Sorry Bill Gates, but AUDIO isn’t the best word to start with when you’re playing Wordle. A pair of MIT researchers recently set out to find the optimal starting word for the popular online puzzle, discovering that the statistically superior first guess is SALET, which is a 15th century helmet. […]
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Virtual reality’s national security implications
ByteDance’s headquarters in Beijing. | AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File When Pico, the VR subsidiary of ByteDance, the Chinese firm that owns TikTok, announced a new headset last week that the company said it has no immediate plans to launch it the United States. Why not? Tech news website The […]
The people who police chess cheats: ‘We built a crime scene analysis for every player in the world’ | Chess
Did a teenager cheat to defeat the chess world champion? This question has thrown the chess universe into turmoil since 4 September, when its top player, 31-year-old Magnus Carlsen, abruptly withdrew from the $350,000 Sinquefield Cup in St Louis after a stunning loss to the lower-ranked 19-year-old Hans Niemann. Carlsen […]
Uber Blames LAPSUS$ Hacking Group for Recent Security Breach
Uber on Monday disclosed more details related to the security incident that happened last week, pinning the attack on a threat actor it believes is affiliated to the notorious LAPSUS$ hacking group. “This group typically uses similar techniques to target technology companies, and in 2022 alone has breached Microsoft, Cisco, […]
U.S. Adds 2 More Chinese Telecom Firms to National Security Threat List
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has added Pacific Network Corp, along with its subsidiary ComNet (USA) LLC, and China Unicom (Americas) Operations Limited, to the list of communications equipment and services that have been deemed a threat to national security. The agency said the companies are subject to the […]
Albania: Media must not be prosecuted for public interest reporting
The undersigned media freedom and journalist associations today express our shared concern over the blanket publication ban issued by Albanian prosecutorial authorities regarding a trove of hacked data, and stress that no journalist or media outlet should face criminal sanctions for publishing information in the public interest. While our organisations […]
Defamation lawsuit targets group behind “2,000 Mules” election denial film : NPR
Catherine Engelbrecht, seen here in 2015, founded the controversial nonprofit True the Vote. A new lawsuit alleges that Engelbrecht and True the Vote defamed a small company that makes software for election workers. Anadolu Agency/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Catherine Engelbrecht, seen here in 2015, founded […]
What Is It and How You Can Protect Yourself from It
Organizations and security teams work to protect themselves from any vulnerability, and often don’t realize that risk is also brought on by configurations in their SaaS apps that have not been hardened. The newly published GIFShell attack method, which occurs through Microsoft Teams, is a perfect example of how threat […]
Apple fixes vulnerabilities in iOS devices and Mac computers
Attendees examine a new iPhone 14 Pro during an Apple special event on Sept. 7, 2022, in Cupertino, Calif. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Apple released security updates this week addressing several vulnerabilities in Macs and Apple devices running recent versions of iOS and macOS. On Sept. 12, Apple issued […]
Reed to Present in Third Chancellor Finalist Forum
Photo Submitted Daniel A. Reed Daniel Reed, presidential professor in computational science at the University of Utah, will be the third of four chancellor finalists to participate in a public forum on campus. His forum is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 16, in the Faulkner Performing Arts Center and will […]
Broward parents can now track their child’s public school bus in real time
FORT LAUDERDALE – Parents in Broward whose children take the bus to school can now track it. On Thursday, the school district launched “Here Comes the Bus,” a free and easy-to-use website and app that allow parents and guardians to view the location of their child’s school bus in real-time […]
Montenegro wrestles with massive cyberattack; Russia blamed
PODGORICA, Montenegro — At the government headquarters in NATO-member Montenegro, the computers are unplugged, the internet is switched off and the state’s main websites are down. The blackout comes amid a massive cyberattack against the small Balkan state which officials say bears the hallmark of pro-Russian hackers and its security […]
More efficient data center computing – News Center
Friday, Sep 09, 2022 • Herb Booth : Contact Hong Jiang A University of Texas at Arlington computer science team is using a $600,000 National Science Foundation grant to develop algorithms for microservice-based data center services that allow for quicker, more efficient use of data center computing resources. […]
AFB Talent Lab Fosters Digital Inclusion Experts of Tomorrow
Innovative new program provides hands-on accessibility and digital inclusion training, mentorship, and consulting services to computer science and design students, adults with disabilities, and corporate partners WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — AFB Talent Lab has announced that the first group of participants in its Intern and Registered Apprenticeship programs have […]
How to Bypass Paywalls of Leading News Websites
Many leading news websites nowadays come with paywalls. To read more than two or three articles on such websites, you have to pay for a subscription. If you need occasional access to a publication’s website, it doesn’t make sense to subscribe to all of them. Also, the limited free content […]
Experts Find Malicious Cookie Stuffing Chrome Extensions Used by 1.4 Million Users
Five imposter extensions for the Google Chrome web browser masquerading as Netflix viewers and others have been found to track users’ browsing activity and profit off retail affiliate programs. “The extensions offer various functions such as enabling users to watch Netflix shows together, website coupons, and taking screenshots of a […]
Chinese Hackers Used ScanBox Framework in Recent Cyber Espionage Attacks
A months-long cyber espionage campaign undertaken by a Chinese nation-state group targeted several entities with reconnaissance malware so as to glean information about its victims and meet its strategic goals. “The targets of this recent campaign spanned Australia, Malaysia, and Europe, as well as entities that operate in the South […]
What is Web Hosting? | U.S. News
For your website to be available to online users, you must use web hosting services or have self-hosting capabilities. Both methods require server hardware and software connected to high-speed internet. An internet user (known as the client) enters a website address into a browser. Then the web host receives the […]
Schrader Computer offers personalized service for computer problems
Each week, this series shares MarionMade! stories of our many wonderful people, places, products and programs in the greater Marion community. To read more positive stories of Marion, or to share some of your own, visit us at marionmade.org or on social media. When the computer wheel keeps spinning, or […]
U.S. Government Spending Billions on Cybersecurity
In recent months, the House of Representatives has been hard at work drafting various spending bills for the 2023 fiscal year. While these bills provide funding for a vast array of government programs and agencies, there was one thing that really stands out. Collectively, the bills that are making their […]