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Freeh Report: Penn State Leaders Showed 'Total Disregard' For Sandusky Victims

Freeh Report: Penn State Leaders Showed 'Total Disregard' For Sandusky Victims

An independent investigation into how Pennsylvania State University handled the Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse s…

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Everything There is to Know About Kony 2012

Everything There is to Know About Kony 2012

But a new-found movement surrounding one of the most dangerous African warlords is erupting across the Intern…

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Sex offender posing as Vince Young in D.C. area

Sex offender posing as Vince Young in D.C. area

A registered sex offender living in the D.C. area has been impersonating Philadelphia Eagles' quarterback Vin…

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FAA Releases List of Registered Domestic Drone Operators

FAA Releases List of Registered Domestic Drone Operators

A broad array of organizations are authorized to fly drones within U.S. borders, ranging from defense contrac…

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Pussy Riot Receives Worldwide Attention After Prison Sentence

Pussy Riot Receives Worldwide Attention After Prison Sentence

Three women from a Russian punk rock band were sentenced to two years in jail for hooliganism after a perform…

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Microsoft debuts AI cybersecurity offerings as competition heats up

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Microsoft threw its hat into the ring Monday in the increasingly heated competition among AI-powered cybersecurity offerings, unveiling tools that it claims are better and cheaper than its rivals. The new agentic model MAI-Cyber-1-Flash, runs inside another Microsoft security tool, MDASH, and is part of an AI-powered security platform the company dubbed Project Perception. Microsoft argues that its existing in-house capabilities give Project Perception an edge.
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Trump asks Supreme Court to let him curtail mail-in voting ahead of midterms

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The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to let it enforce an executive order that would restrict mail-in voting, after a federal appeals court kept the order blocked in nearly half the states just months before the November midterm elections. Solicitor General D. John Sauer told the justices that a Massachusetts federal judge acted too soon when she struck down key parts of the order, which blocked federal agencies from carrying it out in 23 states and the District of Columbia.
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Google’s solution to hacker name confusion? Yet another naming system

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If you are a CISO, here is a new problem for the pile: Do I worry more about Sandworm Relic or Strawberry Tempest? Last week, Google Threat Intelligence Group joined a list of rivals in changing how it names hackers, replacing years of split naming systems with a single set of code names built around memorable word pairs.
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