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Iranian hackers work with ransomware gangs to break into companies via VPN and firewall tools
Firewalls and VPNs are being used as a point of entry for Iranian state-sponsored hackers, tracked as Pioneer Kitten, looking to gain access to American schools, banks, hospitals, defense sector firms, and government agencies. The attackers are gaining access through vulnerable devices from Check Point, Citrix, and Palo Alto Networks,…
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China leads in up to 89% of tech research, study shows
New research from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) shows that China is now leading the way in 57 out of the 64 technologies assessed by its Critical Technology Tracker, which has now been updated to cover the last 20 years. The tracker measures a country’s performance based on the…
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Major Atlassian flaw hacks systems for crypto mining
Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Confluence Server used to carry a maximum severity vulnerability that allowed threat actors to remotely run any malicious code. Despite the fix being available for months now, there are many unprotected endpoints out there. As a result, hackers have been observed installing cryptocurrency miners on…
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This is what $1 billion worth of AI GPUs look like — Elon Musk publishes video tour of Cortex, X’s AI training supercluster powered by Nvidia’s now obsolete H100
We love a good look inside a supercomputer, with one of our recent favorites being the glimpse Nvidia gave us of Eos, the ninth fastest supercomputer on the planet. Now, Elon Musk has provided a peek at the massive AI supercluster, newly dubbed Cortex, being used by X (formerly Twitter).…
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X restricted in Tanzania – here’s how to get around the block
Whether you live in Tanzania, or are planning to visit anytime soon, you’ll need to find an alternative way to keep accessing X (formerly known as Twitter). UK-based internet watchdog, NetBlocks, confirmed the social media block across the country’s main internet providers as of Friday, August 30, 2024 (see tweet…
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North Korean hackers are using malicious npm packages to target developers
North Korean state-sponsored threat actors were observed pushing malicious packages into the npm registry, in an attempt to infiltrate endpoints belonging to software developers. This time around, they were spotted by cybersecurity researchers from Phylum, who argue the end goal of the campaign is to steal people’s cryptocurrencies. According to…
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