Day: May 15, 2020

Papa don’t breach: Contracts, personal info on Madonna, Lady Gaga, Elton John, others swiped in celeb law firm ‘hack’

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Hackers are threatening to release 756GB of A-list celebs’ contracts, recording deals, and other personal info allegedly stolen from a New York law firm. The miscreants have seemingly got their hands on confidential agreements, private correspondence, contact details, and other information belonging to superstars, including Madonna, Christina Aguilera, Sir Elton John, Run DMC, Bruce Springsteen, Read more about Papa don’t breach: Contracts, personal info on Madonna, Lady Gaga, Elton John, others swiped in celeb law firm ‘hack’[…]

Russia admits, yup, the Americans are right: One of our rocket’s tanks just disintegrated in Earth’s orbit

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Russian rocket tanks used to launch a radio telescope have broken up into 65 chunks, littering Earth’s orbit with debris. The tanks, dumped from the Fregat-SB upper stage of the Zenit-3SLBF rocket that took the Spektr-R radio telescope into orbit in 2011, disintegrated on Friday, Roscosmos said on Sunday. “According to reports, the destruction occurred Read more about Russia admits, yup, the Americans are right: One of our rocket’s tanks just disintegrated in Earth’s orbit[…]

Amazon builds UV-light robot to kill coronavirus on surfaces

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Amazon built robot that is designed to kill the novel coronavirus with ultraviolet light. The robot looks a little like a hotel luggage cart, with a tall metal frame attached to a rectangular wheeled bottom. One side of the frame is outfitted with at least 10 ultraviolet tube lights. In a video shared with CBS Read more about Amazon builds UV-light robot to kill coronavirus on surfaces[…]

Brit defense contractor Interserve hacked, up to 100,000 past and present employees’ details siphoned off

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Britain’s Ministry of Defence contractor Interserve has been hacked, reportedly leaking the details of up to 100,000 of past and current employees, including payment information and details of their next of kin. The Daily Telegraph reports that up to 100,000 employee details were stolen, dating back across a number of years. Interserve currently employs around Read more about Brit defense contractor Interserve hacked, up to 100,000 past and present employees’ details siphoned off[…]

Researchers spot thousands of Android apps leaking user data through misconfigured Firebase databases

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Security researchers at Comparitech have reported that an estimated 24,000 Android apps are leaking user data because of misconfigured Firebase databases. Firebase is a popular backend service with SDKs for multiple platforms, including Android, iOS, web, C++ and Unity (for games). Features include two NoSQL database managers, Cloud Firestore and the older Realtime Database. Data Read more about Researchers spot thousands of Android apps leaking user data through misconfigured Firebase databases[…]

PrintDemon vulnerability impacts all Windows versions | ZDNet

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Two security researchers have published today details about a vulnerability in the Windows printing service that they say impacts all Windows versions going back to Windows NT 4, released in 1996. The vulnerability, which they codenamed PrintDemon, is located in Windows Print Spooler, the primary Windows component responsible for managing print operations. The service can Read more about PrintDemon vulnerability impacts all Windows versions | ZDNet[…]

SPACEX – ISS Docking Simulator

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This simulator will familiarize you with the controls of the actual interface used by NASA Astronauts to manually pilot the SpaceX Dragon 2 vehicle to the International Space Station. Source: SPACEX – ISS Docking Simulator Turns out it’s quite easy in a sim 😀