In a statement to ZDNet, the global retail giant said that in August, they discovered five card skimmers on payment card devices in four of their Chicago-area warehouses. “We promptly removed the skimmers, notified law enforcement, and engaged a forensics firm to analyze the devices,” a Costco spokesperson said. “It appears that these skimmers had the ability to capture information on the magnetic stripe of a payment card, including name, card number, expiration date, and CVV....

The New South Wales government announced on Friday morning that the certificate has begun rolling out to the entire state. “This is an extra digital service to make life easier for the businesses and customers of NSW as we open back up. NSW is the first jurisdiction in Australia to roll out an integrated QR code solution for displaying vaccination status statewide,” Minister for Digital and Customer Service Victor Dominello said....

As highlighted by software developer Geoffrey Huntley on Twitter, the DTA has disabled the ability to collaborate on GitHub. “This removes a huge wealth of information, history and discussion around decisions made, bugs that were fixed etc. @DTA surely this is a mistake?” But according to the DTA, it was not a mistake. “As part of the COVIDSafe app’s transition to ‘business as usual mode’, we have streamlined the channels for support and engagement with the community,” a spokesperson told ZDNet....

One of the newest distributions to attempt that feat is Crystal Linux. This new distribution not only helps make Arch Linux easier but also offers a few tweaks to the GNOME desktop with a UI the developers have dubbed Onyx. Onyx incorporates the GNOME Dash To Dock extension to help make the GNOME desktop environment a bit more palatable to users who might be migrating from the Windows desktop operating system....

Also: Live blog: The best early Cyber Monday deals 2022 in real time Now is also one of the only times of the year that big-name brands like Apple have discounts on their products. If you want the best stylus for iPad, the Apple Pencil (second generation) is currently still $40 off. This Apple Pencil builds on the first-generation model with a double-tap function that you can customize to switch between pencil and eraser, show the color palettes, and more, as well as attach to the side of the iPad Pro and charge wirelessly....

Also: Live blog: The best early Cyber Monday deals 2022 in real time And, now is also the time to snag deals on big-name brands that rarely go on sale, such as Apple. One of the best Black Friday iPad deals is currently at Best Buy. Apple’s 2021 12.9-inch iPad Pro with 512GB is $1,000 instead of its original price of $1,400. Even though the iPad Pro just got an upgrade to the M2 chip in October, this 2021 iPad Pro has the almost-as-powerful M1 chip that powers the 2021 24-inch iMac and the 2020 MacBook Pro....

The school district serves more than 150 000 students and said in a notice that any student, employee, parent or contractor with the school district since 2010 is affected by the incident. When asked by ZDNet whether this was a cyberattack, the school district would not say. The district received notice of the data security incident on August 8 and said federal law enforcement agencies are now involved in the effort to address what happened....

Some 460 million internet users currently reside across six Southeast Asian markets, of whom 100 million came online in the past three years, according to this year’s e-Conomy SEA report jointly released by Google, Temasek, and Bain & Company. The six nations–Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines–have a total population of more than 600 million. Despite global headwinds including disrupted supply chains, geopolitical tensions, and inflation, the Southeast Asian digital economy was on track to hit $200 billion in GMV this year, three years ahead of projections made in the report’s inaugural release in 2016....

Called the CleanKey, the makers of the tool, KeySmart, claim it is specially designed to limit germ exposure and transmission during the COVID-19 pandemic. It hangs on your keychain, so you can bring anywhere and use it to press buttons, open doors, and pull levers. It essentially helps eliminate direct contact with contaminated surfaces. Disclosure: ZDNet may earn an affiliate commission from some of the products featured on this page....

On Thursday, SentinelOne published a security advisory on the flaws, tracked as CVE-2022-26522 and CVE-2022-26523. Avast acquired AVG in 2016 for $1.3 billion. According to the cybersecurity firm, the vulnerabilities have existed since 2012 and, therefore, could have affected “dozens of millions of users worldwide.” CVE-2022-26522 and CVE-2022-26523 were found in the Avast Anti Rootkit driver, introduced in January 2012 and also used by AVG. The first vulnerability was present in a socket connection handler used by the kernel driver aswArPot....

The multi-year deal between Deutsche Bank and Oracle underscores how much enterprises have to consider their prior investments and the bottom line when building a cloud strategy. “We have a very heavy investment in Oracle from a software perspective,” Gordon MacKechnie, group head of technology infrastructure for Deutsche Bank, told ZDNet. “This was a way for us to best leverage that software investment with a stable platform that gave us a whole bunch of new features and functionality....

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) on Sunday said the Didi app breached regulations governing the collection and use of personal data. It instructed the removal of the app from local appstores and Didi to rectify “existing problems” and “effectively protect” users’ personal data. The government agency, however, did not disclose any details on what these issue were and how they violated local laws. The move came after the CAC issued a notice Friday stating it had put Didi under a cybersecurity review, to “prevent national data security risks” and safeguard public interest....

A digital currency “using blockchain and other technologies” is expected to be issued by the central bank in the next fiscal year, said Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who unveiled India’s annual budget in a speech [PDF] on Tuesday. The central bank digital currency (CBDCs), alongside a slew of tech initiatives, were unveiled in Indian Budget 2022 as part of the government’s “Amrit Kaal” blueprint, which is a 25-year digital transformation plan in lead up to India being independent for 100 years in 2047....

Dish Wireless provides the cellular data backbone. If you’re thinking, “but isn’t Dish a satellite TV company?” You’re right, it is. But, it also owns Boost Mobile, Ting, and Republic Wireless. While Dish is working on its own cellular network, in the meantime it’s moving to AT&T for its 4G and 5G networks for its cellular customers. Helium provides the next link in the bridge. It’s a consumer-deployed, decentralized wireless infrastructure that produces and delivers data-forwarding hotspots....

DevOps platform GitLab has been operating as a fully remote company since 2011. Today, the company has an 1800-strong team spread all over the world that has managed to amass some 100,000 customers, without ever having required their employees to work behind a desk. In May, GitLab published its 2022 Remote Playbook, which serves as a best practice guide for sustaining and scaling a remote workforce. DeSanto believes almost any company can be all-remote provided they fully commit to doing so, which includes investing in the key pillars of asynchronous working, communication, culture, and management, and focusing on inclusion above all else....

Also: The best laptops: Does Apple take the crown? Buyers have two choices for their machine. Devoted DIY builders can download Olimex’s CAD files for building the Teres I on its GitHub page, which offer schematics for hardware components such as printed circuit boards (PCB), keyboard and so forth, as well as all the Linux software components necessary to operate the hardware. The other option is to buy the semi-finished Teres 1 laptop for €224 ($240), which is shipped as a kit that buyers assemble themselves....

Also read: Dremio introduces AWS version, new features for cloud data lakes New stuff Another feature unique to Dremio Cloud is single sign on capabilities supporting a number of enterprise and consumer/social identity providers, including Azure Active Directory, Okta, Ping and Google Identity. In a similar fashion, users of Tableau and Microsoft’s Power BI are supported for single sign on to Dremio based on the credentials they use to log in to those BI tools....

Today most boards ship with OEM-profile keycaps. However, enthusiasm for mechanical keyboards has helped expand the availability of after-market sets in the SA profile, a taller profile with spherical indentations, and DSA a flatter variant that shares SA’s spherical indent. Now, Drop is hoping to make a case for a completely new keycap shape with its DCX profile caps. This new profile attempts to take the OEM shape and optimize it for the needs of modern mech keyboard users, while also providing a clean, high-quality aesthetic....

There’s a reason cyber criminals and hackers continue to send millions of phishing emails. Because, no matter whether you’re working from the office or working remotely from home, email still plays a vital part in our working day. Sure, there’s now a place for Slack, or Zoom, or Microsoft Teams, or whatever overlay of productivity software you are expected to use. But for most people, getting stuff done still comes down to email....

Environmental scientists plan mitigation and protection strategies for sensitive areas, contaminated sites, and human and environmental health risks. Job titles include climate change analyst, environmental engineer, hydrologist, and industrial ecologist. This guide describes environmental science careers, salaries, and work environments to help you determine the direction you want to go. Environmental science degree jobs: Our picks Consultants to private-sector companies and corporations Environmental consultants assess the impacts of companies’ and corporations’ processes or products on the environment, including those involving hazardous materials....