Columbus, OH

Researchers have found a way to manipulate the credential validation process in Microsoft Entra ID identity environments that they say attackers can use to bypass authentication in hybrid identity infrastructures. The attack would require an adversary to have admin access on a server hosting a Pass-Through Authentication (PTA) agent, a...

Unfixed Microsoft Entra ID Authentication Bypass Threatens Hybrid IDs

Authorities in Pakistan have begun blocking SIM cards registered to national digital ID cards found to be invalid or fraudulent following the August 16 deadline. People with blocked SIM cards can restore their mobile services only by obtaining a new digital ID card from NADRA, and then performing biometric identity verification.

SIMs registered to invalid digital IDs deactivated in Pakistan

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India’s Airtel Payments Bank reportedly added a biometric verification solution called Face Match to enhance the security of customer accounts. This solution uses facial recognition and liveliness checks to verify account users in cases in which the bank’s machine learning (ML) algorithms have detected potentially fraudulent transactions, CXO Today reported Tuesday (Aug. 20).

Airtel Payments Bank Adds Biometric Verification Solution to Protect Accounts

The Department of Home Affairs is stepping up its efforts to combat identity fraud, particularly concerning identity books and cards. In the August 16, 2024 government gazette, the department issued a notice to individuals currently holding blocked identity documents, urging them to provide written explanations within 30 days as to why their IDs should not be canceled.

Home affairs plans digitization, cracks down on identity fraud in South Africa

TechSpot

You might think that getting a second phone number requires purchasing another SIM card or even an additional device. This can be particularly challenging if your current phone doesn't support dual SIM cards. Such a situation can be inconvenient and compromise both your privacy and comfort. If this is a concern for you, it may be worth exploring the option of obtaining a virtual phone number.

How to get a second phone number on your mobile phone

Colorado State

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A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Google has a post up on its security blog that is half advertisement and half PSA-style announcement for Android users: go into your settings and turn off the "Allow 2G" toggle. This option, added in Android 12 back in 2021, does exactly what it sounds like: it turns off support for 2G cellular networking. Why would you want to do that? Because attackers are using the insecure 2G protocol to spoof phone numbers and send SMS spam.

Google Sounds Urgent Warning To Kill This Setting On Your Android Phone

TechRadar

FlightAware has become the latest in a long line of companies to have exposed sensitive customer data online by mistake.The flight tracking website has sent a breach notification letter to affected customers, confirming that a “configuration error” discovered on July 25 2024 “may have inadvertently exposed” personal information people kept in their FlightAware accounts.That information includes user IDs, passwords, and email addresses, and depending on the information the users left with the site, may also have included full names, billing addresses, shipping addresses, IP addresses, social media accounts, telephone numbers, year of birth, last four digits of their credit card...

Top flight tracking app says customer info has been leaked online — see if you're affected

Denver, CO

In addition to collecting more than 8,000 used needles in the past year from Denver drug users, the Harm Reduction Action Center passed out 10,000 meth pipes and “snort kits,” according to a newsletter sent to its supporters Thursday. They also connected about 1,700 people to medical, mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Denver group hands out 10K meth pipes, ‘snort kits,’ connects 1,700 to treatment annually

The Denver City Council accepted Monday two grants totaling $24.5 million from the state of Colorado to pay for the homeless navigation campus it opened last year. One council member wants answers as to why wraparound services at the campus aren't up and running.

Denver homeless hotel wins $24.5 million grant, experiences wraparound services delay

More dangerous substances are entering the Denver drug supply, Harm Reduction Action Center warned in a newsletter this week. “The Iron Law of Prohibition posits that as law enforcement becomes more intense, the potency of prohibited substances increases,” HRAC Executive Director Lisa Raville wrote in the newsletter. That is exactly what is happening, she said.

Dangerous substances entering Denver drug supply

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A payment innovation originating in the 1960s, the magnetic stripe on credit and debit cards may soon become a relic of the past as Mastercard has announced that European card issuers will no longer be required to include these stripes in their cards as of 2024. In the United States, which has comparatively less advanced infrastructure insofar as chip card readers and contactless payment options are concerned, this deadline has been pushed back to 2027.

Why Magnetic Stripe Cards Are Falling Out Of Favor

Last week’s webinar by Public Policy Exchange considered the future of CCTV and related policy issues for the new Labour government. In truth, CCTV as we know it does not have a future and even its past is now of questionable relevance. Looking first at its history, more than...

The future of CCTV and policing

Virginia State

Kentucky Vibes.net

Disclaimer: This article was written with the help of A.I. software. On July 28, 2024, a TikTok video posted by Erica W., known as @tasteofmelanin on the platform, garnered significant attention after she exposed disturbing racist decorations in an Airbnb rental. The incident occurred in a rental property that Erica had booked, although the exact location remains unspecified. The video has since gone viral, prompting widespread concern and leading to the removal of the listing from Airbnb's platform.

Airbnb Listing Taken Down After Black Woman Finds Hanging Monkeys and Cotton Used As Decor

Montana State

Wyoming State

WyoFile

To increase the genetic diversity of an island population of grizzly bears , Wyoming and Montana wildlife managers recently worked together to import fresh bloodlines into the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

Two Montana grizzly bears trucked to Wyoming to bolster genetic diversity, help states’ delisting case

Researchers have discovered leading digital wallets such as Apple Pay, Google Pay, and PayPal could be used to carry out fraudulent purchases using stolen and cancelled payment cards.By adding the card to a digital wallet, criminals can exploit the flaw in the ‘authentication, authorization, and access the control mechanisms of major digital wallet apps and US banks alike.Security academics exposed the fault at the Usenix security 2024, and in a research paper outlined plausible scenarios in which victims full names (which are already printed on cards) and a victim’s address can be used to authenticate a card added to the...

Digital wallets allow for the use of stolen credit cards

The long-awaited national ID card renewal and enrollment program in Uganda is now expected to begin in mid-October, according to the Interior Ministry and the National Identification and Registration Authority of the country (NIRA). The exercise had previously been scheduled to begin on June 1, but the process has since...

Uganda biometric national ID enrollment rescheduled for October

The US Sun

SAMSUNG is introducing tough new measures to prevent people from downloading dangerous apps - but not everyone is keen on the idea. The tech giant is preparing a free upgrade for Galaxy smartphones with a number of new features. Samsung's brand new Galaxy Z Flip 6 and Fold 6 will...

Samsung blocks phones from installing certain apps in latest shake-up and users say it’s ‘another annoying hindrance’

Florida State

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters said he will consider more DUI patrols if voters legalize recreational marijuana use in Florida. Voters will consider Amendment 3 in November. It would allow adults 21 or older to possess, purchase or use marijuana products and marijuana accessories for non-medical purposes.

More DUI patrols possible if marijuana issue passes

Cheyenne, WY

WHITE MOUNTAIN—“That’s a lot of horses,” lamented Cheyenne resident Robyn Smith from a high-desert ridgeline. It wasn’t her first exasperated exclamation. “Argh, oh crap,” was her immediate reaction to learning a federal judge had given the Bureau of Land Management the OK to proceed with plans to fully remove two wild horse herds from the landscape in southwest Wyoming.

BLM wins two lawsuits, clearing way for elimination of two Wyoming wild horse herds

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Over 3 in 4 like using digital wallets for ID verification, access control

More than 70 percent of consumers in Brazil, France, Germany, the UK and the U.S. are using a digital wallet – and many of those consumers...

Over 3 in 4 like using digital wallets for ID verification, access control

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