AMD Epyc Surpasses Dual-Socket Intel Xeon in Netflix Server Optimization By Lucian Armasu published 5 November 19 Netflix increased its encrypted video data bandwidth for its AMD Epyc and Intel Xeon-based servers from 100 Gbps or less to 200 Gbps.
Hackers Infect PCs With Cryptocurrency Miners Using BlueKeep Remote Desktop Security Flaw By Lucian Armasu published 4 November 19 Attackers have started exploiting the BlueKeep RDP vulnerability in the wild, according to security researchers.
China-Linked Hackers Stole Political Leaders' Call Records, Messages By Lucian Armasu last updated 1 November 19 The China-linked APT41 group has reportedly stolen text messages and call records from political and military leaders of western countries with a new malware called MessageTap.
US Government Funds Fabs of Radiation-Resistant Chips Used in Nuclear Weapons, Space By Lucian Armasu published 29 October 19 The U.S. government is funding two facilities involved in making radiation-hardened chips for its nuclear arsenal, as well as other DoD and space projects.
Arm Will Reportedly Continue Licensing Chip IP to China, Despite US Trade War By Lucian Armasu last updated 29 October 19 Amid a U.S.-China trade war, Arm reportedly said it'll license chip designs to Chinese partners, since they're based on UK technology.
Microsoft Threat Experts Is an On-Demand Security Team By Lucian Armasu last updated 29 October 19 Microsoft's Threat Experts managed threat hunting service is now available to all Microsoft Defender ATP customers.
Google Officially Claims Quantum Supremacy, Despite IBM's Objections By Lucian Armasu published 23 October 19 Google published research saying its 54-qubit quantum computer achieved quantum supremacy. IBM already started disputing the claim earlier this week.
Intel Sues SoftBank-Owned Fortress Over Patent Abuse By Lucian Armasu published 23 October 19 Intel launched an antitrust lawsuit against Fortress, alleging that the company stockpiled patents for the purpose of forcing technology companies to pay royalties.
Arm Announces Machine Learning Processors For ‘Every Market Segment’ By Lucian Armasu published 23 October 19 Arm announced the new Ethos-N57 and Ethos-N37 neural processing units targeting mid-range and low-end devices, as well as new GPU and display processor IP.
IBM: No, Google Didn't Achieve Quantum Supremacy By Lucian Armasu published 22 October 19 Leaked Google research said it'd take a classical supercomputer 10,000 years to complete a particular task. IBM said it did it in 2.5 days.
Scientists Build Highly Scalable Quantum Computer Out of Light By Lucian Armasu published 22 October 19 Scientists from the U.S., Australia and Japan demonstrated a prototype quantum computer that's made out of light and can scale to extreme sizes.
Attackers Attempted To Compromise Avast's CCleaner Again By Lucian Armasu published 22 October 19 Avast detected an intrusion into its own network on September 23. The company believes that the attacker attempted to compromise its CCleaner PC utility.
NordVPN (Mostly) Blames Hosting Provider for Data Breach By Lucian Armasu published 21 October 19 Some of NordVPN servers' TLS keys leaked in a data breach suffered by the VPN company's unnamed hosting provider.
Microsoft's 'Secured-core PCs' Label Promises Firmware Protection for Windows Devices By Lucian Armasu published 21 October 19 Microsoft has already named 10 laptops as Secured-core PCs.
PCIe 6.0 Specification To Be Released By 2021 By Lucian Armasu published 15 October 19 The PCI-SIG consortium announced revision 0.3 of the PCIe 6.0 specification and said that the final version will be available by 2021.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3000-Series Naming Scheme Clues Surface By Lucian Armasu published 15 October 19 SATA-IO points to naming scheme for AMD's upcoming "Castle Peak" Threadripper 3000-series processors.
Apple Researcher Finds Huge Flaw In Linux Sudo Command By Lucian Armasu published 15 October 19 A bug in the sudo utility may allow non-root users to gain administrative privileges if their user is configured in the sudoers file by using the user ID "-1" or "4294967295”.
Attackers Exploited Apple iTunes To Install Ransomware By Lucian Armasu published 11 October 19 Attackers abused a zero-day in Apple's update utility for iTunes and iCloud software for Windows to install the BitPaymer ransomware on enterprise computers.
Nvidia Job Listings Point to Ambitious RISC-V Plans By Lucian Armasu published 10 October 19 Why does the company need a "Senior CPU Architecture Engineer" with deep RISC-V and security experience?
EU Warns Against 5G Equipment Providers From ‘Hostile’ Nations By Lucian Armasu published 10 October 19 The EU recently published a report warning of various risks surrounding 5G adoption.
Intel NUCs, Nvidia Shield TV Both Hit With High-Severity Security Flaws By Lucian Armasu published 10 October 19 Intel NUC devices are vulnerable to high severity flaws, as is Nvidia’s Shield TV streaming media player.
Researchers Can Now Reverse Engineer Entire Chips With X-Ray Technology By Lucian Armasu published 9 October 19
As CPU Materials Get Thinner, Security Risks Grow - Report By Lucian Armasu published 4 October 19 The semiconductor industry is waking up to the fact that chips are becoming increasingly insecure as dies and insulation layers get thinner.
Kaspersky Easily Uncovers Uzbekistan Hacking Operations By Lucian Armasu published 3 October 19 Kaspersky researchers easily uncovered hacking operations from Uzbekistan. The group, SandCat, is believed to be the SSS Uzebekistan intelligence agency.
