Strange egg-laying mammal casually reappears after a 62-year absence

With spines like a hedgehog, feet like a mole and snout like an anteater, this bizarre-looking animal is hard to miss. But that’s exactly what it has been excelling at for more than half a century, eluding scientists to the point that this weird hybrid… Continue reading Strange egg-laying mammal casually reappears after a 62-year absence

Legion: Credential Harvesting & SMS Hijacking Malware Sold on Telegram

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The Legion malware is capable of stealing credentials from misconfigured or exposed servers and is linked to the AndroxGh0st malware family.
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Stone Age surgery: Ancient amputation marks oldest known operation

Archeologists Andika Priyatno and Tim Maloney excavate the remains

Archeologists have discovered the oldest evidence of a surgical procedure in humans. A Stone Age hunter-gatherer, who lived more than 30,000 years ago, was found to have a carefully amputated leg, making it the earliest known surgery by tens of thousands of years.

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Months-long Interpol crackdown nets more than 1,000 online fraud arrests

An Interpol operation to combat online fraud concluded with the arrests of 1,003 people and the interception of $27 million in illicit funds, according to the international police organization, which conducted the crackdown alongside 20 countries. Waged from June to September of this year, “Operation HAECHI-II” targeted online crime like romance scams, investment fraud and money laundering associated with illegal online gambling. But it also turned up a business email compromise scheme in Colombia and led to alerts about malware tied to the popular Netflix show “Squid Game.” Interpol said the crackdown demonstrated how cybercrime has risen to new levels since the outbreak of the coronavirus. It’s the latest international warning about how the pandemic has fueled a crime wave, even setting aside attacks targeting the health care sector or exploiting COVID-19 that have flourished over the past two years. “The results of Operation HAECHI-II show that the surge in […]

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Cockatoos make advanced toolsets, the first non-primates known to do so

Many animals are known to make tools to help them find food or achieve other everyday goals, but advanced toolmaking skills are rarer. Now, wild cockatoos have been seen making sets of tools, each with their own design and purpose, and using them in a … Continue reading Cockatoos make advanced toolsets, the first non-primates known to do so

Indonesian Govt’s COVID-19 test, trace app leak impacting 1.3m users

By Deeba Ahmed
The data leak took place after the Elasticsearch server used by eHAC developers exposed the data due to misconfiguration.
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Ancient coral reveals world’s slowest earthquake lasted 32 years

Most earthquakes last seconds to minutes, but others will rumble along slowly for days, weeks or even months, at low frequencies that may not be felt at the surface. Now, researchers in Singapore have discovered the slowest earthquake ever found, which… Continue reading Ancient coral reveals world’s slowest earthquake lasted 32 years

World’s oldest known figurative artwork found in Indonesian cave

Dated more than 45,000 years ago, this cave painting found in Indonesia is the oldest known artwork depicting a reco

Archaeologists have discovered what they claim to be the oldest example of figurative art made by human hands. An ochre painting of pigs, found on a cave wall in Indonesia, has been dated to be at least 45,500 years old.

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“Supergiant” new species of isopod discovered in the deep ocean

All kinds of fascinating discoveries are likely lying in wait for us in the deep sea. Now scientists have pulled a new monster out of the waters off the coast of Indonesia. The creature is a new species of “supergiant” isopod, a huge marine relative of… Continue reading “Supergiant” new species of isopod discovered in the deep ocean