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The FBI is reportedly investigating how a North Korean was hired to work for a U.S. federal government agency. News of the investigation was first reported by Federal News Network, citing a senior FBI official speaking at a conference on July 28 in Washington, D.C.. The official confirmed to Federal News Network that the FBI is investigating a North Korean working for an unnamed federal agency. It’s unclear how the North Korean was hired, but the regime is known for its coordinated and long-running campaigns aimed at fraudulently obtaining employment at private organizations and multinationals. The case marks a rare…

A malicious SIM card can order the device it sits in to run commands of the attacker’s choosing. On the cellular modules built into electric-vehicle chargers, industrial routers, and car telematics units, that is enough to take the whole device over. Researchers at the University of Birmingham and the security firm Fuzzware tested 26 phones and cellular modules for the capability, found it switched on in 9 of them, and used it to run their own code on a commercial EV charger. Six of the eight cellular modules they tested accepted the command. Only 3 of 18 phones did: the…

Investment bank TD Securities has said that the long-awaited crypto Clarity Act has a slim chance of getting passed in a Monday note, citing last week’s delay and potential stalling from the Democrats.  The bank said that now the bill won’t be passed before the summer, it only has a 25% of getting passed in September.  Lawmakers were hoping a crucial vote on the long-awaited crypto market structure bill was to go ahead before a five-week recess but news dropped last week that there was a delay and now the Senate will vote on the bill in September.  “The bill…

Scientists examining data from the Cassini-Huygens mission have identified an unexpected feature in the structure of Saturn’s protective magnetic bubble. The finding supports the idea that giant planets such as Saturn have magnetospheres that behave very differently from Earth’s. The research, published in Nature Communications, includes Dr. Licia Ray and Dr. Sarah Badman of Lancaster University, along with Dr. Chris Arridge, formerly of Lancaster. Cassini was designed to investigate Saturn and the wider Saturn system, including its rings, natural satellites and surrounding space environment. The mission was a collaboration involving NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Italian space…

ABB has secured a contract with Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) to supply the power and propulsion package for Allseas’ new semi-submersible heavy transport vessel Grand Tour, designed for carrying offshore converter stations.Image source: Allseas The 230-metre vessel, scheduled for delivery in 2028, will be capable of transporting loads of up to 40,000 tons on its stern deck and is designed to lower its main deck below the waterline to load large converter stations before transferring them to Allseas’ vessel Pioneering Spirit for offshore installation. Allseas placed an order for the construction of Grand Tour with China’s GSI in September 2025.…

At the end of July, the Trump administration claimed that Hamas had accepted a roadmap toward disarming. It looks highly unlikely that either Israel or Hamas will deliver on the alleged terms. The apparent flexibility shown by Hamas is likely a delaying tactic to ensure its long-term political survival, since the organization’s officials have already made it clear that it will not give up its arms before every soldier from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has left the Gaza Strip. The so-called Gaza roadmap has little chance in succeeding because of a classic catch-22: Israel will not withdraw fully from…

Spanish foreign minister urges migrant to ‘not risk their lives’ again, says ‘every last person’ will be returned to MoroccoSpanish foreign minister José Manuel Albares visited Ceuta earlier today, as he insisted that Madrid had it all under control despite “the most unique and complex” border arrangements there.Spanish foreign minister José Manuel Albares addresses a press conference after his meetings in Ceuta. Photograph: REDUAN/EPAHe said Spain was in direct dialogue with the Moroccan authorities on how to prevent another border crisis.He also directly addressed migrants considering another attempt at crossing the border, telling them to “not risk their lives, their…

Andy Burnham says he is “confident” PC Andrew Harper’s killers can be excluded from the government’s early release scheme, as outcry over the case grows.The prime minister has ordered the justice secretary to find a way to bar Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers, who were jailed for 13 years for manslaughter in 2020, from early release.He said a plan to prevent more prisoners from being freed long before the end of their sentences would be presented to Parliament in September.The move comes after days of pressure to exclude Harper’s killers from the scheme, which is aiming to free about 5,000…

The State Department said on Monday that under the Trump administration it had revoked more than 175,000 visas from foreign citizens whom it accused of committing crimes and endangering the safety of Americans.Most of the visas were rescinded over a variety of criminal accusations, including drug offenses, driving under the influence, assault, sexual assault, child abuse and fraud, the department said in a news release. Some visas were revoked over what the State Department called attempts to abuse the immigration system. The statement did not specify the exact time period when the visas had been revoked.The New York Times could…

Jack Wallen/ZDNETFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.ZDNET’s key takeawaysOrion is a web browser based on Safari.This is one of the fastest browsers on the market.You can install the beta release on Linux for free.You’ve probably never heard of Orion (the browser). Sit back and let me introduce you to this remarkably fast browser, which was just released as a new and improved beta for Linux.Orion is based on Safari; that’s right, Apple’s Safari. The developers used the Safari tech stack as an inspiration for the browser, but then added numerous productivity enhancers to improve on Apple’s…