Strictly's Karen Carney kicks off the show with Carlos Gu but takes a fall during live performance
The former footballer, 38, and Carlos brought the heat with a high-energy Quickstep.
Labour urged to come clean over secret summits with Chinese officials that show extent of links to Beijing
The meetings were in the period between the Tories' rejection of the plans on security grounds and their revival under Labour following Chancellor Rachel Reeves' visit to China in January.
New spy fears over site of Chinese 'super-embassy' due to proximity to phone exchange that handles sensitive City data
The proposal to build the embassy has been mired in controversy over claims that Keir Starmer struck a secret deal with Beijing to approve it - despite objections from Britain's intelligence services.
Heard the one about how many fat-salaried NHS managers it takes to change a lightbulb? (The punchline's no joke... I should know, I'm a very angry A&E doctor)
Not long ago, I proposed creating a quiet room for patients with learning disabilities and autism in the urgent care department of the busy London hospital I work in. Pictured: File photo
Anthea Turner opens up about how she was once labelled a 'homewrecker' after falling for a married man
The TV presenter, 65, left her husband, former Radio 1 DJ Peter Powell, in 1998 for property developer Grant Bovey, who at the time was married with three young children.
TALK OF THE TOWN: The Beckhams' 1,000 sq ft man-made beach may cross a line in the sand for local planners
Of the many shocking moments in the new Victoria Beckham Netflix series, the one revelation that's landed the former Spice Girl (pictured) in the most trouble might come as a surprise...
Who is football's ultimate traitor? From doing the unthinkable by joining rivals Arsenal straight from Tottenham to the striker who swapped Arsene Wenger for sparring partner Sir Alex Ferguson
From the star who left his club for their arch rivals for free to the boy wonder who risked the wrath of his old team by joining their arch enemy, here are the most treachorous transfers to grace the game.
Aston Villa, council and police ALL face legal action over decision to ban Israeli football fans
Campaigners have pledged to 'do whatever it takes' and launch a wave of legal actions to overturn a controversial ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv football fans attending a match against Aston Villa.
You Only Need $750 to Pilfer Unencrypted Data From Satellites, Researchers Say
"A new study published on Monday found that communications from cellphone carriers, retailers, banks, and even militaries are being broadcast unencrypted through geostationary satellites..." reports Gizmodo. "The team obtained unencrypted internet communications from U.S. military sea vessels and even communications regarding narcotics trafficking from Mexican military and law enforcement."
Researchers from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and the University of Maryland scanned 39 of these satellites from a rooftop in Southern California over three years. They found that roughly half of the signals they analyzed were transmitting unencrypted data, potentially exposing everything from phone calls and military logistics to a retail chain's inventory. "There is a clear mismatch between how satellite customers expect data to be secured and how it is secured in practice," the researchers wrote in their paper titled "Don't Look Up: There Are Sensitive Internal Links in the Clear on GEO Satellites...." "They assumed that no one was ever going to check and scan all these satellites and see what was out there. That was their method of security," Aaron Schulman, a UCSD professor and co-lead of the study, told Wired....
Even more surprisingly, the researchers didn't need any fancy spy gear to collect this data. Their setup used only off-the-shelf hardware, including a $185 satellite dish, a $140 roof mount with a $195 motor, and a $230 tuner card. Altogether, the system cost roughly $750 and was installed on a university building in La Jolla, San Diego.
With their simple setup, the researchers were able to collect a wide range of communication data, including phone calls, texts, in-flight Wi-Fi data from airline passengers, and signals from electric utilities. They even obtained U.S. and Mexican military and law enforcement communications, as well as ATM transactions and corporate communications... When it came to telecoms, specifically, the team collected phone numbers, calls, and texts from customers of T-Mobile, AT&T Mexico, and Telmex... It only took the team nine hours to collect the phone numbers of over 2,700 T-Mobile users, along with some of their calls and text messages.
T-Mobile told Gizmodo the lack of encryption was "a vendor's technical misconfiguration" affecting "a limited number of cell sites" and was "not network-wide... [W]e implemented nationwide Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) encryption for all customers to further protect signaling traffic as it travels between mobile handsets and the network core, including call set up, numbers dialed and text message content. We appreciate our collaboration with the security research community, whose work helps reinforce our ongoing commitment to protecting customer data and enhances security across the industry."
Indeed, the researchers write that "Each time we discovered sensitive information in our data, we went through considerable effort to determine the responsible party, establish contact, and disclose the vulnerability. In several cases, the responsible party told us that they had deployed a remedy. For the following parties, we re-scanned with their permission and were able to verify a remedy had been deployed: T-Mobile, WalMart, and KPU."
The researchers acknowledge that exposure "was limited to a relatively small number of cell towers in specific remote areas."
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Victoria Beckham is 'extremely protective' over Harper, 14, and her biggest fear is revealed as daughter prepares to follow in her mother's footsteps
The fashion designer, 51, is said to have hinted that her 14-year-old daughter could become the next Kylie Jenner, 28.
Strictly viewers in stitches as Claudia Winkleman recreates THAT Coldplay 'kiss cam' moment during live show
The host joined musical director Dave Arch to poke fun at the viral moment just before George Clarke took to the floor to dance to Coldplay's hit Viva La Vida.
Strictly Come Dancing fans are unimpressed as major change to next week's show is revealed
Strictly Come Dancing viewers were left disappointed on Saturday night after discovering that the much-loved Halloween Week will be postponed.
'Catastrophic' attack as Russians hack files on EIGHT MoD bases and post them on the dark web
In what has been described as a 'catastrophic' security breach, cybercriminals accessed the cache of files by hacking a maintenance contractor used by the MoD.
MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Nations smaller than ours stand up to China so surely we should too
Both Ireland and Australia have recently blocked plans for large new Chinese embassies in Dublin and Canberra, on similar grounds.
I've been fat-shamed, says the 20st Santa axed after struggling to fit into his costume
Professional Santa Mike Mendoza says his 46in waist has always guaranteed him plenty of work in his four decades of playing Old St Nick.
Rich are shielding their wealth from the Budget - YOU can too
The trick is to make changes to your personal finances that you will be happy with whether rumoured changes are announced in the Budget or not.
Delay taking a pension lump sum to make pot last extra SEVEN years
Murphy Wealth crunched the numbers to see how much taking a tax-free lump sum could cost a typical saver instead of leaving it longer to grow.
Should Scientists Be Allowed to Edit Genes of Wild Animals? Top Conservation Groups Just Voted Yes
It's the world's largest network of environmental groups, according to NBC News, with more than 1,400 members from roughly 160 countries. It meets once every four years.
And in a vote Tuesday, the International Union for Conservation of Nature "approved further exploration of the use of genetic engineering tools to aid in the preservation of animal species and other living organisms."
Researchers are already pursuing projects that involve changing some species' DNA. Scientists are genetically modifying mosquitoes to reduce transmission of diseases like malaria, for example, and synthesizing horseshoe crab blood, which is used in drug development. Controversial efforts to "de-extinct" archaic creatures — such as the so-called "dire wolf" that a biosciences company announced it had revived this spring — fall under the umbrella, as well. So do possibilities like modifying organisms to help them adapt to a warming world, which are on the table but further off in development.... The decision is applicable to work on a range of organisms, including animals, plants, yeasts and bacteria....
The notion of introducing genetic engineering into wild ecosystems would have been considered a nonstarter in most conservation circles a decade ago, according to Jessica Owley [a professor and environment law program director at the University of Miami]. But the intensifying effects of climate change and other stressors to biodiversity are bolstering arguments in favor of human intervention that could make endangered species resistant to those threats... The IUCN vote, she added, reflects a feeling of desperation among conservationists and governments, as existing regulations and conservation efforts fall short and species continue to disappear worldwide.
"A separate measure, a proposed moratorium on releasing genetically modified organisms into the environment, failed by a single vote..."
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British men claim they have absolutely no say in home decor except for ONE room, study reveals
The lack of involvement increased with age, showing around 40 percent of Baby Boomers to 36 percent of Gen X blokes aged 44 to 59 played no part in styling their property.
Molly-Mae Hague reveals she took prescription medication for extreme anxiety after suffering panic attacks amid Tommy Fury relationship troubles
The influencer reunited with the boxer, both 26, following a brief split amid his struggles with alcohol and reports of infidelity.