ProtonMail / ProtonVPN DDoS Attacks Are a Case Study of What Happens When You Mock Attackers

For the past two days, secure email provider ProtonMail has been fighting off DDoS attacks that have visibly affected the company’s services, causing short but frequent outages at regular intervals. “The attacks went on for several hours, although the outages were far more brief, usually several minutes at a time with the longest outage on Read more about ProtonMail / ProtonVPN DDoS Attacks Are a Case Study of What Happens When You Mock Attackers[…]

Every Android Device Since 2012 Impacted by RAMpage Vulnerability

Almost all Android devices released since 2012 are vulnerable to a new vulnerability named RAMpage, an international team of academics has revealed today. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2018-9442, is a variation of the Rowhammer attack. Rowhammer is a hardware bug in modern memory cards. A few years back researchers discovered that when someone would send Read more about Every Android Device Since 2012 Impacted by RAMpage Vulnerability[…]

This popular Facebook app publicly exposed your data for years

Nametests.com, the website behind the quizzes, recently fixed a flaw that publicly exposed information of their more than 120 million monthly users — even after they deleted the app. At my request, Facebook donated $8,000 to the Freedom of the Press Foundation as part of their Data Abuse Bounty Program. […] While loading a test, the website Read more about This popular Facebook app publicly exposed your data for years[…]

All-Radio 4.27 Portable Can’t Be Removed? Then Your PC is Severely Infected

Starting yesterday, there have been numerous reports of people’s Windows computers being infected with something called “All-Radio 4.27 Portable”. After researching this, it has been determined that seeing this program is a symptom of a much bigger problem on your computer. All-Radio 4.27 Portable If your computer is suddenly displaying the above program, then your Read more about All-Radio 4.27 Portable Can’t Be Removed? Then Your PC is Severely Infected[…]

Adidas Reports Data Breach of a few million customers

Adidas AG ADDYY 2.03% said Thursday that a “few million” customers shopping on its U.S. website may have had their data exposed to an unauthorized party. Neither the specific number of users affected nor the time frame of the potential breach were immediately disclosed, but the German sportswear maker said it became aware of the Read more about Adidas Reports Data Breach of a few million customers[…]

The International Space Station’s has a New AI-Powered Bot: CIMON

Once aboard, CIMON—short for Crew Interactive MObile companioN—will assist the crew with its many activities. The point of this pilot project is to see if an artificially intelligent bot can improve crew efficiency and morale during longer missions, including a possible mission to Mars. What’s more, activities and tasks performed by ISS crew members are Read more about The International Space Station’s has a New AI-Powered Bot: CIMON[…]

Why you should not use Google Cloud – it just turns your project off with no warning and no customer support!

We have a project running in production on Google Cloud (GCP) that is used to monitor hundreds of wind turbines and scores of solar plants scattered across 8 countries. We have control centers with wall-to-wall screens with dashboards full of metrics that are monitored 24/7. Asset Managers use this system to monitor the health of Read more about Why you should not use Google Cloud – it just turns your project off with no warning and no customer support![…]

Over 10,000 troops from nine nations ready to meet global challenges in Joint Expeditionary Force led by UK

With the UK at the forefront as the framework nation, the JEF can now deploy over 10,000 personnel from across the nine nations. Speaking at the event at Lancaster House today Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson said: Our commitment today sends a clear message to our allies and adversaries alike – our nations will stand together Read more about Over 10,000 troops from nine nations ready to meet global challenges in Joint Expeditionary Force led by UK[…]