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Ransomware gang says it hacked the Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur International Airport
Ransomware gang Qilin today claimed responsibility for a March 2025 cyber attack against the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia. The airport has not verified Qilin’s claim. The airport announced a cyberattack disrupted flight information displays, check-in counters, and baggage handling starting on March 23, 2025, forcing staff to write departure times on dry erase boards. Airport officials say they…
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Entertainment services giant Legends International discloses data breach
Entertainment venue management firm Legends International warns it suffered a data breach in November 2024, which has impacted employees and people who visited venues under its management. In a notification letter shared with the authorities, the company informs that it detected unauthorized activity in its IT systems on November 9, 2024, prompting an investigation carried out with the help of…
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Hunters International shifts from ransomware to pure data extortion
The Hunters International Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) operation is shutting down and rebranding with plans to switch to date theft and extortion-only attacks. As threat intelligence firm Group-IB revealed this week, the cybercrime group remained active despite announcing on November 17, 2024, that it was shutting down due to declining profitability and increased government scrutiny. Since then, Hunters International has launched a…
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ReliaQuest targets international growth, agentic AI gains with $500 million investment
Cybersecurity firm ReliaQuest has raised $500 million as part of a funding round aimed at accelerating international growth and product development. Led by EQT, KKR, and FTV Capital, the funding round brings ReliaQuest’s valuation to $3.4 billion and will enable the firm to drive the development of agentic AI security tools. The investment comes amid a period of rapid growth…
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International Women’s Month Special: The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture
Saturday, March 8, was International Women’s Day. March is a whole women’s month, even if Google erased it from its calendar. So I’m taking a look at young women—and not in a creepy way. I want to know: what’s up with young women? What are they about? What are their dreams? How are they feeling deep in their hearts? So…
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Huawei Releases First Tri-Fold Phone to International Markets
Chinese smartphone maker Huawei launched its luxury Huawei Mate XT, a three-panel foldable phone, globally on February 18, the Associated Press reported from the launch event in Malaysia. The phone retails for $3,662. It isn’t available directly from U.S. carriers and won’t work with U.S. network bands, due to a U.S. ban on Huawei products due to cybersecurity concerns; however,…
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U.K.’s International AI Safety Report Highlights Rapid AI Progress
A new report published by the U.K. government says that OpenAI’s o3 model has made a breakthrough on an abstract reasoning test that many experts thought “out of reach.” This is an indicator of the pace that AI research is advancing at, and that policymakers may soon need to decide whether to intervene before there is time to gather a…
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How to Track and See the International Space Station
Surprisingly, you don’t even need a telescope to see the International Space Station. It’s also easier than you might expect to know where and when to look for it. A Quick Primer on the ISS The International Space Station (ISS) is a crewed space station built and maintained as a collaborative effort between the USA, Canada, Russia, Japan, and the…
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International AIDS Vaccine Initiative hacked by ransomware gang
Ransomware gang Inc has claimed responsibility for a December 2024 data breach at the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI). IAVI began issuing data breach notices to victims on January 17, 2025. The organizations has not publicly disclosed how many people were impacted or what data was compromised. However, it is offering victims free identity theft protection, which implies data that…
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Waymo is sending autonomous vehicles to Japan for first international tests
Waymo’s autonomous vehicles are going to Tokyo, marking the first time that the Alphabet company is deploying vehicles on public roads in a foreign market. Waymo is billing the excursion as a simple “road trip” for collecting data about the nuances of Japanese driving, including left-hand traffic and navigating a dense urban environment. The vehicles will be driven manually for…
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