September 2024

SpaceX aims high with Polaris Dawn mission 2024-09-10 at 15:01 By Richard Speed Altitude record within grasp and in-house spacesuits to be put through their paces SpaceX has launched the Polaris Dawn mission, which is set to surpass the altitude record set by Gemini 11 and feature a commercial spacewalk using SpaceX-designed Extravehicular Activity (EVA)

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Shining a Light on Shadow Apps: The Invisible Gateway to SaaS Data Breaches 2024-09-10 at 14:46 By Shadow apps, a segment of Shadow IT, are SaaS applications purchased without the knowledge of the security team. While these applications may be legitimate, they operate within the blind spots of the corporate security team and expose the

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New PIXHELL Attack Exploits Screen Noise to Exfiltrates Data from Air-Gapped Computers 2024-09-10 at 14:46 By A new side-channel attack dubbed PIXHELL could be abused to target air-gapped computers by breaching the “audio gap” and exfiltrating sensitive information by taking advantage of the noise generated by the pixels on the screen. “Malware in the air-gap

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Cassandra redesigns indexing, storage management for 5.0 release 2024-09-10 at 14:02 By Lindsay Clark Users warned to get off 3.x releases as support ends The Apache Software Foundation Cassandra project has released the 5.0 iteration of the wide-column store database boasting new features to improve vector search, a Java update and enhanced performance.… This article

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Top EU court crushes Google appeal against $2.65B Shopping antitrust ruling 2024-09-10 at 13:31 By Jude Karabus After years of legal wrangling, judges say Chocolate Factory played dirty The European Union’s Court of Justice (ECJ) has dismissed Google’s long-running appeal of a €2.4 billion ($2.65 billion) 2017 antitrust ruling, finding it had abused its dominance

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Mustang Panda Deploys Advanced Malware to Spy on Asia-Pacific Governments 2024-09-10 at 13:01 By The threat actor tracked as Mustang Panda has refined its malware arsenal to include new tools in order to facilitate data exfiltration and the deployment of next-stage payloads, according to new findings from Trend Micro. The cybersecurity firm, which is monitoring

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Down and out: Aegon’s pension pothole and TfL’s mystery ‘maintenance’ 2024-09-10 at 12:46 By Richard Speed When is maintenance maintenance, and when is it ‘we’ve been pwned’? Sometimes, an extended period of “maintenance” can mean a cyber incident. Other times, it can mean an IT team is struggling to make one system talk to another.

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UK Lords push bill to tame rogue algorithms in public sector 2024-09-10 at 11:46 By Lindsay Clark Peer says government needs to learn lessons from Post Office scandal The UK Parliament’s second chamber is set to launch a bill designed to regulate the use of algorithms and automated decision-making by public bodies.… This article is

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We’re in the brute force phase of AI – once it ends, demand for GPUs will too 2024-09-10 at 10:46 By Simon Sharwood Gartner thinks generative AI is right for only five percent of workloads AI techniques that require specialist hardware are “doomed,” according to analyst firm Gartner’s chief of research for AI Erick Brethenoux

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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch could be gone in ten years – for chump change 2024-09-10 at 09:46 By Iain Thomson $7.5 billion needed, the kind of cash Apple makes without trying Video  After six years of sea trials, environmental group The Ocean Cleanup claims it has proved that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch –

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Thanks, Edward Snowden: you propelled China to quantum networking leadership 2024-09-10 at 08:46 By Simon Sharwood Beijing aimed research at immediate needs – like blocking leaks – while the US sought abstract knowledge China has an undeniable lead in quantum networking technology – a state of affairs that should give the US pause, despite its

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US spends CHIPS Act cash to explore Indian chipmaking collabs 2024-09-10 at 07:31 By Laura Dobberstein Starting with an analysis of what India has to offer, which is plenty The US has decided to partner with India and its Semiconductor Mission (ISM) to grow and diversify global chip supply chains.… This article is an excerpt

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