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British boffins say aircraft could fly on trash, cutting pollution debt by 80%
Sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) made from sources other than fossil fuels have the potential to reduce emissions by up to 80 percent, UK researchers have found.…
Will you meet the directive?
Sponsored Post Imminent changes to cyber security regulations in the US and Europe demand that public and private sector organizations on both side of the Atlantic keep a close eye on their compliance.…
We're not in e-Kansas anymore: State courts reel from 'unauthorized incursion'
An unspecified security incident is forcing many state courts across Kansas to rely on paper filings, and it may have continue to do so for weeks, a state judge has warned.…
BLOODALCHEMY provides backdoor to southeast Asian nations' secrets
Security researchers have uncovered a backdoor used in attacks against governments and organizations in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).…
Regulator, insurers and customers all coming for Progress after MOVEit breach
Infosec in brief The fallout from the exploitation of bugs in Progress Software's MOVEit file transfer software continues, with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) now investigating the matter, and lots of affected parties seeking compensation. …
530K people's info feared stolen from cloud PC gaming biz Shadow
Shadow, which hosts Windows PC gaming in the cloud among other services, has confirmed criminals stole a database containing customer data following a social-engineering attack against one of its employees.…
Thwarted ransomware raid targeting WS_FTP servers demanded just 0.018 BTC
An early ransomware campaign against organizations by exploiting the vulnerability in Progress Software's WS_FTP Server was this week spotted by security researchers.…
Calls for Visual Studio security tweak fall on deaf ears despite one-click RCE exploit
Perceived weaknesses in the security of Microsoft's Visual Studio IDE are being raised once again this week with a fresh single-click exploit.…
Can open source be saved from the EU's Cyber Resilience Act?
Opinion When I was in Bilbao recently for the Open Source Summit Europe event, the main topic of conversation was the European Union's (EU) Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). Everyone – and I mean everyone – mentioned it. Why? Because pretty much everyone with an open source clue sees it as strangling open source software development.…
Equifax scores £11.1M slap on wrist over 2017 mega breach
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Equifax a smidge over £11 million ($13.6 million) for severe failings that put millions of consumers at risk of financial crime.…
Squid games: 35 security holes still unpatched in proxy after 2 years, now public
35 vulnerabilities in the Squid caching proxy remain unfixed more than two years after being found and disclosed to the open source project's maintainers, according to the person who reported them.…
Everest cybercriminals offer corporate insiders cold, hard cash for remote access
The Everest ransomware group is stepping up its efforts to purchase access to corporate networks directly from employees amid what researchers believe to be a major transition for the cybercriminals.…
Building cyber resilience with data vaults
Sponsored Feature In August 2023, Danish hosting subsidiaries CloudNordic and AzeroCloud were on the receiving end of one of the most serious ransomware attacks ever made public by a cloud services company.…
US construction giant unearths concrete evidence of cyberattack
Simpson Manufacturing Company yanked some tech systems offline this week to contain a cyberattack it expects will "continue to cause disruption."…
HM Government has partnered with SANS to train cyber security experts
Partner Content According to the Cyber Security Breaches Survey 26 percent of medium businesses, 37 percent of large businesses and 25 percent of high-income charities have experienced cyber crime in the last 12 months.…
US Navy sailor admits selling secret military blueprints to China for $15K
A US Navy service member pleaded guilty yesterday to receiving thousands of dollars in bribes from a Chinese spymaster in exchange for passing on American military secrets.…
CISOs' salary growth slows – with pay gap widening
The gap between the top and bottom-earning CISOs is growing wider, with the highest-paid execs having their salaries increased at three times the rate of those at the lower echelons.…
From chaos to cadence: Celebrating two decades of Microsoft's Patch Tuesday
Feature Twenty years ago this month, Microsoft did something pretty revolutionary at the time when it formalized the Windows software release schedule.…
curl vulnerabilities ironed out with patches after week-long tease
After a week of rampant speculation about the nature of the security issues in curl, the latest version of the command line transfer tool was finally released today.…
What to expect when the UK-US Data Bridge comes into force this week
Opinion The UK Extension to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (aka Data Bridge) will enter into force on October 12, allowing certifying entities to easily transfer personal data from the UK to the US.…
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