Regular and strenuous exercise increases the risk of motor neurone disease (MND) in people who are genetically vulnerable, scientists have said. One of the researchers at the University of Sheffield, Dr Johnathan Cooper-Knock, told BBC World News that in the future they hoped to be able to work out the risk on an individual basis…
Famed chef Adam Handling will be serving world leaders traditional favourites like Dover sole and cream teas, as well as more unusual dishes over the course of the G7 Summit. The environmentally conscious chef is highlighting how we can all eat more sustainably during the summit. On Thursday he took a break from the kitchen…
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Cybercrime , Data Loss Prevention (DLP) , Endpoint Security 1.5 Million Facebook Passwords Among Leaked Data; Raccoon Infostealer Suspected Jeremy Kirk (jeremy_kirk) • June 10, 2021 A control panel for the Raccoon infostealer botnet, where subscribers can browse data stolen from compromised computers (Source: Hold Security) There’s such a surfeit of stolen data…
3rd Party Risk Management , Active Defense & Deception , Critical Infrastructure Security Senators Asked Chris Inglis and Jen Easterly About Cyberthreats Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • June 10, 2021 John “Chris” Inglis is nominated to become the nation’s first national cyber director, while Jen Easterly has been asked to lead CISA. President Joe…
Electronic Arts, the publisher of the Battlefield series and many other popular video game franchises, has been hacked. On multiple underground hacking forums, Motherboard found hackers claiming they had taken more than 780GB of data from the company. According to screenshots seen by the outlet, the trove includes the source code for FIFA 2021 and both…
JBS, the world’s largest beef producer, has confirmed that they paid an $11 million ransom after the REvil ransomware operation initially demanded $22.5 million. On May 31, JBS was forced to shut down some of its food production sites after the REvil ransomware operators breached their network and encrypted some of its North American and Australian IT systems. JBS…
There will be a broad and deep agenda to be discussed between US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson ahead of the G7 summit, a former US ambassador to the EU has said. While there was some political differences between the two leaders it was important to focus on the important issues…
JBS Foods has said it paid roughly $11 million to resolve a ransomware attack that crippled the company. JBS Foods is the world’s largest meat producer, with operations in the us, Canada and Australia. The company experienced a cyberattack on May 30 that crippled operations. At the time, company officials were not commenting on the…
Infecting mosquitoes with Wolbachia bacteria has reduced the insect’s ability to spread dengue fever by 77% in a trial, scientists have said. The Wolbachia bacteria persists in the mosquito population meaning the intervention only has to be done once to give a community protection from dengue for many years, the lead researcher on the project,…
