Category: news

Fortnite’s Twitter page is running a livestream of a black hole to mark the end of season 10. Source:: BBC News – Technology

Security researchers have tracked the bitcoin payments made by victims of the Sodinokibi ransomware threat and concluded that some of the criminals distributing the program earned millions of dollars from the scheme. Sodinokibi, also known as REvil, is a ransomware program that first appeared in April, shortly after another widely used ransomware operation called GandCrab…

After a Sodinokibi ransomware affiliate posted partial transaction IDs for ransomware payments, researchers were able to use that information to follow the money trail for affiliates and in some cases, how they spend their illicit earnings. […] Source:: BleepingComputer

Data-hungry technology trends such as IoT, smart vehicles, drone deliveries, smart cities and Industry 4.0 are increasing the demand for fast, always-on edge computing. One solution that has emerged to bring the network closer to the applications generating and end users consuming that data is the micro data center. The micro data center sector is…

Scientists develop fully autonomous robots that could end the need for workers to scale dangerously-tall wind turbines. Source:: BBC News – Technology

Leaders of the G7 group of the world’s biggest economies issue warning about digital coins like Libra. Source:: BBC News – Technology

Pausing Windows 10 update makes sense, especially when you really don’t want the update. Fortunately, Microsoft lets you pause or delay Windows Updates, and here’s how. […] Source:: BleepingComputer

This article will teach you how to use configuration files to modify the behavior of the Windows Sandbox feature in Windows 10. […] Source:: BleepingComputer

This article will teach you how to use configuration files to modify the behavior of the Windows Sandbox feature in Windows 10. […] Source:: BleepingComputer

The current version of Nitro PDF Pro has at least one vulnerability that could be used to attempt remote code execution on the victim host. A fix from a third party is on its way.. […] Source:: BleepingComputer

Attackers have created an elaborate scheme to distribute a cryptocurrency trading program that installs a backdoor on a victim’s Mac or Windows PC. […] Source:: BleepingComputer

We recently gave a presentation on Programming socket lookup with BPF at the Linux Plumbers Conference 2019 in Lisbon, Portugal. This blog post is a recap of the problem statement and proposed solution we presented. CC0 Public Domain, PxHere Our edge servers are crowded. We run more than a dozen public facing services, leaving aside…

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and an opportunity to reflect on the state of cybersecurity. Tools are now more sophisticated – and they have to be because of a wide variety of threats. And the sheer weirdness of some hacking never ceases to surprise. With a nod to Clint Eastwood, here’s a roundup of the…

A player who staged an anti-government protest on a live broadcast will now receive his prize money. Source:: BBC News – Technology

Until now, I’m sure you all might have heard of the SimJacker vulnerability disclosed exactly a month ago that affects a wide range of SIM cards and can remotely be exploited to hack into any mobile phone just by sending a specially crafted binary SMS. If you are unaware, the name “SimJacker” has been given…

Fixed Wireless Access ISP Lothian Broadband, which covers remote rural parts of East Lothian and Mid Lothian in Scotland, has announced that their fledgling roll-out of an ultrafast Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in the East Lothian village of Gifford is being extended to reach many more homes and businesses. A limited deployment of the new “full…

Gigabit-capable UK broadband ISP Community Fibre, which aims to bring their “full fibre” network to more than 500,000 premises (mostly social housing) across London by 2022, has confirmed that they could expand beyond big apartments blocks (MDU) and are conducting a Single Dwelling Unit (SDU) trial with individual houses. At this stage the Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH)…

We had some interesting news this week, such as the HildaCrypt ransomware releasing their keys, RobbinHood Ransomware bragging about their past exploits, a Muhstik Ransomware victim hacking back and stealing the decryption keys, and a Nemty decryptor being released. […] Source:: BleepingComputer

Today is the 31st Anniversary of National Coming Out Day. I wanted to highlight the importance of this day, share coming out resources, and publish some stories of what it’s like to come out in the workplace. About National Coming Out Day Thirty-one years ago, on the anniversary of the National March on Washington for…

Windows 10 1903 users continue to complain that Start Menu is giving a critical error message and that Edge now will not launch after installing the latest KB4517389 cumulative update. For some, uninstalling the recent cumulative update has fixed these issues, but for others the Start Menu problem persists. […] Source:: BleepingComputer