The Biden administration’s announcement Thursday, Jan. 19, that $930 million would be allocated to 10 Western states to reduce wildfire dangers was welcome news to U.S. Forest Service officials in Southern California. Nathan Judy, spokesman for the Cleveland National Forest — the southernmost national forest in California, consisting of 460,000 acres — said it has
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Alec Baldwin has vowed to fight two charges of involuntary manslaughter over a fatal shooting on set, with his lawyer calling the case a “terrible miscarriage of justice”. Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42, died after a prop gun held by Baldwin, 64, was discharged during rehearsals for the western film Rust in October 2021. The Hutchins’
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Jan 19, 2023Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Android The threat actor behind the BlackRock and ERMAC Android banking trojans has unleashed yet another malware for rent called Hook that introduces new capabilities to access files stored in the devices and create a remote interactive session. ThreatFabric, in a report shared with The Hacker News, characterized Hook
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U.S. authorities said on Wednesday they have arrested the majority shareholder and Co-Founder of Hong Kong-registered virtual currency exchange Bitzlato Ltd for allegedly processing $700 million (roughly Rs. 5,700 crore) in illicit funds. Anatoly Legkodymov, a Russian national living in China, was arrested in Miami on Tuesday on charges that he operated the exchange as
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In December, Russia’s defense minister announced the permanent expansion of the Russian army to 1.5 million soldiers. That’s 100,000 more than the American army. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s deputy military intelligence chief predicted that Russia will soon draft 500,000 new soldiers, and will ultimately shoot for a two-million-man army. And the Russian independent press source Volya Media
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Ken Follett’s next novel will be published on September 26, 2023. It will be titled “The Armor of Light“ and will conclude the eight-volume Kingsbridge series that follows 1,000 years of Western civilization, from “Ethelred the Unready to the election of President Obama.” Readers will follow a group of linked families, starting in the fictional
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British actor Julian Sands has gone missing while hiking in Californian mountains. The 65-year-old star of several Oscar-nominated films disappeared last Friday evening in southern California. He was reported missing by his wife when he did not return home from hiking on Mount Baldy in the San Gabriel mountains, which has been experiencing freezing temperatues
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Following New Mexico First Judicial District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies’ charging Alec Baldwin with two counts of involuntary manslaughter in the death of DP Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust, the Oscar nominated actor has spoken out. “This decision distorts Halyna Hutchins’ tragic death and represents a terrible miscarriage of justice. Mr. Baldwin had no
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Jan 19, 2023Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Data Security A new critical remote code execution (RCE) flaw discovered impacting multiple services related to Microsoft Azure could be exploited by a malicious actor to completely take control of a targeted application. “The vulnerability is achieved through CSRF (cross-site request forgery) on the ubiquitous SCM service Kudu,” Ermetic
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First and foremost, a very happy birthday to the inimitable Dolly Parton. The county queen is 77 years young today, and in true Dolly fashion, she’s opting to give rather than receive on this very special day. Which means, she’s giving a gift to all of us, releasing a brand new song called “Don’t Make
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