-
Academic publisher Elsevier hit by LAPSUS$ redirect attack
Academic publisher Elsevier confirmed a cyberattack on 21 September, during which users attempting to access its platforms were redirected to a leak page operated by LAPSUS$, a notorious cybercriminal group. The incident was discovered by a nursing student who posted a screenshot on Reddit on 22 September, raising concerns about the security of a platform…
-
FBI probes alleged jobs portal breach after ShinyHunters data claim
The FBI is investigating alleged unauthorised activity affecting its jobs portal, FBIjobs.gov, which was taken offline on Tuesday and remained unavailable as of Wednesday morning. The ShinyHunters hacking and extortion group has claimed responsibility, saying it stole data belonging to almost all FBI agents and job applicants. The breach is significant because it exposes highly…
-
Context-rich monitoring helps enterprises meet cyber disclosure and resilience demands
Many enterprises struggle with observability gaps despite investing heavily in monitoring, making it difficult to identify root causes during disruptions. For public companies, material cyber incidents trigger strict disclosure requirements (four business days to report), making effective observability essential for compliance and operational resilience. Traditional observability approaches using metrics, events, logs, and traces (MELT) cannot…
-
One of One: How Paralyzed Veterans of America Has Shaped the Nation for 80 Years — And Continues to Today
Paralysed Veterans of America (PVA), founded in 1946, has spent over eight decades fighting for accessibility as a fundamental civil right for disabled people. The Washington, D.C.-based organisation has evolved from supporting disabled veterans rebuilding their lives into a powerful advocacy force that shapes national accessibility standards. With teams of architects and legal professionals on…
-
Taylor Swift to expand record-breaking album with four new tracks
Taylor Swift will release *The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore* on Friday, expanding her 2025 album with four new songs. The release follows the album’s record-breaking first week and reflects Swift’s decision to create additional material after its success, despite previously saying she was satisfied with the original 12-track edition. The new tracks are…
-
Why fans are digging their claws into Wolverine over its patronising gameplay
Marvel’s Wolverine has become a focus for criticism of patronising design in blockbuster video games. Although reviews were reasonably positive, viral clips showing excessive visual prompts, guidance and automated sequences have led players to mock the game and question whether modern titles remove too much challenge and player agency. The article distinguishes difficulty from “friction”:…
-
Taylor Swift expands 2025 album with four new tracks
Taylor Swift has announced The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore, an expanded edition of her 2025 album due for release on Friday, 25 September. The release adds four songs created with collaborators Max Martin and Shellback in Sweden, after Swift said she wanted to celebrate the album’s unprecedented reception and express gratitude to her…
-
Online viewers can monitor a working 1980s PDP-11 running Unix
Former Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer has made his functioning 1980s PDP-11 minicomputer publicly accessible online, allowing visitors to observe its running processes in real-time through a web interface. This project stems from Plummer’s long-standing fascination with multiuser systems and process monitoring tools, which dates back to his childhood experimentation with PDP-11 hardware at a university…