2023

Russian Cyber Espionage Group Deploys LitterDrifter USB Worm in Targeted Attacks 18/11/2023 at 10:31 By Russian cyber espionage actors affiliated with the Federal Security Service (FSB) have been observed using a USB propagating worm called LitterDrifter in attacks targeting Ukrainian entities. Check Point, which detailed Gamaredon’s (aka Aqua Blizzard, Iron Tilden, Primitive Bear, Shuckworm, and Winterflounder) latest tactics, branded […]

Double Moon crater riddle solved? Spent Chinese rocket booster carrying mystery payload crash landed 18/11/2023 at 02:34 By Katyanna Quach We come in peace, or rather, pieces Last year, not one but two craters unexpectedly appeared on the Moon, leaving us all to wonder: what could have caused that?… This article is an excerpt from

OpenAI board fires CEO: Control Altman delete 18/11/2023 at 01:02 By Katyanna Quach Chief gets upgraded to customer – LLMs may be coming for your job but the directors came for his OpenAI’s board of directors just fired CEO Sam Altman for not being “consistently candid” in his communications.… This article is an excerpt from

What do Apple, Meta, TikTok have in common? Fighting off Europe’s stiff antitrust rules 18/11/2023 at 00:30 By Iain Thomson Gatekeeper status under DMA? Don’t you know who I am? The Court of Justice of the European Union on Friday confirmed it has now received four legal complaints – two from Apple plus one each

Apple’s quest for modem independence from Qualcomm is going nowhere fast 18/11/2023 at 00:05 By Dan Robinson iPhones could still be running Snapdragons into 2026 Apple continues to struggle to develop a modem chip for the iPhone to replace those it buys from Qualcomm, and it may not be ready by the time the current

Scaleway Ampere servers promise AI smarts without breaking the bank 17/11/2023 at 23:17 By Dan Robinson We’ll see when they reveal the prices Ampere Computing and French cloud operator Scaleway are pushing Arm-based servers as a more cost-efficient way of operating AI-based services, especially when it comes to inferencing.… This article is an excerpt from

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft beams back a ‘Hello’ from 10 million miles away 17/11/2023 at 22:17 By Richard Speed Transmitting data from deep space, with a frickin’ laser beam NASA has fired up its Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) aboard the agency’s Psyche spacecraft and received test data from nearly 10 million miles (16 million kilometers)

LockBit redraws negotiation tactics after affiliates fail to squeeze victims 17/11/2023 at 21:17 By Connor Jones Cybercrime group worried over dwindling payments … didn’t they tell them to Always Be Closing? In response to growing frustrations inside the LockBit organization, its leaders have overhauled the way they negotiate with ransomware victims going forward.… This article