FCC To Eliminate Gigabit Speed Goal, Scrap Analysis of Broadband Prices
Summary The FCC is set to vote on August 7 to eliminate the long-term gigabit speed goal. This initiative, led by FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, also proposes to halt the…
Alaska Airlines Resumes Operations After System Glitch Grounds All Flights
Summary Alaska Airlines faced a significant disruption when all flights were grounded due to an IT outage, leading to a system-wide Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ground stop. The FAA halt…
Microsoft Releases Emergency Patches for Actively Exploited SharePoint Zero-Days
Microsoft Releases Emergency Patches for Actively Exploited SharePoint Zero-Days Microsoft has rolled out emergency security updates addressing two significant zero-day vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-53770 and CVE-2025-53771) in SharePoint. These vulnerabilities are actively…
Hackers Exploit a Blind Spot By Hiding Malware Inside DNS Records
Hackers are now using a clever method to hide malware within DNS records, allowing malicious code to evade usual security measures that typically monitor internet traffic. Researchers from DomainTools uncovered…
UK Backing Down on Apple Encryption Backdoor After Pressure From US
UK Backing Down on Apple Encryption Backdoor After Pressure From US Sir Keir Starmer’s government is looking to ease tensions with the Trump administration regarding its demand for Apple to…
Weak Password Allowed Hackers To Sink a 158-Year-Old Company
An anonymous reader reports on a tragic incident where a weak password led to a ransomware attack that destroyed KNP, a 158-year-old transport company in Northamptonshire, leaving 700 employees without…
Alaska Airlines Resumes Operations After System Glitch Grounds All Flights
Summary Alaska Airlines experienced a significant IT outage, resulting in the grounding of all flights on Sunday night. The FAA imposed a system-wide ground stop until early Monday morning. Although…
Microsoft Releases Emergency Patches for Actively Exploited SharePoint Zero-Days
Microsoft Releases Emergency Patches for Actively Exploited SharePoint Zero-Days Microsoft has released emergency security updates addressing two zero-day vulnerabilities in SharePoint, known as CVE-2025-53770 and CVE-2025-53771. These vulnerabilities have been…
Hackers Exploit a Blind Spot By Hiding Malware Inside DNS Records
Hackers are now hiding malware within DNS records, which helps them evade conventional security monitoring that typically focuses on web and email traffic. This method was discovered to be used…
UK Backing Down on Apple Encryption Backdoor After Pressure From US
Summary Reports indicate that the UK government, under Sir Keir Starmer, is retreating from its demand for Apple to grant access to secure customer data. Pressured by the US administration,…