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.
Intel SAPM Is a New Proposal for Mitigating Spectre Attacks By Lucian Armasu published 2 October 19 Intel's security team developed a proposal for SAPM, a new type of CPU memory that would prevent attacks like Metldown and Spectre but hurt performance.
Google Achieves Quantum Supremacy. Is Encryption Safe? By Lucian Armasu published 28 September 19 A Financial Times report revealed that Google achieved quantum supremacy. Is it now time to panic about encryption being broken, or do we have nothing to worry about?
Developer Releases Unpatchable Jailbreak Exploit For Older iOS Devices By Lucian Armasu published 27 September 19
Report: AMD Server Chip Market Share to Grow 10x From Pre-Epyc Era By Lucian Armasu published 26 September 19 AMD's recent contract winning streak is largely due to the impressive performance and value that its second-gen Epyc server processors offer.
D-Wave Announces First Sale of Its 5,000-Qubit Quantum Computer By Lucian Armasu published 24 September 19 D-Wave announced that the Los Alamos National Laboratory made the first purchase of its new 5,000-qubit quantum annealing computer.
Facebook Buys CTRL-labs Brain Interface Startup By Lucian Armasu published 24 September 19 Facebook agreed to buy CTRL-labs, a New York startup working on mind reading technology that allows people to control computer interfaces with their thoughts.
Fortune Names AMD's Lisa Su One of the Most Powerful Women in Business By Lucian Armasu published 24 September 19 Fortune Magazine named AMD president and CEO Lisa Su one of the most powerful women in business
IBM Announces New and Improved 53-Qubit Quantum Computer By Lucian Armasu published 18 September 19 IBM announced the largest commercially available quantum computer with 53 qubits. It features a new quantum processor design and smaller electronic components.
Extensions Masquerading as AdBlock and uBlocker Outed as 'Fake' By Lucian Armasu published 17 September 19 AdGuard revealed that two of the most popular ad blocking extensions on the Chrome Web Store are fake.