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Star’s strange behavior ascribed to giant planet smash-up

Emissions in infrared shot up, then visible light dropped two years later. The post Star’s strange behavior ascribed to giant planet smash-up appeared first on DanTechServices, Inc.http://dlvr.it/SxKKkn

Vietnam Accused of Using Predator to Spy on EU, US Lawmakers

Social Media Account Used to Spread Links to Commercial Spyware Malware Amnesty International says the Vietnamese government is likely behind a wave of attempted Predator spyware infections against targets including members of the U.S. Congress and European officials. Central to the campaign was an account on social media network X (formerly Twitter).http://dlvr.it/SxKHSr

Dish botches satellite deorbit, gets hit with FCC’s first space-debris fine

ICYMI: Old TV satellite’s graveyard orbit isn’t high enough, poses orbital debris risk. The post Dish botches satellite deorbit, gets hit with FCC’s first space-debris fine appeared first on DanTechServices, Inc.http://dlvr.it/SxJmFY

Israel-Hamas War: Publicity-Seeking Hacktivists Take Sides

Many Hack Attack, Data Dump and Website Disruption Claims Are Bogus, Experts Say Self-proclaimed hacktivist groups have been attempting to insert themselves into the narrative surrounding the latest war between Israel and Hamas, claiming to have hacked organizations, leaked stolen data and disrupted websites. Experts say many but not all such hype-seeking claims are bogus.http://dlvr.it/SxJlGw

Patch Tuesday, October 2023 Edition

Microsoft today issued security updates for more than 100 newly-discovered vulnerabilities in its Windows operating system and related software, including four flaws that are already being exploited. In addition, Apple recently released emergency updates to quash a pair of zero-day bugs in iOS. Apple last week shipped emergency updates in iOS 17.0.3 and iPadOS 17.0.3…
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Newly found rooms in Sahura’s Pyramid challenge what we know of such structures

Cheap construction reduced the monument at Abusir in Egypt to rubble over millennia. The post Newly found rooms in Sahura’s Pyramid challenge what we know of such structures appeared first on DanTechServices, Inc.http://dlvr.it/SxGTvQ

UK Lawmakers Call for Halt to Live Facial Recognition

ICYMI: Petition Signed by 65 Parliamentarians and 31 Civil Society Organizations More than five dozen British lawmakers across political parties and privacy organizations called for an “immediate stop” to real-time facial recognition in the United Kingdom. Live facial recognition faces a ban in Europe and its use by police is banned in a handful of…
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