NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, July 13 (game #497)
Looking for a different day? A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day…
The Kryptos Key Is Going Up for Sale
Ever since artist James Sanborn unveiled Kryptos, an outdoor sculpture that sits at CIA headquarters, amateur and professional cryptanalysts have been feverishly attempting to crack the code hidden in its nearly 1800-character message. While they have decoded 3 of the 4 panels of ciphertext in the S-shaped copper artwork, the final panel, known as K4,…
Fix WMI Class Corruption | Automated Remediation
When Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) classes fail, it can disrupt critical security operations by causing vulnerability scans to miss important data and compliance reports to lack accuracy. These issues may lead to gaps in visibility, making it harder for security teams to maintain a comprehensive understanding of their environment. By addressing WMI class failures proactively,…
Expectant mothers encouraged to use ‘vital’ NHS service
Kris Holland BBC News, East of England Getty Images Women across the East of England are now able to self-refer to their local maternity services Thousands of expectant mothers in the East of England have taken up a new NHS service and more are being encouraged to take part. Women across Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire…
The surprising brain chemistry behind instant friendships
A new UC Berkeley study shows that the so-called love hormone, oxytocin, is also critical for the formation of friendships. Oxytocin is released in the brain during sex, childbirth, breastfeeding and social interactions and contributes to feelings of attachment, closeness and trust. Never mind that it’s also associated with aggression; the hormone is commonly referred…
ISC Stormcast For Thursday, August 14th, 2025 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9570
ISC Stormcast For Thursday, August 14th, 2025 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9570, (Thu, Aug 14th) Source link
AI and Faster Attack Analysis [Guest Diary]
[This is a Guest Diary by Joseph Noa, an ISC intern as part of the SANS.edu BACS program] Introduction Time is of the essence when it comes to attacks and understanding what you’re seeing can be tricky when under pressure. As security professionals, we need to use every tool available to us so we can…
AI finds hidden safe zones inside a fusion reactor
A public-private partnership between Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory has led to a new artificial intelligence (AI) approach that is faster at finding what’s known as “magnetic shadows” in a fusion vessel: safe havens protected from the intense heat of…
Perseids meteor shower lights up night skies
Shooting stars from the annual Perseids meteor shower have been lighting up night skies across the UK and around the world over the past few nights. The bright meteors are formed when dust particles fall from the Swift-Tuttle comet and burn up on entering the Earth’s atmosphere. Astronomers at Astro Dog, a small Scarborough-based astronomy…
UK cases of mosquito-borne chikungunya virus more than double
There has been a significant increase in the number of UK cases of a mosquito-borne virus that can cause sudden fever and joint pain and is normally only found in Africa and southern Asia. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) says more than 70 cases of the chikungunya virus were reported in the first six…
OpenAI Designed GPT-5 to Be Safer. It Still Outputs Gay Slurs
OpenAI is trying to make its chatbot less annoying with the release of GPT-5. And I’m not talking about adjustments to its synthetic personality that many users have complained about. Before GPT-5, if the AI tool determined it couldn’t answer your prompt because the request violated OpenAI’s content guidelines, it would hit you with a…
