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My neighbours love to set off fireworks, but it scares my two cats. If previous years are anything to go by, they will set them off on New Year's Eve.

‘Elite teams’ are pondering cyber-attacks to turn off energy supply or telecoms networks

The head of Australia’s Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) has warned that authoritarian regimes “are growing more willing to disrupt or destroy critical infrastructure”, using cyber-sabotage.…

Antonio Brown found himself in an isolated Miami jail cell on Tuesday night as he awaited Wednesday's bond hearing following his extradition from Dubai on an attempted murder charge.

The radio presenter, 45, has reflected on the heartbreaking moment she lost her baby when she was six months pregnant.

The actor, 49, has a son, born in either late 2022 or early 2023, with his girlfriend Tuva Novotny.

Bartosz Urbaniak, 29, suffered a traumatic brain injury following the fall during a booze-fuelled 'Big Weekender' event at Butlin's holiday park.in Skegness.

Cafe and restaurants say a store at the top of Crystal Palace hill could 'brain-wash' customers into buying elsewhere due to the influence of the corporate giant.

Disney is losing an estimated $4.3 million per day (about $30 million per week) from the ongoing YouTube TV blackout of ESPN, ABC, and other networks amid a contract dispute over carriage fees. Of course, YouTube is also feeling financial pressure from users who have already canceled or intend to cancel their service. Variety reports: Disney is losing an estimated $30 million per week from its networks being pulled off YouTube TV, which works out to nearly $4.3 million per day, according to Morgan Stanley analysts. The figure came in a research note from Morgan Stanley equity analysts Benjamin Swinburne and Thomas Yeh, who said in their financial forecast for Disney's year-end 2025 quarter, they are "layering in 14 days of impact from the ongoing YouTube TV blackout, which we estimate is a $60mm revenue headwind." Nov. 11 marks the 12th day of the Disney blackout on YouTube TV. The Morgan Stanley analysts wrote that they expect the Disney-YouTube TV dispute to be resolved later this week, but estimated that each week its networks are dark on YouTube TV will lower Disney's adjusted earnings per share by 2 cents.

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Even by the often lurid standards of the aristocracy, it's a remarkable story - one which will either be exposed as a mythical oddity or confirmed as an extraordinary, episode.

Georgina Cox, 34, accused Sweaty Betty of 'silencing [her] by threats' after she complained that the company used her phrase 'Wear the Damn Shorts' without her consent.

The Californian-based social media star, who posted under the username foodwithbearhands, died on November 8.

'Shrinkflation' labels should be added to products to shame companies which reduce the size of their goods but charge customers the same, a think tank has suggested.

When Nationwide acquired Virgin Money a year ago, we didn't do what most companies do - close branches to cut costs. We did the opposite.

Dodgy fire sticks promise to save users money on subscriptions, but come with hidden risks that can leave people further out of pocket than if they paid for the services legitimately.

A new law to improve safety on pavements in Slovakia has prompted mockery and criticism, with claims that fleet-footed pedestrians could be caught speeding.

GUY ADAMS: It's pure nonsense to claim that scrapping the child benefit cap has condemned huge numbers of innocent children to lives of destitution

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: ClickFix often starts with an email sent from a hotel that the target has a pending registration with and references the correct registration information. In other cases, ClickFix attacks begin with a WhatsApp message. In still other cases, the user receives the URL at the top of Google results for a search query. Once the mark accesses the malicious site referenced, it presents a CAPTCHA challenge or other pretext requiring user confirmation. The user receives an instruction to copy a string of text, open a terminal window, paste it in, and press Enter. Once entered, the string of text causes the PC or Mac to surreptitiously visit a scammer-controlled server and download malware. Then, the machine automatically installs it -- all with no indication to the target. With that, users are infected, usually with credential-stealing malware. Security firms say ClickFix campaigns have run rampant. The lack of awareness of the technique, combined with the links also coming from known addresses or in search results, and the ability to bypass some endpoint protections are all factors driving the growth. The commands, which are often base-64 encoded to make them unreadable to humans, are often copied inside the browser sandbox, a part of most browsers that accesses the Internet in an isolated environment designed to protect devices from malware or harmful scripts. Many security tools are unable to observe and flag these actions as potentially malicious. The attacks can also be effective given the lack of awareness. Many people have learned over the years to be suspicious of links in emails or messengers. In many users' minds, the precaution doesn't extend to sites that instruct them to copy a piece of text and paste it into an unfamiliar window. When the instructions come in emails from a known hotel or at the top of Google results, targets can be further caught off guard. With many families gathering in the coming weeks for various holiday dinners, ClickFix scams are worth mentioning to those family members who ask for security advice. Microsoft Defender and other endpoint protection programs offer some defenses against these attacks, but they can, in some cases, be bypassed. That means that, for now, awareness is the best countermeasure. Researchers from CrowdStrike described in a report a campaign designed to infect Macs with a Mach-O executive. "Promoting false malicious websites encourages more site traffic, which will lead to more potential victims," wrote the researchers. "The one-line installation command enables eCrime actors to directly install the Mach-O executable onto the victim's machine while bypassing Gatekeeper checks." Push Security, meanwhile, reported a ClickFix campaign that uses a device-adaptive page that serves different malicious payloads depending on whether the visitor is on Windows or macOS.

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Richard Darbyshire, the former frontman of 80s pop band Living In A Box, has died at the age of 65. 

The singer, 32, is currently on a worldwide tour to promote the second instalment of the box office hit alongside co-star Cynthia Erivo.

The Duchess of Sussex on Tuesday posted to Instagram, sharing a famous clip of Prince Harry in military uniform sprinting to his helicopter mid-interview during his 2013 tour in Afghanistan.