prevention

Photo: Win McNamee (Getty Images)Since taking office, Joe Biden has made it known that he’s going to take cybercrime seriously. It’s not the case that Biden is the world’s most tech-savvy octonarian, rather, he’s simply responding to security challenges that have developed on his watch—most notably a string of increasingly destructive cyberattacks that took place during his first year as president. The most recent iteration of the Biden administration’s efforts to make the internet a safer place is the government’s…

In September 2022, NASA deliberately crashed its DART spacecraft into a small asteroid some 6.8 million miles from Earth, in an attempt to redirect its trajectory as a test-run for any future rock that might threaten Earth.Now, the Hubble Space Telescope has compiled imagery taken of the target rock, Dimorphos, before and after the September crash test. The images have been stitched together to create a timelapse movie of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission.Ground telescopes picked up grainy footage of the…

The U.S. reopened its embassy in Havana, Cuba in 2015. Then in 2016, officials working overseas at the embassy were the first to report strange symptoms that would eventually become known as ‘Havana syndrome.’ Photo: Chip Somodevilla (Getty Images)Yet again, another report based on U.S. intelligence sources has re-re-realleged that the mysterious “Havana syndrome” wasn’t brought on by some foreign adversary wielding strange energy weapons. As to any other possibilities for hundreds of U.S. officials experiencing a…

A new large-scale study has shown that warding off dementia early may be as simple for some as taking a vitamin D supplement.Previous research has found that low levels of vitamin D are linked to a higher risk of developing dementia. The hormone helps remove amyloid from the brain – its accumulation is a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease – and it may also assist in preventing tau build-up, another protein at play in the development of dementia.While vitamin D is obtained through direct sunlight and diet, studies have…

Photo: Elliott Cowand Jr (Shutterstock)America’s oldest law enforcement agency, the U.S. Marshals Service, is in a bit of security trouble. The federal police agency was targeted by ransomware hackers earlier this month in an episode that officials are saying involved a significant amount of “sensitive” data. Just how bad is this? While details are thin, the short answer is: probably pretty bad. The USMS is the law enforcement wing of America’s federal judiciary, reporting to the Attorney General’s Office. As a result,…

Photo: Maor_Winetrob (Shutterstock)Beleaguered password manager LastPass has announced yet another serious security screwup and, this time, it may be the final straw for some users. For months, the company has been periodically providing updates about a nasty data breach that occurred last August. At the time, LastPass revealed that a cybercriminal had managed to worm its way into the company’s development environment and steal some source code but claimed there was “no evidence” that any user data had been compromised as…

Ten best practices for web3 security prevention you need to follow in the year 2023 Web3 is rapidly growing, but it is a contentious technological movement. When assessing Web3’s potential, tech builders and businesses must take a proactive approach to security. From traditional issues such as social engineering, insider exploits, and faulty implementations to an emerging class of Web3-native exploits across decentralized applications, exchanges, and wallets, blockchains, and cryptocurrencies have been the subject of…

Photo: Cap_ableI hate to break it to you, but a world where your every move can be tracked using facial recognition has gone from science fiction to an everyday reality. Facial recognition is common at airports, concerts, and stores, its in our schools, and you might even have to use it to file your taxes. Some people are willing to trade privacy for safety, but facial recognition has serious, built-in flaws that limit its accuracy. The technology may already be responsible for putting innocent people in jail.But with a…

Image: Luiza Kamalova (Shutterstock)TikTok is pushing back against the European Union for not informing the company that they were banning the app on all government devices. The EU also took steps to ban the Chinese-owned app on staff’s personal devices with corporate access, amid concerns that TikTok’s parent company ByteDance is accessing user data.ByteDance has previously denied the allegations, saying it has no affiliation with the Chinese government but has now expressed its disdain for the EU’s decision to ban the…

When something goes wrong with one of your gadgets, you’re faced with a choice: Fix it yourself, or call in some professional help. With your options for these routes constantly changing (both Apple and Samsung have launched self-repair kits in recent years), we wanted to give you an up-to-date look at what you’ve got to consider when it comes to repairing your gear, and some of the resources that are out there.Your initial thoughts will probably be around how much money you’re going to have to spend on a repair and how…