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Sweden’s ‘Doomsday Prep for Dummies’ guide hits mailboxes today 2024-11-18 at 18:20 By Connor Jones First in six years is nearly three times the size of the older, pre-NATO version Residents of Sweden are to receive a handy new guide this week that details how to prepare for various types of crisis situations or wartime

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Trump appoints Musk associate Brendan Carr as FCC chair 2024-11-18 at 17:18 By Richard Speed Likely to look more favorably on Elon’s adventures in space-based comms The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC), an agency charged with regulating US media and communications, is about to get a new boss: current commissioner Brendan Carr.… This article is

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LLNL looks to make HPC a little cloudier with Oxide’s rackscale compute platform 2024-11-18 at 16:04 By Tobias Mann System to serve as a proof of concept for applying API-driven automation to scientific computing SC24  Oxide Computing’s 2,500 pound (1.1 metric ton) rackscale blade servers are getting a new home at the Department of Energy’s

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The Problem of Permissions and Non-Human Identities – Why Remediating Credentials Takes Longer Than You Think 2024-11-18 at 16:03 By According to research from GitGuardian and CyberArk, 79% of IT decision-makers reported having experienced a secrets leak, up from 75% in the previous year’s report. At the same time, the number of leaked credentials has

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Pirate programmer walks the plank for role in massive TV streaming operation 2024-11-18 at 15:18 By Connor Jones US considers the cases concerning Jetflicks to be the largest of their kind A programmer at the heart of a huge internet piracy website faces a lengthy prison sentence following five years of legal proceedings and a

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UK test-fires Spear mini cruise missile that will equip F-35 fighters 2024-11-18 at 15:03 By Dan Robinson 2-way datalink allows in-flight info updates including retargeting and abort The UK has conducted the first successful guided firing trial of Spear, a mini cruise missile that is set to be the chief strike weapon against ships for

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Gmail’s New Shielded Email Feature Lets Users Create Aliases for Email Privacy 2024-11-18 at 14:04 By Google appears to be readying a new feature called Shielded Email that allows users to create email aliases when signing up for online services and better combat spam. The feature was first reported by Android Authority last week following

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THN Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools, and Practices (Nov 11 – Nov 17) 2024-11-18 at 14:04 By What do hijacked websites, fake job offers, and sneaky ransomware have in common? They’re proof that cybercriminals are finding smarter, sneakier ways to exploit both systems and people. This week makes one thing clear: no system, no person,

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Beyond Compliance: The Advantage of Year-Round Network Pen Testing 2024-11-18 at 14:04 By IT leaders know the drill—regulators and cyber insurers demand regular network penetration testing to keep the bad guys out. But here’s the thing: hackers don’t wait around for compliance schedules. Most companies approach network penetration testing on a set schedule, with the

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UK tax collector inks £366M in ERP deals to get systems into cloud 2024-11-18 at 13:53 By Lindsay Clark SAP and Deloitte winners in transition from legacy software to SaaS, which includes housing and transport ministries The UK’s tax collector has awarded contracts worth up to £366 million ($461 million) in an effort to move

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Fake Discount Sites Exploit Black Friday to Hijack Shopper Information 2024-11-18 at 13:03 By A new phishing campaign is targeting e-commerce shoppers in Europe and the United States with bogus pages that mimic legitimate brands with the goal of stealing their personal information ahead of the Black Friday shopping season. “The campaign leveraged the heightened

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Beyond Compliance: The Advantage of Year-Round Network Pen Testing 2024-11-18 at 13:03 By IT leaders know the drill—regulators and cyber insurers demand regular network penetration testing to keep the bad guys out. But here’s the thing: hackers don’t wait around for compliance schedules. Most companies approach network penetration testing on a set schedule, with the

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Microsoft starts boiling the Copilot frog: It’s not a soup you want to drink at any price 2024-11-18 at 12:49 By Rupert Goodwins You think employee-generated content is bad now?  Opinion  In 1968’s Star Trek episode, “The Ultimate Computer,” Captain Kirk had his ship used to test M5, a new computer. A copilot, if you

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Framework laptops get modular makeover with RISC-V main board 2024-11-18 at 11:51 By Liam Proven One of the braver lightning talks we’ve seen: Swapping motherboards, live on stage Ubuntu Summit 2024  The modular Framework laptop is moving outside the x86 world with a RISC-V main board now available.… This article is an excerpt from The

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NIST trains AI to hear the ‘oh crap’ moment before batteries explode 2024-11-18 at 10:33 By Richard Speed Machine learning used to separate opening a can of soda from something catastrophic Researchers at the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have come up with an early warning system for lithium-ion battery fires.… This

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NSO Group Exploited WhatsApp to Install Pegasus Spyware Even After Meta’s Lawsuit 2024-11-18 at 09:03 By Legal documents released as part of an ongoing legal tussle between Meta’s WhatsApp and NSO Group have revealed that the Israeli spyware vendor used multiple exploits targeting the messaging app to deliver Pegasus, including one even after it was

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First looks at China’s Moon rock samples suggest Luna had volcanoes for longer than previously thought 2024-11-18 at 08:48 By Laura Dobberstein Stuff from the far side is basalt – but less KREEP-y than expected The first ever samples of soil and rock collected from the far side of the moon has revealed more recent

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