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Dec 17, 2020
Microsoft unleashes ‘Death Star’ on SolarWinds hackers in extraordinary response to breach
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: cybercrime/malcode, law
“Now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational Battle Station.” – Emperor Palpatine, Return of the Jedi
This week Microsoft took a series of dramatic steps against the recent SolarWinds supply chain attack. In the size, speed and scope of its actions, Microsoft has reminded the world that it can still muster firepower like no one else as a nearly-overwhelming force for good.
Dec 17, 2020
FBI says DoppelPaymer ransomware gang is harassing victims who refuse to pay
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: cybercrime/malcode
FBI says ransomware group has been calling victims, threatening to send individuals to their homes if they don’t pay the ransom.
Dec 17, 2020
Mars lander spots deep layers beneath the surface, offering clues to the planet’s formation
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: space
Dec 17, 2020
Kitchen Temperature Superconductivity From Stacked 2D Materials
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: energy, food
Ultra-low-energy electronics ‘straight out of the fridge’? Could a stack of 2D materials allow for supercurrents at ground-breakingly warm temperatures, easily achievable in the household kitchen? An international study published in August opens a new route to high-temperature supercurrents at t.
Dec 17, 2020
Suspected Russian Cyberattack Began With Ubiquitous Software Company
Posted by Omuterema Akhahenda in categories: cybercrime/malcode, government
The widespread and monthslong hack of the U.S. government and some of America’s biggest corporations was enabled by an unlikely source: a little-known Austin, Texas, software company called SolarWinds Corp. that until this week was a household name only to computer network administrators.
Security investigators say the company that boasts more than 400 of the Fortune 500 corporations and many government agencies as clients provided the perfect delivery mechanism for a carefully executed intrusion attributed to Russia’s foreign-intelligence service.
SolarWinds provides the tools many companies use to manage their computer networks. That’s what made the hack of U.S. government agencies and some of America’s biggest corporations so pernicious.
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Dec 16, 2020
Researchers develop new combined process for 3D printing
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: biotech/medical, materials
Chemists at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have developed a way to integrate liquids directly into materials during the 3D printing process. This allows, for example, active medical agents to be incorporated into pharmaceutical products or luminous liquids to be integrated into materials, which allow monitoring of damage. The study was published in Advanced Materials Technologies.
3D printing is now widely used for a range of applications. Generally, however, the method is limited to materials which are liquefied through heat and become solid after printing. If the finished product is to contain liquid components, these are usually added afterwards. This is time-consuming and costly. “The future lies in more complex methods that combine several production steps,” says Professor Wolfgang Binder from the Institute of Chemistry at MLU. “That is why we were looking for a way to integrate liquids directly into the material during the printing process.”
To this endeavor, Binder and his colleague Harald Rupp combined common 3D printing processes with traditional printing methods such as those used in inkjet or laser printers. Liquids are added drop by drop at the desired location during the extrusion of the basic material. This allows them to be integrated directly and into the material in a targeted manner.
Dec 16, 2020
US government confirms ‘significant’ hack 17.12.2020
Posted by Muhammad Furqan in categories: cybercrime/malcode, government
The US government has confirmed that a massive hack had occurred in at least two federal departments, including the US Treasury and the Department of Commerce.
Hackers were able to monitor internal emails at US federal departments, including the Treasury, for months. There is concern officials have only scratched the surface of understanding the hack’s effects.
Dec 16, 2020
New autosteering system works without GPS
Posted by Brent Ellman in category: robotics/AI
“When was the last time you lost a correction signal when running a tractor or combine in the field? In Russia, that’s an even bigger problem, but because of that, a new tool is being deployed — a vision-based guidance system. That’s where Cognitive Agro Pilot comes in. “This system detects obstacles, including people, animals, metallic objects and stones along its way, without GPS navigation and RTK positioning,” says Olga Uskova, CEO, Cognitive, based in Moscow. “Cognitive Agro Pilot can operate in territories with a weak satellite signal.” The company has developed a system that uses a high-definition camera in an armored housing that can “see” ahead. Tied to an artificial intelligence system, the systems provide precision guidance. This is more than following a row.”
Russian firm Cognitive Agro Pilot is using computer vision and machine learning for precision guidance.
Dec 16, 2020
Chemical Compounds in Foods Can Inhibit a Key SARS-CoV-2 Enzyme
Posted by Brent Ellman in categories: biotech/medical, chemistry, food
““Green tea has five tested chemical compounds that bind to different sites in the pocket on Mpro, essentially overwhelming it to inhibit its function,” Xie said. “Muscadine grapes contain these inhibitory chemicals in their skins and seeds. Plants use these compounds to protect themselves, so it is not surprising that plant leaves and skins contain these beneficial compounds.””
Glad I picked up a refill on my resveratrol this week!
Green tea, muscadine grape and dark chocolate chemical compounds inhibit an important SARS-CoV-2 enzyme.
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