2023

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is returning with its first-ever asteroid sample 01/09/2023 at 05:06 By Katyanna Quach Regolith scraped from the surface of Bennu will reach Earth on 24 September NASA is preparing to nab its first-ever asteroid sample as the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft drops a capsule containing fragments of the potentially hazardous object Bennu onto Earth.… […]

Intel shows off 8-core, 528-thread processor with 1TB/s of co-packaged optics 01/09/2023 at 04:04 By Tobias Mann ‘Embarrassingly parallel’ protoype baked for DARPA to play Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon at massive scale Hot Chips  Intel has used this week’s Hot Chips conference in California to show off a 528-thread processor with 1TB/s silicon photonics

How to ask Facebook’s Meta to not train its AI models on some of your personal info 01/09/2023 at 03:03 By Katyanna Quach Hey, stop Zucking up my data! Netizens can ask Meta, the home of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, to not train its generative AI models on at least some of your personal data.…

Good news for Key Group ransomware victims: Free decryptor out now 01/09/2023 at 01:50 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle That’s what we call a static shock Even ransomware operators make mistakes, and in the case of ransomware gang the Key Group, a cryptographic error allowed a team of security researchers to develop and release a decryption

Now Middle East nations banned from getting top-end Nvidia AI chips 01/09/2023 at 01:04 By Tobias Mann While ASML says it can keep selling DUV kit to China through 2023 You can add parts of the Middle East to the list of regions where you can’t buy Nvidia’s top-specced A100 and H100 accelerators, judging from

Twitter says it may harvest biometric, employment data from users, per privacy policy 01/09/2023 at 00:00 By Brandon Vigliarolo Not so much X gon’ give it to you, you gonna give it to X As August and summer in the northern hemisphere draw to a close, Elon Musk’s Twitter is making several changes to its

DOJ proposes new firearm regulations for sellers 31/08/2023 at 23:19 By The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a proposed rule for defining gun sales. The rule would close background check loopholes during sales. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

The Pentagon has the worst IT helpdesk in the US govt 31/08/2023 at 23:03 By Brandon Vigliarolo DoD is dead last for tech support, equipment, communication, and function, say staff When it comes to US government employee satisfaction with IT services, one agency finds itself continually at the bottom of the heap: The rather crucial

Kremlin-backed Sandworm strikes Android devices with data-stealing Infamous Chisel 31/08/2023 at 22:19 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Five Eyes nations warn of hit against Ukrainian military systems Russia’s Sandworm crew is using an Android malware strain dubbed Infamous Chisel to remotely access Ukrainian soldiers’ devices, monitor network traffic, access files, and steal sensitive information, according to