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interview Cybercrime crews have become almost mystical entities, with security vendors assigning them names like Wizard Spider and Velvet Tempest. They hide out in hidden corners of the dark web (often accompanied by a clearnet leak site), leading some infosec folks to talk about these miscreants as if they are invincible. But not everyone is on board with this trend. Former CISA boss Jen Easterly and others have called on the industry to stop glamorizing these groups, and instead give them horrible names like “Scrawny Nuisance” or “Evil Ferret.”  During an interview with The Register at the RSA Conference, Trellix…

Iran Press TV Saturday, 04 April 2026 1:39 PM Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf says the ongoing aggression is “Israel’s war,” adding that its security repercussions and resulting losses have extended beyond the region and affected the wider world. “This war is Israel’s war, and the resulting security breakdown and losses have affected the world,” Qalibaf said in an interview with Al Jazeera Arabic. He added that Iran has prepared for this confrontation and proven its ability to defend itself. “Iran was forced to target US bases and interests in the region to preserve its presence,” he said, warning…

A United States Marine Corps CH-53K King Stallion helicopter assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One lifted a Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement during a heavy lift training exercise at Auxiliary Airfield II in Yuma, Arizona, on March 31, as part of the Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 2-26. The exercise is one element […]

Artificial intelligence is widely expected to revolutionize intelligence gathering, enabling faster, cheaper and more scalable collection of information. But a new analysis suggests the technology may also spur a return to some of espionage’s oldest methods.The recent article published in Studies in Intelligence, the CIA-backed academic journal, argues that, as AI degrades the reliability of digital communications like text messages and video calls, traditional human intelligence tradecraft — like dead drops, brush passes and in-person meetings — could regain renewed importance.The same technologies that enhance intelligence gathering may ironically make it harder to trust the data those tools produce or…

Former two-division UFC champion Jon Jones was allegedly involved in a road-rage incident in Albuquerque, N.M. and the encounter with the other driver, Bryan Beltran, was caught on video. Beltran posted a video to Instagram showing Jones approach him in a parking lot. Beltran gave his account of the situation in the caption to the video. “Driving up Central close to Eubank when i was almost hit 3 times by the truck even after i revved my car at him the first time it almost happened he still almost hit me twice after that so I flipped him off then…

Most civilian agencies would face significant budget reductions in fiscal 2027 under the budget proposal President Donald Trump’s sent to Congress Friday. Overall non-defense discretionary spending would drop $73.4 billion compared to what Congress enacted in 2026. That would mean a 10% cut, with several agencies — the Small Business Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Labor and NASA seeing reductions of more than 20%. “The president also brought discretionary spending under control [in 2026]. The full-year 2026 appropriations bills enacted the first real cut to spending in 12 years. These final appropriations bills rooted out wasteful spending…

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Iran Press TV Saturday, 04 April 2026 1:45 PM Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has warned that recurrent attacks targeting the country’s only nuclear power plant as part of the ongoing US-Israeli aggression could lead to a huge radiological catastrophe in the region. Araghchi said in a Saturday post on his X account that a renewed attack earlier in the day on the Bushehr nuclear power plant, located on the Persian Gulf coast in southwest Iran, could lead to a radioactive fallout endangering life in the entire region. The foreign minister criticized the silence and inaction of Western governments in…

U.S. special forces rescued a downed airman in Iran in a complex operation that averted a potential crisis for President Donald Trump, as the war entered its sixth week with little sign of progress in diplomatic efforts for a resolution.Trump announced the rescue in the early hours of Sunday in a social media post that described the operation, in a mountainous area of Iran, as “one of the most daring Search and Rescue Operations in U.S. History.”The airman, the weapons officer of an F-15 jet shot down on Friday, was wounded but “will be just fine,” Trump said in a…

After coming up short in her first title opportunity, Virna Jandiroba bounced back with a dominant performance against Tabatha Ricci in the UFC Vegas 115 co-main event. It only took Jandiroba 40 seconds to secure her first takedown of the fight, though she couldn’t keep Ricci on the mat for long. However, Ricci wouldn’t stay on her feet for long after the one-time title challenger took her down near the fence and immediately jumped on her back. Ricci defended the position, preventing Jandiroba from doing any damage or fishing for submissions, but the round clearly went to Jandiroba on the…