US Indicts Chinese Hacking Group Member Behind Anthem Data Breach By Lucian Armasu published 10 May 19 U.S. DOJ said a grand jury indicted a member of a China-based hacking group that had previously stolen the personal data of 78.8 million Anthem users.
The NSA May Have Leaked Its Own Exploit Tools to China By Lucian Armasu published 9 May 19 The NSA may have inadvertently leaked its own tools a year during an attack whose traffic was captured by the Buckeye espionage group.
SK Hynix Shipping 96-Layer QLC 4D NAND Flash to SSD Controller Firms By Lucian Armasu published 9 May 19 SK Hynix started sampling 96-layer QLC-based 4D NAND flash dies with 1Tb density to customers.
Report: China Retracted Commitment to End US IP Theft, Forced Technology Transfers By Lucian Armasu published 9 May 19 According to Reuters' sources, the Chinese government was already planning to reverse on all of its primary commitments to the U.S. government.
Google Now Offering Pods With 1,000 Cloud TPUs to the Public By Lucian Armasu published 8 May 19 At Google I/O 2019, Google announced the public availability of 1,000-TPU pods that make use of both Cloud TPU v2 and v3.
CIA Launches Anonymous Site on the Tor Network By Lucian Armasu published 7 May 19 The CIA announced an .onion version of the CIA.gov website that can only be accessed on the Tor anonymity network.
Huawei to Open Chip Plant In UK, Following Backdoor Allegations By Lucian Armasu published 7 May 19 Huawei announced plans to build an R&D chip plant in the UK following allegations that the company's equipment can't be trusted.
U.S. Raising Tariffs for China-Made Electronics to 25% By Lucian Armasu published 6 May 19 President Trump announced on Sunday that he would raise the tariffs on electronics imported from China to 25% from the current 10%.
SupportAssist Software Exposed Dell PCs to Hackers By Lucian Armasu published 3 May 19 Dell's SupportAssist application allowed attackers to gain access to the host PC's administrative privileges, install malware and take control.
Intel Discontinues First-Generation Movidius Neural Compute Stick By Lucian Armasu published 3 May 19 Intel will discontinue the sale of the first-generation Neural Compute Stick. The company encouraged developers to switch to the second-generation NCS and the open source OpenVINO toolkit.
Apple to Pay Qualcomm Over $4.5B In Past Licensing Fees By Lucian Armasu published 2 May 19 In its Q2 earnings report, Qualcomm said that Apple owes the chipmaker between $4.5 and $4.7 billion after the two companies settled their lawsuit in April.
Report: Super Micro Dropping China-Made Components After Backdoor Reports By Lucian Armasu published 1 May 19 After reports about Chinese backdoor chips being built into its motherboards, Super Micro will stop purchasing server components made in China.
Samsung Profits Dropped 60% In Q1 2019 By Lucian Armasu published 30 April 19 As the prices of DRAM and NAND flash products have continued to drop, so have Samsung's profits. However, the company expects its business to stabilize by 2H.
Report: Huawei Failed to Remove Backdoors Vodafone Discovered in 2011, 2012 By Lucian Armasu published 30 April 19 Vodafone revealed that in 2011 and 2012 it found backdoors in the network equipment its Italian division purchased from Huawei.
Huawei Kunpeng 920 Targets ‘Big Data’ Computing By Lucian Armasu published 29 April 19 Huawei introduces Kunpeng 920 processor, which the company has called the "industry's highest-performance server CPU," along with the Taishan X6000 high-density server that uses the same processors.
Apple Reportedly Snatched Intel's Top 5G Developer Before Qualcomm Settlement By Lucian Armasu published 29 April 19 Leaked email shows that Apple hired Intel's lead developer for 5G technology only a few weeks before the iPhone maker settled the legal battle with Qualcomm.
Intel Admits CPU Shortages Will Persist Until the Third Quarter of 2019 By Lucian Armasu published 26 April 19 In a conference call about Intel's earnings in the past quarter, the company's CEO admitted that the CPU shortages would continue until the second half of the year.
Researchers Detect Hardware-Level Malware Via Power Anomalies By Lucian Armasu published 26 April 19 Security researchers have found a way to detect hardware-level attacks that can usually evade operating system-level anti-malware solutions by tracking the power fluctuations within systems.
Millions To Shift From PC To Console Gaming By 2022, Says Research By Lucian Armasu published 26 April 19 Jon Peddie Research says that 20 million PC gamers will switch to some form of console or TV-based gaming by 2022.
SK Hynix Announces Steep Profit Drop, NAND Production Cut By Lucian Armasu published 25 April 19 SK Hynix announced that its revenue and profit for the last quarter suffered a severe decline compared to the last quarter and year.
Here's How Google Stadia Will Make Money By Lucian Armasu published 25 April 19 Phil Harrison, who is in charge of the Google Stadia streaming game platform, said the service will support free-to-play, ad-supported games and more.
Cyber Criminals Target Enterprises With NSA Malware By Lucian Armasu published 25 April 19 A group of cyber criminals has created another highly-effective cryptojacking malware that targets enterprises with the help of NSA's DoublePulsar and EternalBlue malware.
Epic Games Store Would Stop Snagging Exclusives If Steam Adopted Their Revenue Model By Lucian Armasu published 25 April 19 Tim Sweeney, Epic Games' CEO, called out Steam for taking too large a cut from game revenues.