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Why a Taiwan Invasion Would Look Nothing Like D-Day Our natural impulse when thinking about future amphibious operations is to look to the past. Yet the reality is that no good point of comparison for a Chinese invasion of Taiwan exists. By May 26, 2021 The first team of Taiwan artillerywomen poses for the press during the annual Han Kuang exercises in Pingtung County, southern Taiwan, Thursday, May 30, 2019. Credit: AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying Advertisement Every year...

25 May 2021, 01:05 am Apple has recently applied zero-day vulnerabilities.The Cupertino giant immediately addressed the exploitations by patching the macOS and tvOS with a security update. The company learned that the XCCSET malware was able to access the privacy protection of the macOS, confirming the attacks from the latest system intruders.  Apple Patches macOS, Apple TV 4K, and TV HD Due to Zero-Day Exploits (Photo : Sora Shimazaki from Pexels) Earlier this week, Apple has applied security...

macOS Devices At Risk Of Malware Accessing Webcam, Keystrokes Through Zero-Day Bug 05/25/21 AT 7:33 AM Researchers have identified malware that takes advantage of the zero-day vulnerability to bypass the macOS security and access microphone, webcam and keystrokes without the need for a users permission. On May 24, Jamf, a security provider for Apple enterprise users, said the newly-identified malware uses zero-day vulnerability to access macOS applications that normally require a user’s co...

Utility industry news and analysis for energy professionals.

Hollywood films may present as collectives as groups of programmers furiously typing away at keyboards in dark rooms, but cybersecurity experts say real-life groups are far more professional — more closely resembling startups than 80s hacker flicks. 

A recent report from Wired reveals that a week after a ransomware attack shut down Colonial Pipeline halting fuel distribution on the East Coast, the company paid a reported $5 million dollar ransom to regain control of their systems and resume operations. The payoff may lead to future ransomware attacks, as one expert notes: "Unfortunately, it’ll help keep United States critical infrastructure providers in the crosshairs. If a sector proves to be profitable, they’ll keep on hitting it....

Incredible details keep trickling out about the Russian DarkSide hackers BGR 3 hrs ago © Provided by BGR Colonial Pipeline In the seemingly never-ending cascade of news headlines about hacks, data breaches and ransomware attacks like the one from this weekend executed by a Russian criminal gang against a major US fuel pipeline, the bad guys often appear as a kind of faceless, nearly-anonymous menace. Compared to almost any other time when reporters write about crime, actual flesh-and-blood...

At least five Russian speaking threat actors have been identified as affiliates with the DarkSide RaaS.

Adobe has released a massive Security Update Patch on Tuesday that fixes vulnerabilities in 12 applications

* * * Politics “But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?” –James Madison, Federalist 51 “They had one weapon left and both knew it: treachery.” –Frank Herbert, Dune “They had learned nothing, and forgotten nothing.” –Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord Biden Administration HHS tries to put Fauci’s toothpaste back in the tube: .@SecBecerra: "We still want you to be as safe as possible. Thats why the indoor policy should still be...