Zuckerberg unveils new virtual reality headset
Mark Zuckerberg unveiled Meta’s newest virtual reality headset, the Quest Pro, a sleek device that can display text and fine details in VR, making it easy to read. It can also track eyes and facial features, creating a sense of connectedness with other people in virtual space. It can also be used as a mixed […]
Uber, Doordash, Lyft share tanks after Labor Department proposes change to worker classification
Stock prices for Uber, Lyft and DoorDash, which rely heavily on gig workers to transport people and meals, fell on Tuesday after the Department of Labor issued a proposal that could pave the way for regulators and courts to classify gig workers as employees rather than independent contractors. Since the announcement, Lyft shares fell 12% […]
NASA’s asteroid diversion mission a success
The world’s first demonstration of planetary defence technology, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), successfully hit the asteroid’s target in the agency’s first attempt to move an asteroid in space, meaning that humanity has now diverted asteroids for the first time ever. If an Earth-bound asteroid or comet is discovered tomorrow, DART will deflect or […]
Taiwanese Economic Minister Says Taiwan Must Be Safe for Semiconductor Production and Supply to Continue
Taiwanese Economic Affairs Minister Wang Mei-Hua has said that Taiwan, which produces the vast majority of the world’s most advanced computer chips, must remain safe from a Chinese invasion if semiconductor supply chains are to be secure and continue to flow. She added that it was in the best interests of the world for Taiwan […]
Intel and Google Cloud announces new chip to Boost Data Centre Performance
Intel Corp. and Google Cloud have announced the release of a jointly developed E2000 chip codenamed Mount Evans that can improve the security and efficiency of data centers. The chip is designed to package data from the expensive CPU panels that do the most important computing tasks for networking. It also improves security between customers […]
Researchers uncovers malware toolset used by APT group Earth Aughisky
Trend Micro researchers have uncovered the malware toolset of the Chinese cyber espionage group Earth Aughisky, known for compromising legitimate accounts, software, applications and other weaknesses in network design and infrastructure. The gang uses spear phishing as an entry-level method, using several tools, including a remote access trojan named Taidoor (aka Roudan) to deploy next-stage […]
BazarCall updates social engineering tactics for deploying malware
The operators of the BazarCall call back phishing attacks are upgrading the social engineering tactics used to deploy malware in victim networks. According to cybersecurity firm Trelix, the program serves as an entry point for financial fraud. Simply put, BazarCall delivers the next level of payloads such as ransomware. BazarCall is known to spread BazarBackdoor […]
Cyber Security Today, Oct. 12, 2022 – Toyota blames contractor for five-year data leak, code from Intel is leaked and more
In this episode a data leak reported by Toyota, loss of some source code from Intel, DDoS attacks on US airports
