Bizarre drum machine beats to a different rhythm to raise CHD awareness

At first glance, building a drum machine that uses the heartbeats of children with congenital heart disease might be considered very poor taste. But audiovisual artist Love Hultén and Teenage Engineering have created the CHD-4 to raise awareness of the… Continue reading Bizarre drum machine beats to a different rhythm to raise CHD awareness

Pedals power paddles in Thames-travelling Jamima Paddleduck boat

Although pedal-powered boats do exist, most utilize either a propeller or flapping fins on their underside. Ben Kilner’s one-off Jamima Paddleduck takes a different approach, with two rear paddles mounted on a partial bike frame – and the setup has som… Continue reading Pedals power paddles in Thames-travelling Jamima Paddleduck boat

Smashing Security podcast #254: A dead hamster, a brass pen, and The Beatles

Cryptocurrency traders suffer a hamster-related loss, beware of charity scammers this holiday season, and do you have the patience to sit through Peter Jackson’s eight-hour Beatles documentary?

All this and much more is discussed in the latest editi… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #254: A dead hamster, a brass pen, and The Beatles

Smashing Security podcast #201: Robin Hood, Flippy, and the web ad bubble

The Darkside ransomware gang thinks it’s a modern-day Robin Hood when it donates extorted Bitcoins to charity, the micro-targeted ad industry could pop like a bubble, and would you trust a burger-flipping robot?

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Ransomware group donates $20,000 in BTC to two charities

By Waqas
The DarkSide ransomware group says it donated 0.88 BTC each to “Children International” and “The Water Project” charities.
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Ransomware Group Makes Splashy $20K Donation to Charities

Cybercriminal gang Darkside sent $20K in donations to charities in a ‘Robin Hood’ effort that’s likely intended to draw attention to future data dumps, according to experts. Continue reading Ransomware Group Makes Splashy $20K Donation to Charities

Ransomware Gang Donated Part of Ransom Demands to Charities

A budding ransomware group donated part of the ransom demands that it had previously extorted from its victims to two charities. On October 13, the Darkside ransomware group announced the donations in a blog post on its dark web portal. As quoted by ZD… Continue reading Ransomware Gang Donated Part of Ransom Demands to Charities

Cyberthon 2020: Valuable Discussions, For a Worthy Cause.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our virtual charity event, Cyberthon 2020 on the 9th June. Given our company started out over 20 years ago as a piece of freeware pioneering many of the early approaches in intrusion detection, there has always b… Continue reading Cyberthon 2020: Valuable Discussions, For a Worthy Cause.