Day: May 9, 2023
Israeli security agency defends use of threatening messages
Israel’s Shin Bet internal security agency is defending its use of a surveillance tool that was used to send threatening text messages to Palestinian protesters at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site two years ago
Israeli security agency defends use of threatening messages
Israel’s Shin Bet internal security agency is defending its use of a sophisticated surveillance tool that was used to send threatening text messages to Palestinian protesters during unrest at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site two years ago.
Truck slams into Polish bus in Germany, injuring dozens
A highway collision between a long-distance Polish bus and a truck has injured dozens of people in eastern Germany.
PIPEDREAM Malware against Industrial Control Systems
Another nation-state malware, Russian in origin:
In the early stages of the war in Ukraine in 2022, PIPEDREAM, a known malware was quietly on the brink of wiping out a handful of critical U.S. electric and liquid natural gas sites. PIPEDREAM is an attack toolkit with unmatched and unprecedented capabilities developed for use against industrial control systems (ICSs).
The malware was built to manipulate the network communication protocols used by programmable logic controllers (PLCs) leveraged by two critical producers of PLCs for ICSs within the critical infrastructure sector, Schneider Electric and OMRON…
Microsoft 365’s AI-powered Copilot is Getting More Features and Paid Access
Microsoft is expanding preview access to its Microsoft 365 Copilot, a digital assistant based on OpenAI’s GPT-4 that brings AI-powered capabilities across Microsoft 365 apps and services. The tech giant has also announced a new indexing tool that lets …
Skipton’s 100% mortgage for renters offers hope – but not without risk
Much depends on the housing market and there’s no agreement on how that’s faring right nowWith hindsight, one of Britain’s biggest building societies could definitely have picked a better day to launch a first-of-its-kind 100% mortgage.On Tuesday morni…
David Miranda, Brazilian congressman and husband of Glenn Greenwald, dies at 37 after 9-month ICU battle
‘He died in full peace, surrounded by our children and family and friends,’ Greenwald says