Multi-Malware ‘Cluster Bomb’ Campaign Drops Widespread Cyber Havoc
“Unfurling Hemlock” has deployed malware on tens of thousands of systems worldwide by nesting multiple malicious files inside other malicious files.
Month: July 2024
Chinese Rocket Accidentally Launches During Test, Crashes Dramatically
Chinese company Space Pioneer accidentally launched the first stage of its Tianlong-3 rocket during a Sunday test of the vehicle that went terribly wrong. The rocket crashed and exploded near a city in Central China, but no injuries have been reported so far.
All the New Sci-Fi, Horror, and Fantasy Books to Add to Your Reading List in July
In July, there are multiple new sci-fi, fantasy, and horror books about estranged friends reuniting to confront something dark in their past—call it the It effect—as well as an array of sci-fi adventures, mythology revisions, tales of terror, supernatural mysteries, fantastical romances, and more. Read on!
Google Opens $250K Bug Bounty Contest for VM Hypervisor
If security researchers can execute a guest-to-host attack using a zero-day vulnerability in the KVM open source hypervisor, Google will make it worth their while.
Deadpool & Wolverine’s Official Pizzas Raise Some Meaty Questions
Warning: this article is going to make you hungry. There’s simply no way around it. Even as we humorously break down the good and bad of Deadpool & Wolverine teaming up with DiGiorno on a series of limited-edition pizzas, talking about pizza at all is going to make you crave a slice.
Conspiracy Theorists Think Biden Was Hit With Directed-Energy Weapons During Debate
President Joe Biden delivered a stunningly bad performance last week during his debate with Donald Trump, causing many Democrats to worry about the future of American democracy. But some folks on social media think they’ve figured out why Biden looked so puzzled and frequently spoke haltingly with a blank stare in his…
Prudential Data Breach Victim Count Soars to 2.5M
The company seemingly underestimated the severity of the breach after originally providing a head count of roughly 36,000 impacted individuals.
July’s Lego Releases Are All Abuzz
After the Eye of Sauron heralded a busy start to the summer for Lego fans, you’re getting a bit of a break in July—with just six major releases bidding for your time and attention to beat the heat with large amounts of plastic bricks. And one of those is a book! But that doesn’t mean there aren’t a few things keeping…
‘RegreSSHion’ Bug Threatens Takeover of Millions of Linux Systems
The high-severity CVE-2024-6387 in OpenSSH is a reintroduction of a 2006 flaw, and it allows unauthenticated RCE as root.
Huge, Faltering Fusion Reactor Project Finally Completes Its Magnet System
It took 20 years, but the design and delivery of the International Fusion Energy Project’s massive toroidal magnets is complete. The 19 coils are now in Southern France, according to an ITER release, setting the stage for the massive nuclear fusion project to make its first plasma… eventually.