Picayune native serves with Naval Oceanography at Stennis Space Center

Picayune native serves with Naval Oceanography at Stennis Space Center

September 30, 2022
GULFPORT, Miss. – Sandra Bennett, a native of Picayune, Mississippi, is part of Naval Oceanography ensuring the U.S. Navy maintains freedom from the ocean floor to the stars at Naval Oceanographic Office. Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Vanessa White, Navy Office of Community Outreach Sailors and civilians working throughout Naval Oceanography collect, measure,…
DoD’s Largest Telescope Receives Mirror Recoat

DoD’s Largest Telescope Receives Mirror Recoat

September 30, 2022
The US Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing (AMOS) site has completed coating the primary lens of the US Department of Defense’s largest reflector telescope. The recoating follows a year of planning and four months of work, according to the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). The advanced electro-optical system (AEOS) telescope is located on top…
Ukraine, Italy is asking its citizens to leave Russia

Ukraine, Italy is asking its citizens to leave Russia

September 30, 2022
Italy is also asking its citizens to leave Russia. The embassy in Moscow issues a note in which the “most recent evolution of the international context” and the growing difficulties in connections leaving the country are underlinedThe Italian embassy in Russia, joining other Western diplomatic offices such as the US and UK, invites compatriots to…
Hackers Using PowerPoint Mouseover Trick to Infect System with Malware

Hackers Using PowerPoint Mouseover Trick to Infect System with Malware

September 30, 2022
The Russian state-sponsored threat actor known as APT28 has been found leveraging a new code execution method that makes use of mouse movement in decoy Microsoft PowerPoint documents to deploy malware. The technique "is designed to be triggered when the user starts the presentation mode and moves the mouse," cybersecurity firm Cluster25 said in a…
Zelenskiy: Russia can avoid worst damage from war if Putin

Zelenskiy: Russia can avoid worst damage from war if Putin

September 30, 2022
Sept 29 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday said Russia could avoid the most damaging consequences of its war against Kyiv, but to do so President Vladimir Putin had to be stopped.In an evening address, Zelenskiy also said the Kremlin's planned annexation of four Ukrainian regions would not produce the expected results. Instead,…

‘We all have to be worried’: War in Ukraine boosts

September 30, 2022
Russia’s prolonged war with Ukraine has increased risks of cyberattacks for oil and gas companies, a top official at Petrobras said on Thursday. “We all have to be worried,” said Márcia Tosta, chief information security officer at the Brazilian state-owned oil giant, in an interview with Upstream at the Rio Oil and Gas 2022 conference.…
This Vote Could Change the Course of Internet History

This Vote Could Change the Course of Internet History

September 30, 2022
“The internet, at its lowest level, should be data-agnostic,” says Mallory Knodel, chief technology officer at the Center for Democracy & Technology. There is “less information control if the data is agnostic,” she says.“New IP would centralize control over the network into the hands of telecoms operators, all of which are either state-run or state-controlled…
Government flags new cybersecurity laws and increase in fines after

Government flags new cybersecurity laws and increase in fines after

September 30, 2022
The Albanese government will pursue “very substantial” reforms in the wake of the massive Optus data breach, including increasing penalties under the Privacy Act that are currently capped at $2.2m.As the government flags it will push ahead with legislative changes, hundreds of public servants from the Australian Signals Directorate, the Australian Cyber Security Centre and…