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Australian Made & Deployed

Australian Made & Deployed

Remember the term "Australia - the clever country", well it looks like the current state of world affairs is spurring our intellectual might into end results. Here is one example and there have been considerably more than one, it just takes - so damn long - to get

Jane Goodall - RIP

Jane Goodall - RIP

There goes another remarkable woman. Jane Goodall, who gave chimps their souls back, dead at 91British primatologist Jane Goodall entered the African wilderness at 26 years old without any formal scientific training or university degree. She emerged with research that forever changed how we understood the animal kingdom.ABC NewsMBy

Milei may be in trouble

Milei may be in trouble

There was little time for Milei to feel down on Monday morning. Crisis management was called for after the financial markets reacted negatively to the election defeat, which was unexpected, at least to this extent: the peso moved threateningly towards the upper limit of its range against the dollar as

Study reveals widespread silent keystroke interception

Study reveals widespread silent keystroke interception

Really. What the hell The researchers built a custom web crawler and tested 15,000 websites from across the internet. They discovered that 91 percent of sites used event listeners in some way. While most were used for basic functions like tracking page loads or clicks, a significant portion were

Pacific Nations win ICJ Case

Pacific Nations win ICJ Case

The games afoot. Climate change may have consequences of inaction on those countries that are not taking steps to address their emissions. Its 15 judges found that countries had a legal obligation to protect the climate from greenhouse gas emissions, and that failing to act could make polluting nations liable

Asian Shift Cybersecurity Requirements to Suppliers

Asian Shift Cybersecurity Requirements to Suppliers

Businesses in Asia are paying more attention to the suppliers' cybersecurity, as third parties' poor cybersecurity hygiene leads to an increasing number of breaches. Earlier this month, Japanese chipmaker Kioxia Holdings reportedly notified its 3,000 suppliers that it would begin automated scans of their cybersecurity postures, with

Cyber insurance redefining rules

Cyber insurance redefining rules

Only a matter of time really. Cyber insurers are testing out new ways to hold policyholders accountable for outdated security, limiting payouts when policyholders fall prey to attacks that use older vulnerabilities or take advantage of holes in the organizations' defenses. The limits could start showing up in companies&

Horse Mutation made Human History

Horse Mutation made Human History

Unreal Now, a sweeping new study of ancient horse DNA offers a precise answer: a genetic quirk in a single gene, called GSDMC, helped turn skittish animals into the creatures humans could saddle and ride. Once that gene variant spread, humanity’s history took off at a gallop. A Single

Baselining @ a new level

Baselining @ a new level

The following post is an interesting read in how "spikes" in blocked (hopefully) incoming traffic may be a prelude to an incoming attack recon or possibly a breach in progress. Spikes in malicious activity precede new security flaws in 80% of casesResearchers have found that in roughly 80%

Ghost Version 6 - Released

Ghost Version 6 - Released

I don't have time for this. I am meant to be doing my Cert IV in Training & Assessing. Now I am putting the skids on my servers, so they don't update. Ghost 6.0Networked publishing, native analytics, and $100M earned by indie publishersChangelogJohn O’Nolan

Russian Connections

Russian Connections

When your wifes mobile starts running off and behaving in a manner that is not normal you tend to start asking questions - especially in this day and age. Basically it blew the network baseline right out of the water. Stuff like that gets my attention. Device immediately put in

Top hacker in the world - is an AI

Top hacker in the world - is an AI

A hacker named Xbow has topped a prestigious security industry US leaderboard that tracks who has found and reported the most vulnerabilities in software from large companies. Xbow isn’t a person – it’s an artificial intelligence tool developed by a company of the same name. Security researchers and hackers

The fight for the San Jose & billions

The fight for the San Jose & billions

I'm speechless. ‘Most valuable treasure’: $17 billion Spanish shipwreck from 1708 to be recoveredThe shipwreck’s deep-sea location, which remained a mystery until 2015, has been entangled in an international ownership debate.ABC NewsABC News Colombia, Spain, Bolivian Indigenous groups and an American salvage company have all attempted

MSP Sued by Client

MSP Sued by Client

Whoops Cognizant manages Clorox's internal networks, and employees who have issues with their passwords, multi-factor authentication (MFA) codes, and VPNs must coordinate with the IT provider to regain access to their system. However, Clorox alleges that the Cognizant Service Desk gave access passwords without verifying the identity of

NBN Australia - FTTP

NBN Australia - FTTP

I took advantage of the free upgrade to optic fiber as advised by my ISP Was it worth it - well I am still debating that one. I didn't change my plan although we had topped out our FTTN connection, we couldn't go any faster if

Port Alpha - Saronic Technologies

Port Alpha - Saronic Technologies

If you have been paying attention to what China has been achieving lately in relation to its ship building and the complications and problems of the American shipbuilding industry you would be aware that the west has a significant problem in matching China's efficiency - to say nothing

Robotics, AI & Freebie

Robotics, AI & Freebie

The freebie is probably already gone but I will be at work Now that I have got my coding out of the way, and a little time for play, I found this. Rather interesting - moving at a hell of a pace. Might need to start thinking about a new

Australian Rocket launch delayed again

Australian Rocket launch delayed again

A bid to launch Australia's first home-grown rocket into orbit has been delayed for the second time this week, with the company behind the venture set to undertake a "full investigation" ‘A big bummer’: Launch of Australia’s first home-grown rocket delayed againGold Coast-based Gilmour Space

Hybrid threats targeting Australia

Hybrid threats targeting Australia

The following article is written by the Strategist which is ... is the commentary and analysis site of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), which is an independent, non-partisan think tank based in Canberra. ASPI is widely recognized for its contributions to public discussions on strategic policy issues in Australia and

LockBit ransomware gang hacked

LockBit ransomware gang hacked

Even hackers get hacked LockBit ransomware gang hacked, victim negotiations exposedThe LockBit ransomware gang has suffered a data breach after its dark web affiliate panels were defaced and replaced with a message linking to a MySQL database dump.BleepingComputerLawrence Abrams Furthermore, the phpMyAdmin SQL dump shows that the server was

Privacy Battle starts in Switzerland

Privacy Battle starts in Switzerland

Interesting Switzerland is on the verge of dramatically increasing surveillance requirements for VPNs, social networks and messaging apps. Are crypto projects at risk? The country’s reputation as a privacy haven has resulted in Switzerland becoming a hub for privacy projects establishing their foundations or development entities there, including Nym,

Kali Linux update failures

Kali Linux update failures

Really They lost the key Kali Linux warns of update failures after losing repo signing key Offensive Security warned Kali Linux users to manually install a new Kali repository signing key to avoid experiencing update failures.BleepingComputerSergiu Gatlan The announcement comes after OffSec lost the old repo signing key (ED444FF07D8D0BF6)

Microsoft OneDrive - broken links

Microsoft OneDrive - broken links

Microsoft appears to be stuffing around with this problem for over a year and as of March of this year has made the problem significantly worse. I too am now affected and have resorted to using the mobile application to move files backwards and forwards between the folders I share

CISA warns of Fast Flux DNS evasion

CISA warns of Fast Flux DNS evasion

Good luck with this one. The only way I can see you can defend against it is to have a firewall with an active security domain feed, backed up with a secure DNS system also vetting for said domains along with Suricata signatures looking for suspect communications in your network.

Norway's Melting Glaciers Are Spilling Artifacts

Norway's Melting Glaciers Are Spilling Artifacts

Quote From ancient human remains to strange wooden tools and statues, these objects are drawing archaeologists into the high, frozen mountains each year. Unquote Norway’s Melting Glaciers Are Spilling Out Troves of Lost ArtifactsMysterious and fascinating artifacts are surfacing on melting glaciers across the planet.ScienceAlertBusiness Insider Cool #enoughsaid