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Media reports about a cyberattack that forced a British power plant offline for four days should be taken seriously far beyond the United Kingdom. It gives us a glimpse of how the Iran conflict could develop and signals to governments and businesses around the world that they need to be ready for a new battlefield.

Power plants have become increasingly attractive targets for state-sponsored cyber attackers because disrupting electricity generation can create consequences far beyond a conventional data breach. A successful intrusion into a power-generation facility could disrupt operations, damage industrial equipment, compromise safety systems and potentially contribute to wider instability across the power grid.

Newark, N.J.-based Princeton Critical Minerals(PCM) has raised $16 million in combined equity and non-dilutive funding as the company moves from pilot projects toward commercial deployment of technology designed to increase lithium production from brine. The financing includes a $11 million Series A led by local venture firm SOSV and more than $5 million in grants.…

Ransomware crews used to break in themselves. Medusa ransomware mostly buys its way in, and it now counts more than 500 critical infrastructure victims in the United States, up from roughly 300 a year ago. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Department of Health and Human…

Google’s Mandiant has disclosed the workings of an internal tool that uses chains of AI agents to hunt for vulnerabilities in in just two days during a live investigation into stolen corporate repositories

(TNND) —Most teenagers are using artificial intelligence for schoolwork, both in ways that could be beneficial and in ways that could shortcut learning or offload critical thinking.

Researchers warn that unauthenticated attackers would be able to delete or modify publicly accessible projects.

Skyline Builders Group Holding Limited (KAZR) is a Cayman Islands holding company whose operating subsidiaries in Hong Kong undertake public civil engineering works, mainly roads and drainage, as an Approved Public Works Contractor. Operations are currently a single segment focused on Hong Kong projects, often as subcontractor, with revenue concentrated in a small number of…

The vulnerability has a maximum severity score of 10, indicating serious potential impact and relative ease to exploit by an attacker.

A serious vulnerability in Apple’s macOS Screen Sharing service is being actively exploited to compromise internet-connected Macs, obtain root-level access and install Monero cryptocurrency miners, according to an urgent warning from the Netherlands’ National Cyber Security Centre.