I love AirTags. But they can be abused. Or, more specifically, they can be used to abuse people. AirTags are small and can easily be tucked into a bag, coat pocket, or car by people with bad intentions. And Apple knows this. Apple has taken a few steps to keep users safe. iPhones running the latest iOS software will warn users if a tag that’s not registered to them is traveling with them....
The program, which initially received AU$8 million in funding, was established last year as part of efforts to reduce shark attacks and protect marine life along the state’s beaches. Touted as the world’s largest suite of shark management tools and technologies, Deputy Premier John Barilaro said the increased funding would see more shark-spotting drones, shark-management-alert-in-real-time (SMART) drumlines, and VR4G listening stations be used to monitor beaches. In terms of numbers, this will result in 170 SMART drumlines being deployed in nearly every coastal council area, shark-spotting drones being sent out to 50 beaches, and the number of VR4G shark listening stations in operation increasing to 37....
In a blog post well worth your time, entitled This shouldn’t have happened, Ormandy found that if NSS was made to create an ASN.1 signature bigger than the maximum 16384 bits it expected, overwriting of memory would occur. “What happens if you just … make a signature that’s bigger than that? Well, it turns out the answer is memory corruption. Yes, really,” Ormandy wrote. “The untrusted signature is simply copied into this fixed-sized buffer, overwriting adjacent members with arbitrary attacker-controlled data....
The latest ranking, covering the privacy features of 21 popular video call apps, found that three of the most popular apps are also platforms that Mozilla researchers said had lackluster privacy features: Facebook Messenger, WeChat and Houseparty. Slack was also criticized by Mozilla for not allowing users to block certain contacts. Signal and Threema were both cited as “outstanding” from a privacy perspective, but only Signal is free. Threema costs $2....
The exercise equipment maker saw its star rise dramatically during the pandemic on the backs of individuals looking for an alternative to in-person classes and gyms. The surging demand led to a peak valuation of around $50 billion. However, as the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic’s peak faded, so too did Peloton’s valuation, which now sits closer to $10 billion. The company itself pointed to the reopening of gyms as one of the main reasons for negative movement in its recent quarterly financial releases....
NASA’s DART probe – a.k.a. the Double Asteroid Redirection Test – was taking aim at Dimorphos, a smaller “egg-shaped” asteroid orbiting its much larger companion Didymos. Neither posed a threat to Earth, but NASA used DART to demonstrate that striking Dimorphos was a viable mitigation technique should it discover a similar body on an Earthbound trajectory. As NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said, this international collaboration “turned science fiction into science fact, demonstrating one way to protect Earth....
The acquisition comes less than a year after NetApp acquired Spot (now Spot by NetApp), a CloudOps provider that automates and optimizes workloads running in public cloud environments. Lye said Data Mechanics’ staff and IP will be integrated with the Spot by NetApp team and portfolio to accelerate the development of NetApp’s recently announced Spot Wave storage package, which simplifies, optimizes and automates Spark workloads running in public clouds.
That’s particularly true of the latest addition to the range, the Orbi 5G WiFi 6 Mesh System (NBK752), which combines high-speed Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) connectivity with 5G mobile broadband to provide a ‘failsafe’ backup in case you lose your main internet connection at a critical moment. Price & options The Orbi 5G WiFi 6 is very much a top-of-the-range option, combining tri-band Wi-Fi 6 with a top speed of 4....
What is Credential Stuffing? Credential stuffing involves trying to access online accounts using the login credentials from other services. Oftentimes, consumers use the same usernames or passwords (or both) across multiple platforms. Unfortunately, cybercriminals are taking advantage of this widespread practice. They rely on automated software that stuffs credentials obtained from the dark web. In 2020, hackers used credential stuffing to gain access to 350,000 Spotify accounts. Credential stuffing is one of the most common types of cyberattacks....
Apple is delivering on that promise with an update that you should install as soon as possible. iOS 14.8.1 contains 12 — yes, a dozen — security fixes for a swath of issues, ranging from kernel vulnerabilities to bugs in the Safari WebKit engine. These are the sort of issues that could let the bad guys get a foothold into your device to wreak more havoc. Apple also fixed many bugs on Monday with the release of an update to iOS 15: iOS 15....
NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet said the funding would be evenly split into AU$7 million chunks under the NSW Bushfire Response R&D Mission. The New South Wales government made the announcement ahead of its 2021-22 Budget, which is set to be handed down next week. “The 2019-20 bushfires claimed lives, destroyed thousands of homes, and cost NSW billions, this investment will go towards reducing the impact of bushfires and responding in the most effective way possible,” he said....
During local elections last month, an unknown number of voters were unable to cast a vote due to the state’s iVote online voting system suffering a failure for a portion of the voting period. In the immediate aftermath, the NSWEC attributed the iVote online voting system failure to a higher-than-expected elector load, with around 650,000 people using the system during the local elections last month. “Almost triple the number of voters have used iVote at these elections than any previous election,” NSWEC said at the time....
The real question is, can £299/€349 (~$390) buy enough of a handset to justify the spend, or should buyers consider the higher-end Nord 2, which at the time of writing is available discounted to £369/€369 in the same 8GB/128GB configuration? Given the budget price tag, it’s no surprise that the Nord CE 2’s backplate is made from plastic rather than glass or metal. The back is shiny and slippery, and failed to sit on the arm of my chair securely....
The report sent PagerDuty shares surging by 12% in late trading. CEO and chair Jennifer Tejada called the results “an outstanding quarter for PagerDuty as we delivered record revenue of $72 million and grew 33% year over year.” Added Tejada, Revenue in the three months ending in October rose 33.5% year over year to $71.8 million, yielding a net loss of 7 cents a share, excluding some costs. Analysts had been modeling $70....
But how does this interesting security tool compare with the best password managers? Is it worth your investment? We’ve tested PassHulk on three critical aspects: safety, privacy, and ease of use. We gave the password manager an overall score of 6.3/10. Read the full review below to find out the reasoning for the scores below. PassHulk: Short Review Our cybersecurity experts took the time to research and test the PassHulk password manager....
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The alert from the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) – the cybersecurity arm of intelligence service GCHQ – warns that the phishing attacks are targeting individuals and organisations in a range of sectors. The end goal of the phishing attacks is to dupe the victim into clicking malicious links that direct to fake, but realistic-looking, login pages, where the victim will enter their login credentials, providing the attackers with access to their account, which hackers abuse directly or use to gain access to other victims....
The non-profit organization Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) offers vendor-neutral certifications recognized worldwide to validate specific IT skills. Because of this, they are rated 4.4 out of 5 stars by the giant job search company, Indeed.com. Similarly, DojoLab assembled certified subject-matter experts to create lab and PBQs bundles, and their knowledge will ultimately help you train for the CompTIA certification exams. There are no lectures for these courses. Instead, they follow the exam curriculum and allow you to practice your current skills as you familiarize yourself with the kind of questions you’ll be facing....
The world of technology is constantly evolving. One movement that’s sparked much of this innovation has been the recent push towards Web3, the third generation of the internet. Web3 envisions an utterly decentralized web with cryptocurrency and the metaverse playing critical roles in allowing users to wrest control of the web and financial systems from large institutions and governments. Web3 is also the future for programmers, so if you want to keep up with the job market’s demands today and in the future, the Complete Web3 Programming Masterclass Bundle may help....
Domain Group Victim of Phishing Attack Australia’s second-largest real estate marketing business, Domain Group, has confirmed their platform fell victim to a cyberattack. “We have identified a scam that used a phishing attack to gain access to Domain’s administrative systems to engage with people who have made rental property enquiries,” the company’s CEO Jason Pellegrino said, as first reported by the Sydney Morning Herald. According to Pellegrino, the scammers contacted some of these people by email....
