye toward broad platform rights and responsibilities Opinion  The US Justice Department’s proposed remedies to address Google’s monopoly control of the search services and search text advertising markets should be reconsidered in light of the

Elon Musk’s Neuralink to launch new brain-implant trial involving robotic arm 2024-11-25 at 22:04 By Reuters Neuralink has already implanted the device in two patients. It has allowed the first patient to play video games, browse the internet, post on social media and move a cursor on his laptop. This article is an excerpt from

Security? We’ve heard of it: How Microsoft plans to better defend Windows 2024-11-25 at 21:18 By Richard Speed Did we say CrowdStrike? We meant, er, The July Incident… IGNITE  The sound of cyber security professionals spraying their screens with coffee could be heard this week as Microsoft claimed, “security is our top priority,” as it

RHEL 9.5 debuts alongside AlmaLinux, Rocky, and Oracle updates 2024-11-25 at 19:48 By Liam Proven Plus, soon you’ll be able to run Red Hat Enterprise Linux as a supported option under WSL The latest version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux is here, as are the leading RHELatives. Also, interestingly, Red Hat is working with Microsoft

QNAP NAS users locked out after firmware update snafu 2024-11-25 at 18:19 By Dan Robinson Affected customers gripe about storage biz’s tech support Owners of QNAP network-attached storage (NAS) boxes are finding that a firmware update has left them unable to log into their device, and a reset doesn’t seem to fix the issue.… This

Finastra investigates data breach, security leaders discuss 2024-11-25 at 18:19 By Finastra is investigating an alleged data breach. Security leaders share their insights. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

PyPI Python Library “aiocpa” Found Exfiltrating Crypto Keys via Telegram Bot 2024-11-25 at 17:03 By The administrators of the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository have quarantined the package “aiocpa” following a new update that included malicious code to exfiltrate private keys via Telegram. The package in question is described as a synchronous and asynchronous Crypto

Google’s New Restore Credentials Tool Simplifies App Login After Android Migration 2024-11-25 at 17:03 By Google has introduced a new feature called Restore Credentials to help users restore their account access to third-party apps securely after migrating to a new Android device. Part of Android’s Credential Manager API, the feature aims to reduce the hassle

Musk agrees with fan that worries over orbital Starlink traffic a ‘silly narrative’ 2024-11-25 at 16:50 By Richard Speed Forget the 10x programmer. How about 10x satellites? SpaceX boss Elon Musk has backed claims that the ballooning number of satellites in orbit around the Earth isn’t a problem, signing off on a comment stating that

Increasingly common phone act actually a relationship red flag, study reveals 2024-11-25 at 16:18 By News.com.au Experts are warning that a worrying relationship “red flag” has become normalised after new data revealed it’s on the rise in Australia. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View

China has utterly pwned ‘thousands and thousands’ of devices at US telcos 2024-11-25 at 15:18 By Simon Sharwood Senate Intelligence Committee chair says his ‘hair is on fire’ as execs front the White House The Biden administration on Friday hosted telco execs to chat about China’s recent attacks on the sector, amid revelations that US

French state waves up to €625M for Atos’s Advanced Computing assets 2024-11-25 at 15:04 By Dan Robinson Another offer IT services giant possibly can’t refuse IT services giant Atos has received another offer from the French state, this time for just its Advanced Computing assets, in a transaction that could be worth up to €625

Microsoft reboots Windows Recall, but users wish they could forget 2024-11-25 at 14:19 By Richard Speed AI snapshot tool stumbles back into the spotlight with more issues The second coming of Windows Recall has brought with it a litany of issues, reminding users that there’s a reason why the snapshotting technology remains a preview for

THN Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools, and Practices (Nov 18 – Nov 24) 2024-11-25 at 13:33 By We hear terms like “state-sponsored attacks” and “critical vulnerabilities” all the time, but what’s really going on behind those words? This week’s cybersecurity news isn’t just about hackers and headlines—it’s about how digital risks shape our lives in

Smile! UK cops spend tens of millions on live facial recognition tech 2024-11-25 at 12:48 By Lindsay Clark Labour government keen, though critics paint it as a severe threat to privacy UK government has launched a £20 million ($25 million) competition for tech companies to provide live facial recognition to a number of police forces.…

Mysteries in polar orbit – space’s oldest working hardware still keeps its secrets 2024-11-25 at 11:33 By Rupert Goodwins It’s never aliens, but it could be underground TV repair techs Opinion  The oldest functional off-Earth space hardware? Well, that is a great question for those into pub quizzes, aka bar trivia. 1977’s Voyagers hold some

Researchers Uncover Malware Using BYOVD to Bypass Antivirus Protections 2024-11-25 at 11:33 By Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new malicious campaign that leverages a technique called Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) to disarm security protections and ultimately gain access to the infected system. “This malware takes a more sinister route: it drops a legitimate