Twitter prepares to launch encrypted DMs
Twitter is reviving a project that would bring end-to-end encryption to its Direct Messaging system, after abandoning previous efforts in this area after prototyping an encrypted “secret conversations” feature in 2018. End-to-end encryption (E2EE) will be used for direct messages (DMs) exchanged between users on the social media platform after it was sought-after and heavily […]
CISA and the FBI issues warning on Iran-backed threat actors
Iranian government-backed hackers allegedly compromised the Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) for months in order to deploy XMRig cryptomining malware, according to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI. As early as February 2022, advanced persistent threat (APT) attackers gained access by exploiting a Log4Shell vulnerability in an unpatched VMware Horizon system. […]
NVIDIA investigates melting adapter cables
NVIDIA is looking into reports that one of its latest cards, the NVIDIA RTX 4090 Founders Edition, a Lovelace flagship model, has a melted adapter cable. According to a Reddit user who used the graphics card in a case with the side panel removed for extra breathing room and ensured that the connection between PSU […]
Lockheed Martin and Microsoft collaborate on classified cloud services for Pentagon
Lockheed Martin and Microsoft have announced a strategic partnership to power the next generation of computing and communications technology for the United States Department of Defense, after Microsoft previously invested in and spent years building the classified cloud used by the Department of Defense. According to the agreement, Microsoft will provide Lockheed Martin with its […]
FBI concerned about China’s data pilfering activities with TikTok
FBI Director Christopher Wray has testified before a House committee that China has stolen more American data than any other country combined. He claims that TikTok is one method of stealing this data, and that the Chinese government could use TikTok to control data collection on millions of users or the recommendation algorithm, which could […]
Twitter’s log-in system and two-factor authentication code generator broken
Twitter’s log in system and two-factor authentication code generator have joined the list of issues that have arisen since Elon Musk’s takeover. On November 14, the log in system and two-factor authentication code generator went down, making it difficult to log in. It even delayed or refused to send two-factor authentication codes for hours. Because […]
Amazon lays off employees as part of proposed job costs
Amazon is laying off some employees in its devices and services division, according to hardware chief Dave Limp, in a memo to employees on Wednesday, as the company braces for more macroeconomic disruption. Dave Limp announced in a blog post that the company had decided to consolidate teams in its devices unit, which popularized voice-controlled […]
Amazon RDS reportedly leaking personal information of users
Thousands of databases hosted on Amazon Web Services Relational Database Service (RDS) have been discovered to be leaking personally identifiable information, potentially providing a gold mine for threat actors. The exposure is provided by Amazon RDS’s snapshot feature, which is used to back up the hosted databases. Users can use this feature to share public […]
A large number of Bitcoin retail investors have suffered losses, BIS study
According to new research from one of the world’s leading central bank institutions, the Bank of International Settlements, approximately 73 to 81 percent of newfound bitcoin investors and retail Bitcoin buyers have lost money when putting their funds into the great crypto game and are likely to be in the negative on their investment (BIS). […]
TCI Fund urges Google to cut costs and freeze hiring
Alphabet needs to act quickly to reduce personnel and payroll costs, present a clear action plan to investors, reduce losses at its self-driving unit Waymo, adapt to a slower growth environment, and run its business more efficiently, TCI Fund Management wrote in a letter to CEO Sundar Pichai. TCI, which owns 0.27% of Alphabet, believes […]
