Anzahl der online-Aktivitäten, die pro Minute im Internet auf der jeweiligen Plattform getätigt werden
from: Steingarts Morning Briefing <news@news.gaborsteingart.com> on 02 NOV 2020
Author: Thomas J Ackermann
All U.S. Voter Data Being Traded on Hacker Forums
A database with information on virtually the entire US voting population has been circulated on hacker forums, opening up the potential for disinformation and scams that could impact the November 3 election, security researchers say. A report released Wednesday by the security firm Trustwave said its researchers “discovered massive databases with detailed information about US…
Covid19 Victim: Austin Security Testing Company NSS Labs Ceases Operations
Austin, Texas-based security product testing company NSS Labs has announced that it ceased operations on October 15, 2020. “Due to Covid-related impacts, NSS Labs ceased operations on October 15th,” a message on the company’s website reads. On Monday, Jason Brvenik, CEO of NSS Labs, posted the same message on LinkedIn, without providing additional details on…
U.S. Charges Russian Intelligence Officers for NotPetya, Industroyer Attacks
The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday announced charges against six Russian intelligence officers for their alleged role in several major cyberattacks conducted over the past years. The defendants are Yuriy Sergeyevich Andrienko, aged 32, Sergey Vladimirovich Detistov, 35, Pavel Valeryevich Frolov, 28, Anatoliy Sergeyevich Kovalev, 29, Artem Valeryevich Ochichenko, 27, and Petr Nikolayevich Pliskin,…
25,000 MNS03 (FFP3) Masks for €8,000 in Berlin – better than N95
While picking up my car at my favorite shop today, the owner (Herr Kast) mentioned he picked up a pallet of 25,000 MNS03 (FFP3) Medical Surgical Masks with Nose Clip, Made in Germany, exceeding N95 specs, and he is looking to sell the lot for €8,000 (plus shipping & handling, if not picked up in…
Deepfake Putin is here to warn Americans about their self-inflicted doom
AI-generated synthetic media is being used in a political ad campaign—not to disrupt the election, but to save it. MIT Technology Review by Karen Hao, September 29, 2020 The news: Two political ads will broadcast on social media today, featuring deepfake versions of Russian president Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Both deepfake…
2020: Das passiert im Internet in einer Minute
60 Sekunden vergehen schnell – aber in dieser Zeitspanne passiert im Internet eine Menge. Auf Basis von Schätzungen, die bei Visual Capitalist veröffentlicht worden sind, werden bei Instagram rund 347.000 neue Stories veröffentlicht, mit dem Messenger Whatsapp verschicken Nutzer 41,6 Mio. Nachrichten und per E-Commerce werden 1 Mio. US-Dollar Umsatz generiert. Alle Anzeichen deuten darauf…
Microsoft pulls underwater data center back to the surface to assess benefits of deep-sea cloud
Members of the Project Natick team power wash algae, barnacles and sea anemones off the Northern Isles underwater data center, which was retrieved from the seafloor off the Orkney Islands in Scotland. (Microsoft Photo / Jonathan Banks) Two years after deploying a shipping-container-size data center to the depths off Scotland’s Orkney Islands, Microsoft has reeled…
Python ist die populärste Programmiersprache
Die Code-Sprache Python ist die beliebteste aller Programmiersprachen – das besagt der PopularitY of Programming Language Index. Auf Basis von Google-Suchanfragen zu Tutorials zur jeweiligen Programmiersprache und Daten von Google Trends misst der Index die Popularität dieser. Wie die Statista-Grafik zeigt waren Python-Tutorials zuletzt Gegenstand von rund 32 Prozent aller Suchanfragen. Die Code-Sprache mit dem…
Engineers Break Internet Speed Record at 178 Terabits
At that speed, you can download the entire Netflix library in less than a second. The saying goes “Technology is growing fast” stopped being a cliche but has become reality. Remember the record of the world’s fastest internet speed was set back in May this year? Well, it’s been long gone now. The world’s fastest…
Braket: Amazon AWS brings Rigetti, Ionq, and Dwave Quantencomputer in the Cloud
Supraconducting / Iontraps / Annealing AWS hat mit Amazon Braket einen vollständig verwalteten Quantencomputer-Service vorgestellt. Der Dienst soll Forschern bei der Entwicklung von Quantenalgorithmen helfen. Auch Amazons Cloud-Sparte AWS bietet Kundinnen und Kunden jetzt eine Möglichkeit, in der Cloud mit Quantencomputern zu experimentieren. Über den neuen AWS-Dienst Amazon Braket erhalten Forscher die Möglichkeit, Quantenalgorithmen zu…
Künstliche Haut: Roboter mit Fingerspitzengefühl sind gerade einen Schritt näher gerückt
Post aus Japan: Künstliche Haut vor dem Start Als Kind ließ sich Benjamin Tee von japanischen Roboter-Mangas inspirieren. Nun ist der Mann aus Singapur einer der Pioniere, die Automaten gefühlvoller machen. Roboter mit Fingerspitzengefühl sind gerade einen Schritt näher gerückt. Im Juli stellte Benjamin Tee von der National University Singapore (NUS) ein System vor, dass…
APT Group “Transparent Tribe” Mounts Ongoing Spy Campaign on Military, Government
The group has added a management console and a USB worming function to its main malware, Crimson RAT. The APT group Transparent Tribe is mounting an ongoing cyberespionage campaign, researchers said, which is aimed at military and diplomatic targets around the world. The effort features a worm that can propagate from machine to machine while…
IBM AI-Powered Data Management Software Subject to Simple Exploit
A low-privileged process on a vulnerable machine could allow data harvesting and DoS. The IBM’s next-gen data-management software suffers from a shared-memory vulnerability that researchers said could lead to other threats — as demonstrated by a new proof-of-concept exploit for the bug. The IBM Db2 is a family of hybrid data-management products containing artificial intelligence,…
U.S. Details North Korean Malware Used in Attacks on Defense Organizations
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have shared details on a piece of malware North Korean threat actors likely used in attacks targeting employees of defense organizations in Israel and other countries. Dubbed BLINDINGCAN, the malware was apparently used in “Dream Job,” a campaign active since the…
Why we need the universal Blockchain engine. One example.
By Thomas J Ackermann – Serial Entrepreneur, CyberDefense & Blockchain Architect In the current edition of CAPITAL magazine Germany is a short article on “Digitalization” in Germany (above) – it uses a “blockchain driven” company to show governments how to use technology to make paperwork-based processes faster and more convenient for all involved. The company…
North Korea’s ‘Bureau 121’ Has an Army of 6000 Hackers
The U.S. Army has revealed that North Korea has a number of divisions dedicated to cryptocurrency and related cybercrimes. A report unveiled by the U.S. Army reveals that North Korea now has more than 6,000 hackers stationed in countries such as Belarus, China, India, Malaysia, Russia, among others. The operations of four sub divisions are…
Zahl der deutschen Bankfilialen auf dem Niveau der 50er Jahre
Deutschlands Bankenbranche ist im Umbruch – das zeigt sich unter anderem an der sinkenden Zahl der Bankfilialen. Das zeigt die Statista-Grafik auf Basis von Daten der Deutschen Bundesbank. So gab es im Jahr 1997 noch über 66.000 so genannte Bankstellen (Kopfstellen plus Zweigstellen). Heute sind es mit etwa 28.000 Bankstellen rund 38.000 weniger. Damit ist…
Microsoft Put Off Fixing Zero Day for 2 Years
A security flaw in the way Microsoft Windows guards users against malicious files was actively exploited in malware attacks for two years before last week, when Microsoft finally issued a software update to correct the problem. By Brian Krebs of Krebs on Security One of the 120 security holes Microsoft fixed on Aug. 11’s Patch…
Instagram could face up to $500 billion in fines for illegally harvesting biometric data
Instagram could face up to $500 billion in fines in class-action lawsuit alleging it illegally harvested biometric data A new lawsuit accuses Instagram of collecting people’s biometric data without their consent in violation of a state law. Last month, Facebook — which owns Instagram — offered $650 million to settle a similar lawsuit alleging that…
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