SIM swappers hijacking phone numbers in eSIM attacks
SIM swappers have adapted their attacks to steal a target’s phone number by porting it into a new eSIM card, a digital SIM stored in a rewritable chip present on many recent smartphone models. Embedded Subscriber Identity Modules (eSIMs) are digital cards stored on the chip of the mobile device and serve the same role […]
Russia Strengthens Its Internet Controls in Critical Year for Putin
Russia is ratcheting up its internet censorship ahead of elections this weekend that are all but assured to give President Vladimir V. Putin another six years in power, further shrinking one of the last remaining spaces for political activism, independent information and free speech. The Russian authorities have intensified a crackdown against digital tools used […]
2025 Ford Puma EV spied for first time
Ford has plans to exclusively sell electric vehicles in Europe by the end of the decade, and we’ve now got spy shots of one of the automaker’s upcoming EVs being developed for the Old Continent. The spy shots show a prototype for an electric version of the Ford Puma, a subcompact crossover that went on […]
September 2015 Hacker of the Month
We’ve heard the sky is the limit, but what about the sea? Come explore Ruth Blue’s underwater world of 3D printing and robotics. Posted on December 18, 2015 by Erica Derrico For many of us, all it took was one glance at a 3D printer to be immediately mesmerized, and then subsequently hooked. It was […]
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Hits Unprecedented Levels
The winds of change are blowing through the Bitcoin landscape. On March 14th, 2024, the network witnessed a monumental shift – mining difficulty skyrocketed to a record-breaking 84 trillion hashes. This unprecedented challenge coincides with another significant event on the horizon: the Bitcoin halving slated for April. According to BTC.com, the rate has risen by […]
Malicious Ads Targeting Chinese Users with Fake Notepad++ and VNote Installers
Mar 15, 2024NewsroomMalvertising / Threat Intelligence Chinese users looking for legitimate software such as Notepad++ and VNote on search engines like Baidu are being targeted with malicious ads and bogus links to distribute trojanized versions of the software and ultimately deploy Geacon, a Golang-based implementation of Cobalt Strike. “The malicious site found in the notepad++ […]
Announcing Swarm Proof-of-Concept Release 3
The Swarm Team is pleased to announce the immediate release of Swarm client v0.3, the third proof-of-concept release (POC3) of the Ethereum Swarm client. The POC3 code is now merged into the official go-ethereum repository’s master branch. Swarm 0.3 has been deployed to the public Testnet, and the Ethereum Foundation is running a 50-node strong […]