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More patents of Microsoft’s Andromeda hardware emerge, this time showing off a modular hinge design.
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Vera sat hunched in the alcove at Kitt Peak observatory, poring over punch cards. The data was the same as it had been at Lowell, at Palomar, and every other telescope she’d peered through in her feverish race to collect the orbital velocities of stars in Andromeda. Although the data was perfectly clear, the problem it posed was puzzling. If the stars at the edges of spiral galaxy were moving as fast as the ones in the center, but the pull of gravity was weaker, how did they keep from flying off? The only possible answer was that Andromeda contained …read more
Microsoft will probably ship Andromeda sometime in 2018. Given recent events, we should reset our expectations accordingly.
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A concept designer turned Microsoft’s Andromeda patents into concepts, and it looks impeccable.
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Microsoft’s latest patent application for its “Andromeda” foldable device shows off its fancy hinge, as well as all the different viewing modes.
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An internet of things (IoT) botnet that recently hijacked more than 100,000 DSL modems in Argentina has extended to other countries and doubled in size over the past week, possibly due to a zero-day vulnerability. The botnet has been dubbed “Sato… Continue reading IoT Botnet Satori Grows Rapidly Thanks to Zero-Day Flaw
The prolific hacker behind the Andromeda botnet was brought down by open source intelligence, according to the cybersecurity firm Recorded Future. One day after an international collection of law enforcement announced the dismantlement of the long-running Andromeda botnet, researchers say they identified the man arrested in Belarus as the leader behind one of the oldest and widespread botnets in history. Recorded Future identified Sergey Jaretz, a 33-year old male residing in Rechitsa, Belarus as recently arrested by Belarusian authorities as part of the global police effort. Online, he was known as Ar3s but he hasn’t been seen online since November 22. “Ar3s is recognized as a leading expert in malware development and reverse engineering, network security, and antivirus technology,” Recorded Future analysts Andrei Barysevich and Alexandr Solad wrote in a blog post. “On technologically sophisticated forums he acts as a highly reputable guarantor of deals on the one hand, and an analyst on the other. ” Andromeda, […]
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Payments processor TIO Networks identified a security breach that potentially has compromised the personally identifiable information of 1.6 million people. PayPal, which acquired TIO in July for more than $230 million, suspended the company’s op… Continue reading PayPal Subsidiary TIO Networks Suffers Breach Affecting 1.6 Million Users
One of the oldest and widespread botnets in history was shut down last week in an international law enforcement operation led by the FBI. The malware’s infrastructure behind Andromeda was dismantled and one unidentified suspected hacker was arrested in Belarus, according to Europol. First launched in 2011, Andromeda was detected on an average of one million machines every month in the last six months, according to Microsoft. The malware was behind one of the top spam campaigns of 2016, associated with as many as 80 malware families and frequently found on compromised websites and advertising networks. Most notably, Andromeda was used by the Avalanche criminal hacking and fraud network, a global operation illegally bringing in millions of dollars per year until a bust last year. “Andromeda malware has very long history,” researchers at the cybersecurity firm Avast wrote last year. “The authors are skilled programmers and operators, recently updating plugins, maintaining entire systems and looking for new […]
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Microsoft is quietly working on a new piece of hardware that is externally known as Andromeda and after poking around a bit, here’s what we know so far.
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