Microsoft today added two new features to its Microsoft Defender security platform: Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence and Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management. These features are based on the company’s acquisition of RiskIQ and with this launch, Microsoft is now bringing some of RiskIQ’s core features to its own security platform (all while RiskIQ continues to operate its own services, too).
“Our mission is to build a safer world for all — and threat intelligence is [at] the heart of it,” Microsoft’s Vasu Jakkal told me. “If you don’t know what’s happening in the world around you, it’s very hard to understand what to do about it and how to act on it. Microsoft has the largest breadth and depth of threat signals today — we are tracking, as we just announced in our earnings, 43 trillion signals [each day] which we see from identities, from devices, from platforms, from email, collab tools.”
With Defender Threat Intelligence, Microsoft is using RiskIQ’s technology to scan the internet and provide additional data to the existing Defender real-time service to help security teams proactively secure their infrastructure. Microsoft, of course, already had a large signal map to power its Defender platform, but Jakkal noted that RiskIQ’s data not only helps enrich this existing data set but also enables an additional layer on top of Defender that gives security teams a view of the entire attack chain.
“They can see the entire attack chain, they can act on it and then — combined with their own human intelligence —– they can see where the attack is going and how to proactively prevent it,” Jakkal explained.
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The service also provides users with a library of raw threat intelligence and analysis from Microsoft’s security experts, which in turn should help security teams find, remove and block adversary tools that may be hidden within their organization.
Meanwhile, the new external attack surface management service helps these security teams understand how a potential attacker sees their network. Like similar services, it provides security teams with a way to discover all of their resources and find those that are unknown and/or unmanaged. Most businesses that start using a service like this end up being surprised by how many internet-facing unmanaged assets they find.
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“All organizations are asking the question: how secure am I? It’s such a simple question but it’s so hard to answer that question. Because the first point is, well, first we need to understand what’s happening in the world of threats. And we need to understand what that looks like. The second thing we need to understand is where our resources are,” Jakkal noted. With these new tools, Microsoft is giving security teams more data to work with to protect their networks and other assets.
This week on the real footy podcast, Sam McClure, Caroline Wilson and Jake Niall discuss the Blues, who were out-hunted and outworked by the Crows. Do the Blues have a “pick and choose” problem this season?
Though they rack up big numbers when it comes to possessions, Carlton have an inefficient game style. The big numbers are looking like junk stats, because they’re over-possessing the ball and not taking territory. With two big key forwards in Charlie Curnow and Harry McKay, moving the ball forward quickly and directly would be the better option. There’s also an issue up forward, where the gap between McKay’s best and worst performances are just too big. And why was Jack Silvagni dropped? Carlton’s team is stacked with enough talent to blow opposition out of the water, but they’ve left themselves at risk of falling out of the eight in the run home to September.
Chasing down the seventh-placed Blues in eighth spot are St Kilda, who kept their final hopes alive by beating Hawthorn. But this week the Saints come up against the Cats. Are they any chance of repeating their success from earlier in the season? And does their season hinge on it?
Richmond also kept themselves in the hunt for a finals spot with their comeback win over Brisbane, but the result said as much about the Lions as it did about their opponents. Some of their misses were inexcusable and a lack of discipline at the end of the game cost the Lions. Will it leave a seed of doubt for the team in any big September clashes at the MCG?
Melbourne and Collingwood will play off for a second spot on Friday night and the Dees look like they’re back in town after beating Fremantle in round 20. Was it a reset for Melbourne, or are there still questions about their form?
At the other end of the ladder, the Giants are struggling and interim coach Mark McVeigh gave an extraordinary post-match press conference after their loss to the Swans. We take a look at the list strategy and decisions at GWS and where they might have gone wrong.
Plus, the latest on where things stand in the broadcast rights negotiations, Jack Ginnivan’s post-match interview about his mental health, the contenders for coach of the year, the likelihood of Alastair Clarkson joining North Melbourne and much more.
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A system under which workers could be banned from the sector would discourage people from coming to work in aged care, he said.
“We support registration that would encourage and promote training and enhancement of skills,” Hayes said.
The HSU argued in its submission to a Senate inquiry examining the former government’s bill that banning orders were “likely to cause serious financial and reputational harm to an individual” and constituted “serious and extensive” powers.
“HSU is opposed to exclusion and individual blacklisting as a default,” the submission said. “We advocate for a regulatory authority that is empowered to consider individual worker actions and organizational practices and systemic issues.”
Aged & Community Care Providers Association interim chief executive Paul Sadler said the association supported “taking more time to get worker registration processes right”.
“Interaction with nursing and allied health registration and interface with the NDIS registration process need to be resolved,” he said. “We need to take time to support personal care staff to get prepared for a transition to a registration model.”
The bill also contains a provision that will give aged care providers immunity from prosecution for using physical and chemical restraints. The government will release an exposure draft of the quality of care principles that will guide the consent process for restrictive practices in the coming weeks.
The Greens have tabled an amendment seeking to delete this provision but it is not expected to succeed.
Aged Care Matters’ Dr Sarah Russell, who unsuccessfully ran as an independent in the seat of Flinders at the federal election, said the Albanese government “will be remembered as the one that stripped many older Australians of their fundamental legal and human rights” if the bill passed unamended.
Joseph Ibrahim, a geriatrician and head of Monash University’s health law and aging research unit, said workforce registration was a complex area and would cost money to set up and run.
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“It’s a key step towards strengthening the workforce capability, training and being able to ensure we have workers with the skill sets required for the care required in a contemporary system,” he said.
“The worker registration is only the first step – in and of itself, it is not enough. Setting a minimum standard and stipulating the qualifications needed for workers is part of this concept, which creates pressure to improve pay and access to formal training.”
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WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WXYZ) — An Ionia County woman is behind bars, suspected of driving drunk and running her SUV into several bicyclists on a charity ride this weekend.
Two bicyclists were killed in the tragic crash in Ionia County’s Ronald Township. One of them is Michael Salhaney, a beloved husband, father and attorney for West Bloomfield Township.
“Mike was one of the kindest, most genuine, thoughtful, caring people I have ever met,” said Debbie Binder, a friend of Salhaney and a co-worker as the West Bloomfield Township clerk.
Kind is the one word on repeat when you ask someone what Salhaney was like.
“Mike would always be there to answer the call and he would be the one to tell the police chief, ‘Chief, it’ll be OK,'” West Bloomfield Township Police Department Chief Mike Patton said.
As the West Bloomfield Township attorney, friends say Salhaney was diligent in his work for his community.
Extremely busy, he was using his free time to raise money for Make-A-Wish when he was hit by an alleged drunken driver around 11 am on July 30.
The driver of an SUV was attempting to pass a UPS truck and slammed into several Make-A-Wish bicyclists. One other Ann Arbor bicyclist, Edward Erickson, was also killed.
Three other bicyclists were injured.
The bicyclists were participating in a three-day endurance ride to raise money for children with critical illness.
It should not go without notice that even in his dying act, the Southeast Michigan man was pushing forward, biking an extremely difficult journey to help others.
“The township, the community and kids lost a really important cheerleader and advocate that day,” said Binder.
West Bloomfield Township Supervisor Steve Kaplan said, “Michael Salhaney, he’s one of a kind. He’s just a great guy, he was loved by his coworkers, his family, and we all will miss him forever.”
Woolworths has announced major changes to its trading hours, with the supermarket giant saying shifts in customer behavior have driven the nationwide move.
Many outlets across Australia will open an hour earlier or close an hour later from Tuesday, to align operating hours more consistently across the country, Woolworths said.
In addition, there will be cuts to operating hours in the retailer’s deli, seafood and meat departments.
“We’ve made a change to the trading hours of our fresh service counters nationwide, due to a shift in customer shopping behaviour,” a Woolworths spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday.
“We’ve also moved to standardize our overall operating hours so we can offer a consistent customer experience across our store network.”
The changes are being implemented across Australia after being trialled across New South Wales during May.
Woolworths’ delis will now trade from 7am-8pm seven days a week, while seafood and meat counters will be open from 9.30am-7pm on weekdays and 9am-7pm on weekends.
The changes will apply to all but a handful of stores, which will continue with longer hours because they still have high customer demand.
Woolworths said outside the fresh counter hours, customers could still buy similar products, such as chicken breast fillets and salmon, in-store.
Signs at the front of each Woolworths and at each fresh service counter will notify customers of trading hours in individual supermarkets.
In addition, information on the operating hours of local Woolworths stores is available online.
Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication.
SAVE 41%: Typically $299.95, the Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 2 are on sale for just $175.96(opens in a new tab) at Amazon as of August 2. That’s $124 in savings on the best-sounding buds on the block.
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Regularly $299.95, the Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 2s are on sale for just $175.96(opens in a new tab) at Amazon. That’s 41% in savings, which makes the price a whole lot easier to justify. (The steep discount only refers to the white buds, though. The black(opens in a new tab) pair is listed at $199.95, or 33% off.)
Our top pick for premium wireless earbuds, the Sennheiser Momentum 2s offer outstanding sound quality, with clear, bright, and well-balanced mid-tones, bold bass, and high notes that don’t sound tinny. They let you block out the world for an immersive, distraction-free listening experience with active noise cancellation — a solid way to study without your roommate bugging you. If you need to stay in tune with your surroundings, there’s also a transparency mode.
Battery life is average at seven hours, but can be extended via the charging case.
Tiger Woods turned down an offer that Greg Norman says was “somewhere in that neighborhood” of $1 billion to take part in the Saudi-funded LIV Golf series.
During an appearance on Fox News with Tucker Carlson that aired Tuesday morning (AEST), Norman confirmed what he told the Washington Post in a story two months ago. Norman told the Post in June the offer was “mind-blowingly enormous; we’re talking about high nine digits”.
Woods has been opposed to LIV Golf since late last year, and he delivered his strongest comments at the British Open when he said players who took the money funded by the Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund had “turned their back” on the PGA Tour that made them famous.
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When an offer was made to Woods it was not clear.
“That number was out there before I became CEO. So that number has been out there, yes,” Norman said.
“And, look, Tiger is a needle-mover and of course, you have to look at the best of the best.
“So they had originally approached Tiger before I became CEO. So, yes, that number was somewhere in that neighbourhood.”
Various reports out of the United Kingdom have said Phil Mickelson received a $289 million signing bonus, while Dustin Johnson received $216 million. The 48-man fields, which play 54 holes with no cut, offer $36 million in prize money at each event. Norman announced a 14-tournament schedule for next year.
LIV Golf currently has only one player – Johnson at No.8 – from the top 20 in the world.
Greg Norman, CEO of Liv Golf Investments and Kim Joo-hyung of South Korea during a press conference. (WME IMG via Getty Images)
The source of the funding has led to sharp criticism of the series and the players who have enlisted because it is viewed as an attempt to distract attention from the states human rights record and links to the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Asked why his rival tour has caused such an uproar among golf fans, Norman responded plainly, “I don’t know.”
“I really don’t care,” he said.
“I just love the game so much and I want to grow the game of golf and we at LIV see that opportunity not just for the men but for the women.”
The LIV Golf Invitational is off for a month during the FedEx Cup playoffs on the PGA Tour.
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While little remains known about Saudi-born sisters Asra and Amaal Alsehli, the pair were “scared of something”.
Their tragic deaths continue to be shrouded in mystery as more questions than answers remain.
But as bizarre twists begin to emerge, it is growing clearer the two young women were worried.
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If someone knocked on the door of their Canterbury unit in Sydney’s inner west, the sisters were reportedly reluctant to answer, instead staying “tucked in the corner like two little sparrows”, according to one person who tried to help.
From their nervousness about visitors to a tradesman’s “uneasy” feeling while working in the unit, there were signs something was wrong.
Here are eight of the strangest twists in the case so far.
Crucifixes found inside
Two crucifixes were found inside the Sydney unit after the sisters’ bodies were removed, a worker with access to the apartment claims.
The worker said the religious symbols were discovered on the floor of one of the bedrooms, the ABC reports.
7NEWS.com.au was unable to independently verify the claim, with NSW Police unable to comment.
It has also been reported the pair renounced Islam and changed their names after arriving in Australia.
It is not clear whether the crosses were a sign the pair had converted to Christianity or if they belonged to the women at all.
Younger sister Amaal Abdullah Alsehli. Credit: NSW Police
Their car had been keyed
Those who knew the sisters say they seemed to live in fear and were “very afraid of something”.
Apartment building manager Michael Baird, of Transparent FM, said his first interaction with the women was when their car was keyed earlier this year.
“We believed that it was not a personal attack on them because they’d parked their car in an unusual position. And somebody’s obviously taken offense to it,” Baird told the ABC.
He said he was aware the sisters were concerned about their safety.
“I think the girls were very, very scared,” Baird said.
“And we’re not sure whether it was something or someone, they didn’t tell us.”
Older sister Asra Abdullah Alsehli. Credit: NSW Police
a strange man
The women had claimed a suspicious man had been lurking outside their unit in the months before their deaths.
“They made a report that they saw a man ‘acting weird’ outside the building – standing between two cars and acting strange,” an employee from the building management company told The Daily Mail.
“We checked the CCTV and saw there was a man there.
“But that spot is busy. There is a burger shop there and Uber Eats drivers coming and going all the time. He could have been anyone.
“We couldn’t determine why he was there, but he didn’t look like he was doing anything untoward, so there was no need to chase it up further.”
The sisters also had concerns someone was tampering with their food deliveries and contacted building management in January, but surveillance cameras again found no evidence.
The plumber’s bad vibe
The eerie reports continue, with a plumber who attended the apartment also raising concerns about the sisters.
“When (he) came out of that unit, he said that he was concerned that there was something untoward happening in the apartment. He got a very bad vibe,” Baird told the ABC.
“He was pretty shaken up. He said, ‘I’m never coming back to that apartment again’.”
Baird asked the local site manager to reach out to police, adding that he understood the women subsequently told officers they were fine.
“The girls did not want to open the door; they did not want to participate in any sort of conversation,” another worker told The Sydney Morning Herald.
“The cops said, ‘We’re worried. Can we help you?’ They said no.
“I took one look at those girls, and thought, ‘You are hiding something.’ These girls were very secretive. They kept a very low profile.”
A police van is seen near an apartment block where two women were found dead in Canterbury, Sydney, Wednesday, June 8, 2022. (AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi) NO ARCHIVING Credit: BIANCA DE MARCHI/AAPIMAGE
A mysteriously dropped AVO
The eldest sister Asra had applied for an apprehended violence order against a man in 2019, but it was withdrawn and dismissed.
The man at the center of the AVO told The Daily Telegraph he had a “small fight” with the sister, which caused her to be fearful and contact police to take out an AVO.
“We went to court, the three of us and I told the judge what happened. Amaal explained it was just an argument and Asra was frightened but there was no problem anymore,” he said.
He said he was not romantically involved with Asra and had not been in contact with the sisters for about two years, and was “shocked” to hear of their mysterious deaths.
Family’s photointervention
At a press conference last week, Burwood detective inspector Claudia Allcroft said police were in contact with the women’s family, who was cooperating with authorities.
She said there was “nothing to suggest” the family were suspects, nor that the women had fled Saudi Arabia.
But it has since been revealed the sisters were asylum seekers who each had an active claim for ongoing asylum with the Department of Home Affairs and had engaged with settlement service providers in Sydney.
In another bizarre twist, the sisters’ family did not want police releasing images as part of their appeal for information.
Police contacted relatives in Saudi Arabia asking for permission to release images of the sisters, but they refused, according to The Telegraph.
However, a coroner investigating the deaths overruled the decision.
Forensic finger print dust is seen on an external door frame at the alleged apartment where two women were found dead in Canterbury, Sydney, Wednesday, June 8, 2022. (AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi) NO ARCHIVING Credit: BIANCA DE MARCHI/AAPIMAGE
Shrouded in secrets
When the sisters arrived in Australia in 2017, they lived in Sydney’s western suburbs for about 18 months while they attended the local TAFE.
Rita was their neighbor and shared an insight into the sisters.
“(Amaal and Asra) were just really good people. They did nothing harmful,” Rita told the ABC.
“They moved to this house because it was like closer to their TAFE. And they usually stayed up all night and only slept in the morning.”
A man who had developed a friendship with Asra conceded he knew very little about the woman he “met on the street” in 2019, despite them hanging out together.
“She told me nothing about her life like that… I did not go to her home, I meet her out, you know, not in the house,” the man told The Telegraph.
By 2020, the sisters decided to move out and relocated to their Canterbury apartment.
The sisters lived in this apartment building in Canterbury. Credit: domain.com.au
The neighbors at the sisters’ Canterbury address also knew very little about the pair, telling 7NEWS they kept to themselves.
One neighbor said they “feel a bit scared” not knowing what happened to the pair so close to their own home, despite not knowing the women well.
“Every time when I walk past here, it’s always on, it’ll always be on my head,” another said
Police said the pair lived a quiet life since arriving in the country and did not have many known connections in Sydney.
The women do not appear to have been a part of any Saudi dissident networks and had almost no online presence or public photographs.
They stopped paying rent
As the tragic tale deepens, it has also been reported an eviction notice was filed weeks before the sisters’ bodies were discovered in June.
Rental agent Jay Hu said the women had been good tenants since they began the lease two years ago, but something changed earlier this year.
“They stopped paying rent, so my colleague contacted them… they said the money would be coming soon,” Hu told The Telegraph.
“But it still didn’t come… a few more weeks went by and still not paid.”
Hu said the sisters were given a notice to vacate the unit around May.
Burwood detectives have established Strike Force Woolbird to investigate the women’s deaths.
“As the investigation is ongoing, police continue to appeal for information in relation to the death of the two women,” NSW Police told 7NEWS.com.au on Tuesday.
Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
Georgia residents can now claim embryos as dependents on their state taxes, the state’s revenue department announced Monday.
“In light of the June 24, 2022, US Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization and the July 20, 2022, 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in Sistersong v. Kemp, the Department will recognize any unborn child with a detectable human heartbeat … as eligible for the Georgia individual income tax dependent exemption,” the department said in a statement.
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last month that “Georgia’s prohibition on abortions after detectable human heartbeat is rational.”
The state’s Living Infants and Fairness Equality (LIFE) Act “defines a ‘natural person’ as ‘any human being including an un-born child,'” the court ruled.
A taxpayer who “has an unborn child (or children) with a detectable human heartbeat” after July 20, when the ruling came down, can claim a dependent on their 2022 taxes, according to the statement.
Residents will get $3,000 for each unborn child.
“Similar to any other deduction claimed on an income tax return, relevant medical records or other supporting documentation shall be provided to support the dependent deduction claimed if requested by the Department,” the state said.
Heartbeats can be detected as early as six weeks into pregnancy, often before a person knows they are pregnant.
Elisha Fieldstadt is a breaking news reporter for NBC News.
The Chinese LDV T60 electric ute has just gone on sale in New Zealand. Next stop: Australia. Here’s everything we know so far.
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The first electric ute on sale in Australia is on track to be on local roads by the end of this year or from early 2023 – from an unlikely source.
China’s LOV eT60 is destined to beat the titans of the ute category to the electric market in Australia for several years.
But an electric ute from China is already ramping up production.
The Chinese LDV T60 electric ute has just gone on sale in New Zealand where it is called the EVT60.
However, the same model will a slightly different name is due in Australian showrooms within the next six months or so.
Australian pricing for the LDV eT60 is yet to be announced. Early estimates pegged it at about $60,000, which is approximately $20,000 dearer than the equivalent diesel model.
However, these estimates may have been too low given the significant increase in cost of rare earth materials that go into electric-car battery packs.
In New Zealand, the LDV EVT60 is listed at $NZ79,990 drive-away (pictured below), which equates to about $72,000 in Australian currency based on today’s exchange rates – or about 45 per cent more than a top-of-the- range T60 twin-turbodiesel.
The boss of LDV in Australia, Dinesh Chinappa, told Drive: “We are endeavoring to have the LDV eT60 in Australia late this year or early next year, once right-hand-drive production commences.
“While Australian timing and pricing are yet to be confirmed, we are very excited about the future rollout of electric LDV vehicles.”
The LDV eT60 has a maximum electric driving range of 325km from a single charge – compared to 600 to 700km between refills in the diesel variant – based on information published by LDV New Zealand.
Maximum towing capacity for the LDV eT60 electric ute is rated at 1500kg (versus 3000kg for the diesel variant).
However, LDV advises driving range is cut in half when towing at the maximum 1500kg capacity.
Payload for the for the LDV eT60 electric ute is rated at 750kg, the same as the top-end LDV T60 diesel models. Workhorse LDV T60 diesel variants have a payload ranging from 925 to 935kg.
Although it has the appearance of a four-wheel-drive, the LDV eT60 is rear-wheel-drive only for now.
It has a 130kW/310Nm electric motor powered by an 88.6kWh battery pack.
While this battery pack is large by passenger-car standards, the extra weight and capability of the ute (which tips the scales at 2300kg) means driving range is blunted compared to smaller and lighter electric vehicles with a similar energy capacity.
While LDV may seem an unlikely as the first ute in the compact pick-up segment to go electric, the emerging Chinese automotive brand has made big gains in Australia since it arrived in 2014.
Sales of LDV utes and vans in Australia have more than doubled in the past four years, and continued to grow despite the market slowdown during the pandemic.
2023 LDV eT60 electric ute fast facts
Price: $72,000 (estimate based on New Zealand cost)
Engine: Permanent magnetic synchronous motor (rear-wheel-drive)
Power: 130kW
Torque: 310Nm
Driving range (claimed): 325kg
Battery capacity: 88.5kWh
Length: 5365mm
Width: 1900mm
Height: 1809mm
Wheelbase 3155mm
Weight: 2300kg
GVM: 3050kg
GCM: 4050kg
Towing capacity: 1500kg (towing at maximum rate reduces range by 50 per cent)
Payload: 750kg
Tyres: 245/65 R17 highway terrain
2023 LDV eT60 electric ute safety and technology features:
Six airbags
reverse camera
Rear parking sensor
Two ISOFIX child seat attachments
Four-wheel disc brakes
Electric side mirrors
Keyless entry and push-button start
Dusk sensing headlights
Rain-sensing wipers
Apple Car Play and Android Auto
Six-way adjustable driver seat
2021: 15,188
2020: 9323
2019: 6480
2018: 6064
2017: 2580
2016: 1542
2015: 767
2014: 214
Source: Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries.
Joshua Dowling has been a motoring journalist for more than 20 years, spending most of that time working for The Sydney Morning Herald (as motoring editor and one of the early members of the Drive team) and News Corp Australia. I have joined CarAdvice / Drive in 2018, and have been a World Car of the Year judge for more than 10 years.
