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China threatens retaliation against Japan for chip restrictions
China recently threatened serious economic retaliation against Japan if it imposed further restrictions on the servicing and sales of chip making equipment to Chinese companies. It’s reported that China could react by cutting Japan’s access to minerals which are essential for automotive production. Cars are one of Japan’s biggest exports,…
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Critical infrastructure sustained 13 cyber attacks per second in 2023
Research from KnowBe4 reported that critical infrastructure sustained more than 420 million cyber attacks between January 2023 and January 2024, a rise of 30% from the previous year. Physical frameworks such as power grids, transportation, and communications networks are particularly at risk due to the disruption any failures would cause.…
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170 million strong data leak traced to US data broker
Cybernews researchers have uncovered a colossal data leak believed to be related to People Data Labs (PDL), a San Francisco-based data broker, containing over 170 million records. Breached data includes sensitive information like full names, phone numbers, emails, location, skills, professional summaries, education history and employment history, putting those affected…
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Tesla has a not-so-secret plan to replace a fundamental-but-flawed building block of the Internet — Musk’s Exascale DOJO supercomputer will use TTPoE instead of the universal TCP and wants the world to embrace it
Tesla is looking to replace the widely-used Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) with its own offering. The company says Tesla Transport Protocol over Ethernet (TTPoE) is designed to support high-speed, low-latency communication, especially in environments where reliable data transfer is essential. TTPoE, integral to Tesla’s DOJO supercomputer, is optimized for the…
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Chinese organizations are being hit by Cobalt Strike malware from within China
Cybersecurity researchers from Securonix discovered a new threat campaign that included phishing, DLL sideloading, and Cobalt Strike beacons, all using Tencent’s infrastructure, and targeting Chinese entities. Tencent is the largest and most popular cloud service provider in China. Apparently, the group (which has not been identified and doesn’t seem to…
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Major tech failures like the CrowdStrike crisis are a stark warning
Today’s society is more dependent on technology than ever before. Virtually every aspect of our daily lives is intertwined with IT infrastructure, from the way we communicate and work to how we access essential services like banking and healthcare. This deep integration means that even the smallest error in a…
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