Collaborate Disseminate
Longtime Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares a report from Phys.org: Researchers from Imperial College London have discovered that a space-returned sample from asteroid Ryugu was rapidly colonized by terrestrial microorganisms, even under stringent contamin… Continue reading Ryugu Asteroid Sample Rapidly Colonized By Terrestrial Life
A popular open-source game engine called Godot Engine is being misused as part of a new GodLoader malware campaign, infecting over 17,000 systems since at least June 2024.
“Cybercriminals have been taking advantage of Godot Engine to execute crafted GD… Continue reading Cybercriminals Exploit Popular Game Engine Godot to Distribute Cross-Platform Malware
Spoiler alert: almond butter isn’t phosphorescent. But powdered milk is, at least to the limit of detection of this homebrew phosphorescence detector. Why spend a bunch of time and money …read more Continue reading Homebrew Phosphorescence Detector Looks for the Glow in Everyday Objects
Scumbags play on victims’ worst fears in phishing campaign referencing UK Employment Tribunal A current phishing campaign scares recipients into believing they’ve been sacked, when in reality they’ve been hacked – and infected with infostealers and oth… Continue reading The only thing worse than being fired is scammers fooling you into thinking you’re fired
A University of Birmingham study reveals that PFAS and microplastics have a synergistic effect that significantly increases their toxicity. “The study’s authors exposed water fleas to mixtures of the toxic substances and found they suffered more severe… Continue reading PFAS and Microplastics Become More Toxic When Combined, Research Shows
There can be few among those of us who produce printed circuit boards, who have not at some point placed a component the wrong way round, or with the wrong …read more Continue reading Even Apple Get Their Parts Wrong Sometimes
In today’s dynamic threat landscape, security leaders are under constant pressure to make informed choices about which solutions and strategies they employ to protect their organizations. The “MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK Evaluations: Enterprise” stand … Continue reading Why cybersecurity leaders trust the MITRE ATT&CK Evaluations
In this Help Net Security video, Nic Benders, Chief Technical Strategist at New Relic, discusses the key findings of a recent 2024 Observability Forecast report. The annual survey of 1,700 technology professionals across 16 countries reveals that: IT o… Continue reading How the role of observability is changing within organizations
Attackers leveraging virtual private network (VPN) vulnerabilities and weak passwords for initial access contributed to nearly 30% of ransomware attacks, according to Corvus Insurance. According to the Q3 report, many of these incidents were traced to … Continue reading VPN vulnerabilities, weak credentials fuel ransomware attacks
U.S. telecom service provider T-Mobile said it recently detected attempts made by bad actors to infiltrate its systems in recent weeks but noted that no sensitive data was accessed.
These intrusion attempts “originated from a wireline provider’s networ… Continue reading U.S. Telecom Giant T-Mobile Detects Network Intrusion Attempts from Wireline Provider