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Greek mountaintop ground station aims infrared beams at CubeSats in ESA-backed optical networking trial

Game Over?! gamified the identification of scammers who sought thrills from terrorising the elderly

Researchers warn that regulatory capture means industry concerns trump those of citizens

Shai-Hulud worm exploited GitHub Actions misconfiguration to poison shared cache, now project weighing nuclear option on unsolicited contributions

Experimental Windows 11 build restores some old favorites, though the rough edges are still showing

Researchers say 18-year-old flaw already being probed and exploited just days after disclosure

Shift comes amid mounting reports of successful social engineering attacks targeting higher-ups in government

Testing? We've heard of it

MoD says StormBreaker will plug gap until homegrown SPEAR 3 integration lands

Firefox maker says the tools are basic security infrastructure, not teenage contraband

Cloud giant says humans remain accountable, even when code gets an assist from the machines

Governments can't touch VPNs technically or commercially. The mess they'll make if they try will be off the scale

Haters are gonna hate the fact Bobby Prince's demonic dirges rank with Taylor Swift's 1989

Letting a 21-year-old write critical code without supervision is not smart

No customer info stolen, no impact to operations, and no blackmail payment

PLUS: China-linked cyber-attack on central Asian oil sector; Bottom falls out of Indian smartphone sales; And more!

Multiple researchers using the same tools to find the same bugs are creating ‘unnecessary pain and pointless work’

Stuck with an AI bill for tens of thousands of dollars? You're not alone by a long shot

Ride your bots further by putting them in a harness

You're not the only one annoyed by the hype