Collaborate Disseminate
In December 2024 the Google Threat Intelligence Group published research on the code of the commercial spyware “Predator”. But there’s now been new research by Jamf (the company behind a mobile device management solution) showing Predator is more dange… Continue reading Predator Spyware Turns Failed Attacks Into Intelligence For Future Exploits
Ars Technica reports:
Security firm Mandiant [part of Google Cloud] has released a database that allows any administrative password protected by Microsoft’s NTLM.v1 hash algorithm to be hacked in an attempt to nudge users who continue using the depr… Continue reading To Pressure Security Professionals, Mandiant Releases Database That Cracks Weak NTLM Passwords in 12 Hours
Friday a federal judge “cleared U.S. power company Dominion Energy to resume work on its Virginia offshore wind project.” But a U.S. federal judge also ruled Thursday that another major offshore wind farm is allowed to resume construction, reports the … Continue reading Two More Offshore Wind Projects in the US Allowed to Continue Construction
A new article from Bloomberg says dozens of America’s colleges “succumbed to a fundamental problem killing colleges across the US: not enough students. The schools will award their final degrees this spring, stranding students not yet ready to graduate… Continue reading Dozens of US Colleges Close as Falling Birth Rate Pushes Them Off Enrollment Cliff
“A mega rocket set to take astronauts around the Moon for the first time in decades is being taken to its launch pad,” the BBC reported this morning.
NASA is livestreaming their move of the 11-million-pound “stack” — which includes the Arte… Continue reading NASA Livestreams the Rocket That Will Carry Four Astronauts Around the Moon
A couple months ago, YouTuber Benn Jordan “found vulnerabilities in some of Flock’s license plate reader cameras,” reports 404 Media’s Jason Koebler. “He reached out to me to tell me he had learned that some of Flock’s Condor cameras were left live-str… Continue reading What Happened After Security Researchers Found 60 Flock Cameras Livestreaming to the Internet
After “a decade of deep focus on embedded and server systems,” T2 SDE Linux “is back to the Desktop,” according to its web site, calling the new “T2 Desktop” flavour “ready for everyday home and office use!”
Built on the latest KDE Plasma, systemd, an… Continue reading T2/Linux Brings a Flagship KDE Plasma Linux Desktop to RISC-V and ARM64
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Washington Post:
The U.S. Department of Transportation brought an automated bus to D.C. this week to showcase its work on self-driving vehicles, taking officials from around the country on a ride betwe… Continue reading As US Officials Showed Off a Self-Driving Robo-Bus – It Got Hit By a Tesla Driver
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Washington Post:
The U.S. Department of Transportation brought an automated bus to D.C. this week to showcase its work on self-driving vehicles, taking officials from around the country on a ride betwe… Continue reading As US Officials Showed Off a Self-Driving Robo-Bus – It Got Hit By a Tesla Driver
A year ago the Steam Survey showed a 2.29% marketshare for Linux. Last May it reached 2.69%, its highest level since 2018. November saw another all-time high of 3.2%.
But December brought a surprise, reports Phoronix:
Back on the 1st Valve published … Continue reading Linux Hit a New All-Time High for Steam Market Share in December