The group behind the RedTail malware is exploiting a new vulnerability in Palo Alto Network's PAN-OS software to run a sophisticated cryptomining campaign that is likely backed by North Korea.
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Australian company puts forward ‘socioeconomic measures’ in attempt to ease concerns over bid
The mining company BHP has urged its takeover target, Anglo American, to extend its deadline as talks continue between the two rivals.
The companies have been in discussions over a deal worth almost £39bn since Anglo rejected it a week ago amid efforts to come to an agreement on the structure for a potential takeover.
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© Photograph: Iván Alvarado/Reuters
In 1977, Janine Wiedel set out in her VW campervan to photograph potteries, jewellers, coal mines and steel works. It became one of the most important photographic works of its generation
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© Photograph: Janine Wiedel
Deals this month could see two of the UK’s most prominent companies fall into foreign ownership
Shareholders in Royal Mail’s owner and in the mining company Anglo American are awaiting a final deadline on Wednesday for firm offers that could see two of the UK’s most prominent companies fall into foreign ownership.
Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský has made an approach to International Distributions Services (IDS), which runs Royal Mail, while Australia’s BHP is trying to buy its rival Anglo American, a stalwart of London’s FTSE 100 index.
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© Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPA
WWF says the government has breached the law ‘without adequately assessing the consequences’
One of the world’s biggest environmental groups is suing the Norwegian government for opening up its seabed for deep-sea mining, claiming that Norway has failed to properly investigate the consequences of this move.
WWF-Norway says the government’s decision has breached Norwegian law, goes against the counsel of its own advisers, and sets a “dangerous precedent”.
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© Photograph: University of Bergen, Centre for Deep Sea Research/Reuters
Communities around the Pueblo Viejo mine complain of serious health problems and a diminished environment and have spent years campaigning to be relocated
In the shadow of El Llagal, a tailings dam that holds waste from one of the world’s largest goldmines in the Dominican Republic, sits the home of Casilda Lima. The roof is corrugated iron and the walls are wood, painted pink and yellow. A sign reads “God bless this home”.
Outside,the 114-metre-tall grey wall of the dam looms large. Behind it lies a lake of waste from the mining process, where machinery and chemicals, along with a huge volume of water, are used to grind up rock to extract gold and silver. Many substances found in tailings are lethal, others are radioactive.
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© Photograph: The Guardian
‘Catastrophic’ global decline due to dams, mining, diverting water and pollution threatens humans and ecosystems, study warns
Migratory fish populations have crashed by more than 80% since 1970, new findings show.
Populations are declining in all regions of the world, but it is happening fastest in South America and the Caribbean, where abundance of these species has dropped by 91% over the past 50 years.
Continue reading...© Photograph: O Humphreys/PA
© Photograph: O Humphreys/PA
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Recently, a wave of malware attacks has surfaced, exploiting vulnerabilities in the update mechanism of the eScan antivirus software. This eScan antivirus backdoor exploit distributes backdoors and cryptocurrency miners, such as XMRig, posing a significant threat to large corporate networks. In this blog, we’ll look into the details of this eScan antivirus backdoor exploit and […]
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