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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Throngs of dachshunds strut their stubby stuff in Hungary on Thursday as they tried to fetch a record for the country’s biggest ever single-breed dog walk.Hundreds of dogs and their owners gathered at the Budapest City Park and walked in a long, noisy loop in the spring sun. The parade of pups was under the observation of the Hungarian Records Association, which was tasked with determining whether the canine cavalcade could be officially entered into the record books. István Sebestyén, registrar and president of the association, said his organization would carefully tally the number of participating…

Danske Bank has partnered with Position Green to enhance ESG capabilities for its larger business clients.The partnership is designed to help Danske Bank’s business customers take a more strategic approach to environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices, even as the EU introduces simplified sustainability reporting requirements. Danske Bank believes that while reporting may become less burdensome, strategic engagement with ESG remains critical to long-term competitiveness.Danske Bank aims to empower businesses with the insights and tools needed to better map and manage ESG risks and opportunities. Position Green’s software will be made available to Danske Bank’s business customers at a discounted rate,…

The Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) has issued a major enforcement action, shining a spotlight on the regulatory vulnerabilities facing virtual asset firms. This move serves as a stark reminder of the growing scrutiny within financial free zones, particularly in the rapidly evolving digital asset space.According to ACA Group, following a joint investigation conducted by the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) and the Registration Authority (RA), the ADGM acted decisively against the founder of a virtual asset trading platform and affiliated entities based both in the ADGM and the Cayman Islands. The platform had been targeting institutional clients and high-net-worth…

SonicWall this week warned of the in-the-wild exploitation of two vulnerabilities impacting its Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 Series products. The first security defect, tracked as CVE-2023-44221 (CVSS score of 7.2), is described as an OS command injection bug that could be exploited remotely. Successful exploitation, however, requires administrative privileges. The second issue, CVE-2024-38475 (CVSS score of 9.8), is a critical-severity path traversal flaw in Apache HTTP Server that “allows an attacker to map URLs to file system locations that are permitted to be served by the server.” It can be exploited remotely, without authentication. The two vulnerabilities affect SonicWall’s…

Say you’re planning your next holiday. You order a ride-hailing service to the airport, check into a home rented via a short-term rental platform, and order dinner from a food delivery app—all without leaving your phone. According to Saifr, this experience highlights the power of digital platforms that connect consumers to services instantly, removing traditional booking hassles. But while the convenience of the gig and sharing economy is evident, it operates on a fragile foundation: trust.The growth of these platforms has fundamentally changed how people transact. What once involved direct interactions has now become a journey routed through digital intermediaries…

London-based FinTech company Navro, which offers international payment solutions for businesses, has secured $41m in a Series B funding round.According to TechEU, the investment was led by Jump Capital, with additional participation from Bain Capital Ventures, Motive Partners, and Unusual Ventures.Navro specialises in streamlining the complexities of cross-border business transactions. Its platform enables features such as global collections, currency conversion, and international payouts, helping clients optimise cash flow, accelerate reconciliation processes, and reduce administrative overhead.The company plans to use the fresh capital to drive its expansion into major international markets, specifically targeting the United States, Hong Kong, Dubai, and India.…

Patrick Arbuthnot was browsing his emails on what seemed like a normal workday in his lab in Johannesburg when he saw a strange notification pop up. “Stop Work,” it read. Arbuthnot does not remember exactly what else the United States official said in the body of text in January, but the one line seared in his memory was enough, even if it was almost impossible to believe. For two years, the researcher had worked on developing an HIV vaccine to possibly help put an end to one of Africa’s most deadly diseases for good. His lab at South Africa’s University…

TOKYO (AP) — Japan ‘s Imperial palace said Thursday that it has fired an employee for stealing cash totaling 3.6 million yen ($24,900) from Emperor Naruhito and his family over more than a year.The Imperial Household Agency identified the suspect as an employee in their 20s who was one of about 80 attendants assigned to the palace or the agency building to serve daily needs of Naruhito and his family. The theft is an embarrassment for the royal household and its officials said it’s been unheard of in modern history.The case surfaced in March during an internal investigation by the…

Non-profit healthcare system Ascension Health is notifying over 100,000 people that their personal and health information was stolen in a third-party data breach. The data was stolen after hackers exploited a vulnerability in third-party software that a former business partner was using. Ascension inadvertently exposed the compromised information to that business partner. The organization says it learned of the data breach on December 5, 2024, which, given its description of the incident, suggests that it was linked to the Cleo hack that affected dozens of entities. As part of the attack on Cleo’s file transfer platform, the notorious Cl0p ransomware…

Enterprise cybersecurity solutions provider SentinelOne has shared some information on the types of threat actors that have targeted the company recently. It’s not uncommon for cybersecurity firms to be targeted by threat actors. Companies such as Avast, Dragos, Doctor Web, FireEye, Kaspersky, and Zscaler confirmed being attacked in the past.  SentinelOne reported this week that it too is regularly targeted by threat actors, including North Korean IT workers, ransomware groups, and state-sponsored cyberspies. North Korean fake IT workers have been a growing problem. In this type of scheme, North Korean individuals use fake identities to get jobs at Western companies,…