14 January 2023, 15:08 The UK is sending tanks over to Ukraine, Mr Sunak announced. Picture: Alamy/Social media The UK will provide tanks to Ukraine to help Kyiv’s forces “push Russian troops back”, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has confirmed. Mr Sunak made the pledge during a call on Saturday morning …
Read More »Egypt says ancient royal tomb unearthed in Luxor
A handout picture released by the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities on January 14, 2023, shows a view of archaeologists working on the site of a newly-discovered tomb in Egypt’s southern province of Luxor.-/AFP/Getty Images Archeologists unearthed an ancient tomb in the southern Egyptian city of Luxor, known for its treasures …
Read More »Evri, DPD, Amazon and UPS: The five golden rules if your parcel goes missing
In the run-up to Christmas thousands of people up and down the country filed complaints about missing or wrong parcels being delivered. Evri – formerly known as Hermes – was recently ranked as one of the worst delivery companies coming last for the second year running. Now the firm has …
Read More »Edwardian childhood and playing in what became Woodford High School
‘Clean Clothes on Sunday’ is a charming story of Edwardian childhood, published in 1974 by Terence Dalton Ltd of Lavenham and long out of print. The author, Celia Davies, was born in Woodford Green in 1902 when it retained much more of its rural character. From checking old directories it …
Read More »Selangor orders review of local animal shelters for strays after royal concern over dogs at Hulu Langat pound
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 14 — The Selangor government has ordered local authorities in the state to review, evaluate and update the standard operating procedure (SOP) in all animal shelters operated by councils. Selangor Local Government Committee chairman Ng Sze Han said the SOP practices will be tabled at the state …
Read More »Royal Mail: What you can do if your post is lost, damaged or delayed
LATE DELIVERY: Compensation can depend on how you sent your parcel and when you sent it (Photo by Digital Vision/Getty Images) It can sometimes be tricky to know what your rights are when your parcel is lost, delayed or damaged in transit from Royal Mail. It’s a complex issue and …
Read More »Dealing with the implications of ChatGPT. Telegram impersonation affects cryptocurrency firm. Phishing attacks.
By the CyberWire staff At a glance. Dealing with the implications of ChatGPT. Telegram impersonation affects cryptocurrency firm. Phishing attacks. The NOTAM outage appears not to have been caused by a cyberattack. Ransomware attacks and developments. Dark Pink APT active against Asian targets. Kinsing cryptojacking targets Kubernetes instances. The Health3PT …
Read More »Russian Ransomware Gang Attack Destabilizes UK Royal Mail
A WIRED investigation this week found that the app SweepWizard, which some US law enforcement agencies use to coordinate raids, was publicly exposing sensitive data about hundreds of police operations until WIRED disclosed the flaw. The exposed data included personally identifying information about hundreds of officers and thousands of suspects, …
Read More »Layla Moran writes to Evri about ‘appalling service’
AN Oxfordshire MP has written to a German courier company after her constituents complained about the ‘appalling service’. Liberal Democrat Layla Moran, who represents Abingdon and Oxford West, has written to Evri following numbers of complaints from people who have has issues with its services. The company has already apologised …
Read More »Cisco Warns of Critical Vulnerability in End-of-Life Routers
Cisco has warned customers of a critical authentication bypass vulnerability with public exploit code affecting multiple end-of-life (EoL) VPN routers. The security flaw (tracked CVE-2023-20025) has been found in the web-based management interface of Cisco Small Business (SMB) RV016, RV042, RV042G and RV082 routers provided by Hou Liuyang of Qihoo 360 Netlab. “[These …
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