LastPass Fixes Latest Bug That Exposes User Passwords By Lucian Armasu published 17 September 19 LastPass fixes the latest security flaw discovered by Google Project Zero's Tavis Ormandy, the same security researcher that has uncovered multiple security bugs in LastPass Manager in the past.
India's First Three (Out of 60) Supercomputers Are Here By Lucian Armasu published 14 September 19 The Indian government has finished building three supercomputers as part of ITS National Supercomputing Mission, which aims to build 60 supercomputers by 2022.
China’s Tsinghua DRAM Fab To Be Built By 2021, Says Report By Lucian Armasu published 12 September 19
AMD Epyc CPUs Claim 14 World Records With Red Hat's Help By Lucian Armasu published 12 September 19 Red Hat revealed new performance world records for some data center-specific workloads that ran on AMD's latest Epyc Rome processors.
Hackers Use CAPTCHA to Launch Phishing Campaign By Lucian Armasu published 11 September 19 Security researchers found a Microsoft phishing campaign that prevented automated scanners from identifying it as such bu using CAPTCHA.
Exim Security Flaw Affects Millions Of Email Servers By Lucian Armasu published 9 September 19 Exim developers announced that they've released a patch for a dangerous security flaw in their email server software that impacts millions of email servers.
Qualcomm’s New 5G Chips Target Budget Smartphones in 2020 By Lucian Armasu published 6 September 19 Qualcomm announced that its next-generation 8, 7, and 6-series chips will come integrated with 5G modems, making smartphones significantly more affordable.
State-Sponsored Chinese Group Hacks Enterprise VPN Servers By Lucian Armasu published 6 September 19 Fortinet and Pulse Security customers that haven't updated their VPN servers are now at risk of being targeted by APT5.
Samsung Exynos 980 Launches With 5G Modem, Wi-Fi 6, Powerful AI Processor By Lucian Armasu published 6 September 19 Samsung announced its latest flagship processor, the Exynos 980, which comes with integrated 5G modem, Wi-Fi 6, a new and more powerful NPU.
New Facebook User Data Leak Is Five Times Larger Than Cambridge Analytica Leak By Lucian Armasu published 5 September 19 Researcher finds an unprotected server with leaked Facebook user data affecting more than five times as many people as the Cambridge Analytica data leak did.
USBAnywhere Flaw Leaves Supermicro Servers Vulnerable to Remote Attacks By Lucian Armasu published 3 September 19 Eclypsium researchers uncover new ways to remotely attack Supermicro's servers in "USBAnywhere" security vulnerability.
AMD’s Secure Encrypted Virtualization Came From Work on Consoles By Lucian Armasu published 29 August 19
MIT Engineers Build 15,000-Transistor Carbon Nanotube RISC-V Chip By Lucian Armasu published 29 August 19 MIT and Analog Devices engineers create 15,000-transistor RISC-V CPU from carbon nanotubes, breaking all previous carbon nanotube chip-making records.
DOJ May Block Internet Cable Running From LA to Hong Kong By Lucian Armasu published 28 August 19 The U.S. government may block the 8,000-mile long cable built by Google and Facebook between Los Angeles and Hong Kong over national security fears.
Lenovo Covering Its Tracks? Latest Laptop Security Flaw By Lucian Armasu published 27 August 19 Pen Test Partners security researchers found an eight-year old bug in Lenovo laptops that Lenovo then reportedly attempted to hide.
Report: Facebook’s Libra Cryptocurrency Partners Inching Away as Regulators Near By Lucian Armasu published 23 August 19 Some of the backers of Facebook's Libra digital currency are considering terminating their partnership with Facebook to avoid government scrutiny.
Intel, Microsoft, Red Hat Open Source Tools for 'Confidential Computing' By Lucian Armasu published 21 August 19 Multiple Linux Foundation members committed to promote the use of secure enclaves via the newly formed Confidential Computing Consortium.
Nvidia Sees Sequential Revenue Growth in Q2 2019 By Lucian Armasu published 16 August 19 Nvidia announced it is back to sequential revenue growth, even as the company's revenues are significantly lower compared to a year ago.
Micron Begins Mass Production Of 16Gb 1z-Class DDR4 RAM By Lucian Armasu published 16 August 19 Micron announced that it had begun volume production of 1z nm 16Gb DDR4 RAM products, a first in the industry.
U.S. Federal Agencies Issue Ambitious Roadmap For AI Development By Lucian Armasu published 15 August 19
Undocumented Windows Protocol Enabled Full System Compromise For 20 Years By Lucian Armasu published 15 August 19 Google's Tavis Ormandy found an almost 20-year-old design flaw in the undocumented Windows CTF subsystem that could have allowed attackers to fully compromise systems.
Suprema's BioStar 2 System Kept Biometrics, Passwords In Plaintext By Lucian Armasu published 15 August 19
Huawei Employees Helped African Governments Spy On Opponents, Bypass Encryption By Lucian Armasu published 15 August 19 A new WSJ report revealed how Huawei employees have been aiding African government intelligence agencies spy on political opponents. Huawei has denied the allegations.
Intel Patches High-Severity Bugs In NUC Kit, Software Tools By Lucian Armasu published 15 August 19 Intel issued patches for multiple security flaws affecting NUC Kit and other related devices, as well as some Intel software tools.