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SpaceX has filed a petition to incorporate its Starbase facility in South Texas as a new city, aiming to streamline infrastructure development and support the growing workforce needed for Starship production and testing. Space.com reports: “To continue… Continue reading SpaceX Wants Starbase To Become an Official City In Texas
The Brennan torpedo, invented in 1877 by Louis Brennan, was one of the first (if not the first) guided torpedoes of a practical design. Amazingly, it had no internal power …read more Continue reading Pulling Backward to Go Forward: The Brennan Torpedo Explained
Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads, has been fined €251 million (around $263 million) for a 2018 data breach that impacted millions of users in the bloc, in what’s the latest financial hit the company has t… Continue reading Meta Fined €251 Million for 2018 Data Breach Impacting 29 Million Accounts
What was once primarily a technical role, CISOs now find themselves accountable for organizational risk, regulatory compliance, and even legal liabilities across the entire organization. However, as cyber threats intensify, it’s clear that overseeing c… Continue reading CISO accountability: Navigating a landscape of responsibility
In this Help Net Security interview, Vivek Agarwal, Privacy Program Manager at Meta Platforms, shares insights on strategies for reducing time to market, improving vendor onboarding, and updating privacy requirements to ensure compliance across third-p… Continue reading Key steps to scaling automated compliance while maintaining security
Threat actors are attempting to exploit a recently disclosed security flaw impacting Apache Struts that could pave the way for remote code execution.
The issue, tracked as CVE-2024-53677, carries a CVSS score of 9.5 out of 10.0, indicating critical sev… Continue reading Patch Alert: Critical Apache Struts Flaw Found, Exploitation Attempts Detected
Google’s open-source tool Vanir enables Android developers to quickly scan custom platform code for missing or applicable security patches. By automating patch validation, Vanir helps OEMs deliver critical security updates faster, enhancing the s… Continue reading Vanir: Open-source security patch validation for Android
Breaches in 2024 had less impact on consumers’ trust in brands compared to the previous year (a 6.5% decrease from 62% in 2023 to 58% in 2024), according to a recent Vercara report. Most consumers also remain unaware of the role they may play in cyber … Continue reading Consumers wrongly attribute all data breaches to cybercriminals
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: The UK’s first driverless bus service, originally heralded as a breakthrough of global significance, is being withdrawn from service because too few passengers used it. The autonomous buses, operat… Continue reading Driverless Bus Service In Scotland To Be Withdrawn Due To Lack of Interest
If you were in Tunisia in October, you might have caught some of the Morse Code championships this year. If you didn’t make it, you could catch the BBC’s documentary …read more Continue reading The World Morse Code Championship