The Promises—and Perils—of Ocean Desalination

Sean Bothwell can understand why people think desalination is a silver bullet. When he was a kid living in California’s Orange County, the ocean was always close by. It didn’t make sense to him that all the water near him wasn’t usable.
Ukrainian hackers spend $25,000 of pro-Russian blogger’s money on sex toys
fighting in Ukraine, has received a huge delivery of sex toys instead.
Hackers from the Cyber Resistance Group broke into the account of Putin
supporter Mikhail Luchin, and spent the funds he had planned to use purchase
Chinese drones on tens of thousands of dollars worth of dildos and strap-ons.
The hackers claim that they ordered the sex toys on AliExpress using Luchin’s
credit card.
In a Telegram post, the Cyber R
NASA’s TEMPO Mission Could Bring You Hyper-Local Pollution Alerts

A soon-to-launch NASA mission is set to offer more data on North America’s air quality than researchers and public health programs have ever had available before. A new monitoring instrument hosted on a commercial satellite will offer continent-wide, hourly updates on air pollution, at about a four square mile…
Styx Marketplace Provides Hub for Financial Cybercrime
NIST Announces Funding Opportunity for Standards Curricula Development Program 2023
UK Data Privacy Watchdog Fines TikTok £12.7 million for Failing to Remove Underage Users
million fine for failing to keep users under the age of 13 from accessing its
platform and “misusing children’s data.”
Although it has a policy that prohibits children under 13 from using its
service, the social media platform needed to have properly enforced it.
According to ICO estimates, roughly 1.4 million children were using TikTok in
the UK alone in 2020.
The risks of exposing young, impressionable minds to
Supply Chain Attacks and Critical Infrastructure: How CISA Helps Secure a Nation’s Crown Jewels
What is Critical Infrastructure and Why is It Attacked?
Critical infrastructure is the physical and digital assets, systems and networks that are vital to national security, the economy, public health, or safety. It can be government- or privately-owned.
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The Pope’s Security Gets a Boost With Vatican’s MDM Move
CREST publishes guide for enhancing cyber resilience in developing countries
International information security accreditation and certification body CREST has published a new guide to fostering financial sector cyber resilience in developing countries. The nonprofit’s Resilience in Developing Countries paper forms part of its work in encouraging greater cyber readiness and resilience in emerging nations to help protect key industries from cyberattacks.
The guide outlines that, while increased financial inclusion is a global goal, the less privileged remain highly susceptible to cyberthreats. It also describes the need for appropriate, multi-party cyber resilience testing to ensure better cyber safety in developing nations, along with advice for governing authorities.