Astronomy Club Explores Connection Between Space and Amateur Radio

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Astronomy Club Explores Connection Between Space and Amateur Radio

The Peterborough Astronomical Association (PAA) meets via Zoom Friday, beginning at 6 p.m., and community members are invited to tune in. The format includes novice astronomy classes, a main presentation, and a question-and-answer period.

This month, the novice astronomy classes start anew with Lesson 1, An Introduction to Astronomy. Find out how we fit in the universe. This session looks at our position in space and the Universe, our cosmic address. It will also explore the myriad of objects visible in the night sky as well as a sampling of more exotic phenomena such as black holes, dark energy, and dark matter.

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RSGB Release Board Proceedings

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RSGB has re-published the Board Proceedings PDF for August with some text deleted, the original suddenly disappeared from their site some 7 weeks ago. Proceedings for Sept, Oct, Nov also now available

The August Board Proceedings had originally been published on the RSGB site at the start of October.

Members can read the RSGB Board proceedings - http://rsgb.org/main/about-us/board-of-directors/board-proceedings-and-reports/

Germany's Ham Radio Society hit by CyberAttack

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Germany's Ham Radio Society hit by CyberAttack

On 15.01.2022 the homepage of the DARC became the target of a cyber attack. The attack exploited a security vulnerability in a plugin in a Wordpress installation. On 17.01.2022 the attack spread to the main pages of our association. The attack was detected on 17.01.2022 and then promptly stopped and repelled. At 22:00 on the same day, the homepage from Friday's backup could be put back online.

Our provider analyzed the traffic for the affected period and said that he could not detect any abnormalities, so a data leak can not be assumed.

We therefore assume that the – presumably automated – attack was only aimed at redirecting to Russian websites and not spying on member data. The member data is stored in folders separate from the website. Complete bank details or other sensitive information are not included in this data, as the bank details stored for the purposes of assignment are only stored in abbreviated form. The login passwords of the members are stored encrypted.

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