Collaborate Disseminate
The Voyager 2 spacecraft’s energy budget keeps dropping by about 4 Watt/year, as the plutonium in its nuclear power source is steadily dropping as the isotope decays. With 4 Watt …read more Continue reading Voyager 2’s Plasma Spectrometer Turned Off in Power-Saving Measure
Law enforcement from 12 countries arrested four individuals linked to the LockBit ransomware gang, including a developer and a bulletproof hosting administrator. The operation also resulted in the seizure of LockBit infrastructure and involved sanction… Continue reading Police Arrest Four Suspects Linked To LockBit Ransomware Gang
Novelist Christopher Farnsworth has filed a class-action lawsuit (PDF) against Meta, accusing the company of using his and other authors’ pirated books to train its Llama AI model. Farnsworth seeks damages and an order to stop the alleged copyright inf… Continue reading Meta Hit With New Author Copyright Lawsuit Over AI Training
[This is a Guest Diary by Joshua Gilman, an ISC intern as part of the SANS.edu BACS program]
Continue reading Kickstart Your DShield Honeypot [Guest Diary], (Thu, Oct 3rd)
Cisco is exiting the LoRaWAN market for IoT device connectivity, with no migration plans for customers. “LoRaWAN is a low power, wide area network specification, specifically designed to connect devices such as sensors over relatively long distances,” … Continue reading Cisco Is Abandoning the LoRaWAN Space With No Lifeboat For IoT Customers
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: A New Jersey appeals court says a couple cannot sue Uber over a life-altering car accident because of the app’s terms and conditions, even though they say it was their daughter who agreed to those terms whi… Continue reading Court Blocks Uber Crash Lawsuit After Couple’s Daughter Agreed To Uber Eats TOS
Modern smartphones try and provide a number of useful features to their users, and yet, they’re not exactly designed with human needs in mind. A store-bought smartphone will force a …read more Continue reading MikroPhone – Open, Secure, Simple Smartphone
From family tree to jail cell? A hacker is alleged to have exploited information on genealogy websites to steal millions from public companies. Meanwhile, Kaspersky’s US customers are wondering – what on earth is UltraAV?
All this and more is disc… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #387: Breaches in your genes, and Kaspersky switcheroo raises a red flag
This 49-inch behemoth seems impractical at first, but its large size has many benefits. The Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 delivers a multi-monitor experience across a single ultra-high-resolution display, and it’s seeing an almost 30 percent discount on Amazon. Continue reading Samsung’s massive Odyssey OLED G9 gaming monitor is $500 off ahead of October Prime Day
The Verge’s Gaby Del Valle reports: New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who was indicted last week on charges including fraud, bribery, and soliciting donations from foreign nationals, told federal investigators he forgot his phone password before handing … Continue reading The Feds Still Can’t Get Into Eric Adams’ Phone