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Small business disaster loan program is out of money until Congress approves new funds

SBA offers Economic Injury Disaster Loans to businesses and people affected by disasters. It said earlier this month it expects to soon run out of funding. The post Small business disaster loan program is out of money until Congress approves new funds first appeared on Federal News Network.
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Israeli orgs targeted with wiper malware via ESET-branded emails

Attackers have tried to deliver wiper malware to employees at organizations across Israel by impersonating cybersecurity company ESET via email. The phishing email The attack took the form of a phishing email ostensibly sent by the “Eset Advanced Threat Defense Team”, warning that state-backed hackers have tried compromising the target’s device(s). The phishing email (Source: A user of the ESET Security Forum) The email was posted on ESET Security Forum’s on October 8 by a … More → The post Israeli orgs targeted with wiper malware via ESET-branded emails appeared first on Help Net Security.
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OSC to issue first loan awards by summer 2025

“It will really depend on the quality of the applications we get through,” said OSC Director Jason Rathje. The post OSC to issue first loan awards by summer 2025 first appeared on Federal News Network.
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Federal employee engagement, satisfaction on the rise once again in 2024 FEVS

The 2024 FEVS results from the Office of Personnel Management, published Thursday, marked an all-time high of 73% on the survey’s employee engagement index. The post Federal employee engagement, satisfaction on the rise once again in 2024 FEVS first appeared on Federal News Network.
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CSIRO’s CIO is retiring

Will leave by the end of the year.
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Intel, AMD Forge Unlikely Partnership to Advance x86 Architecture

Storied rivals Intel and AMD have formed an industry group dedicated to “[shaping] the future of the world’s most widely used computing architecture.”
http://news.poseidon-us.com/TFRYbF

Breaking down government hacks: The rise of the modern kill chain

This year, expect to see a record number of cyberattacks on government agencies as hackers ramp up their efforts ahead of the 2024 U.S. presidential election. The post Breaking down government hacks: The rise of the modern kill chain first appeared on Federal News Network.
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New research reveals how large-scale adoption of electric vehicles can improve air quality and human health

A new study suggests that large-scale adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) could lead to significant population-level health benefits. The research team used computer simulations to show that aggressive electrification of the U.S. vehicle fleet, coupled with an ambitious rollout of renewable electricity generation, could result in health benefits worth between US$84 billion and 188 billion by 2050. Even scenarios with less aggressive grid decarbonization mostly predicted health benefits running into the tens of billions of dollars.
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Cloud-enabled government: Seamless & secure data access

How is cloud adoption transforming federal agencies and driving mission success? The post Cloud-enabled government: Seamless & secure data access first appeared on Federal News Network.
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The Top 10 Not So Common SSH Usernames and Passwords, (Wed, Oct 16th)

Our list of “Top” ssh usernames and password is pretty static. Well known defaults, like “root” and “admin” are at the top of the list. But there are always some usernames and password in the list that are not as well known, or only showed up more recently. I will focus in this diary on these “second tier” credentials.
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