On Wednesday, both North and South Korea tested ballistic missiles as tensions rise between the neighboring countries. Pyongyang fired the first missiles, sending two into waters off the east coast of …
Attackers Impersonate DoT in Two-Day Phishing Scam
Threat actors allegedly impersonated the US Department of Transportation in a two-day phishing campaign, leveraging the recent $1 trillion infrastructure bill. The cyber attackers created new domains …
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Microsoft Patches Actively Exploited Windows Zero-Day Bug
In the most recent Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released fixes 66 CVEs, including an RCE bug under active attack. Three of the bugs that were patched in the update were rated critical. One of which has …
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DOJ fines NSA hackers who assisted UAE in attacks on dissidents
The Justice Department has announced a deal with three former US Intelligence operatives that allows them to pay a fine rather than face jail time for breaking multiple laws when conducting offensive …
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World now sees twice as many days over 50C
According to a new analysis from BBC, the number of extremely hot days every year has doubled since the 1980s, likely due to climate change. The extreme temperature is also occurring in more areas of …
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DOD Funds HBCUs to Advance Biotechnology and Materials Science Research
Two historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have been selected to receive a collective $15 million in Defense Department funding to form centers of excellence in biotechnology and …
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More than $1 billion in aid pledged for Afghanistan as country faces ‘most perilous hour’
Afghanistan is set to receive more than $1 billion in humanitarian aid to help ease the current crisis as millions face food shortages and the economy reaches the verge of collapse. The United Nations …
WooCommerce Multi Currency Bug Allows Shoppers to Change eCommerce Pricing
A new security vulnerability in the WooCommerce Multi-Currency plugin could allow any customer to change the pricing for products in online stores. WooCommerce is a popular plugin for WordPress …
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Apple Releases Urgent Patch Following Discovery of Pegasus Spyware
This week, Apple released an urgent update that mitigates a critical vulnerability exploited by the Pegasus mobile software. The flaw, which is tracked as CVE-2021-30860, was first discovered by …
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French Police Arrest Suspect in Possession of Homemade Bombs: Uranium Traces Found
On August 26, a French national was arrested in Colmar, France, after bragging to classmates at the Centre de Formation des Apprentis. The suspect was arrested in possession of four homemade bombs. …