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Climate Wire | As part of their annual spring migration, millions of birds fly north to settle in their summer homes and prepare to raise their young. However, some species may welcome fewer babies. A new study finds that many…

A North Korean threat actor known as APT37 has modified its deployment method and used archives containing Windows shortcut (LNK) files to initiate the ROKRAT infection chain, using lures themed on South Korean diplomatic and domestic issues. It has been…

The telecommunications industry has always been an attractive target for cybercriminals. The combination of interconnected networks, customer data, and sensitive information allows cybercriminals to do the most damage with the least amount of effort. Telecom company data breaches tend to…

Nanoleaf’s new Essentials Matter smart lighting line is a huge step in the right direction for the smart home. With three lights available now — an A19 bulb, a BR30 bulb, and a light strip — and more coming soon,…

Radio antennas at the Canberra facility of the Deep Space Network in Australia NASA/Canberra Deep Space Communications Facility If aliens are nearby and listening to spacecraft command signals, we may hear back from them as early as 2029. Since 1972,…

German IT service provider Bitmarck has confirmed that it has taken all its customers and internal systems offline following a cyberattack uncovered over the weekend. Writing on its temporary website on Sunday (and Monday), the company said the cyberattack was…

Plants are active organisms down to the cells. The chloroplasts (the organelles that convert light into energy) in some plants begin to move around within seconds of being exposed to light, and regroup into flat layers when the light dims.…

May 2, 2023Rabbi LakshmananNetwork Security / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have discovered weaknesses in software implementations of the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) that can be weaponized to achieve a denial of service (DoS) condition on vulnerable BGP peers. Three vulnerabilities exist…

Vaping becomes more tightly regulated under Australia’s new law Olaf Schwerke/Alamy The Australian government is seeking to eradicate recreational e-cigarettes by banning nicotine-free e-cigarettes and only allowing pharmacies to sell nicotine-containing e-cigarettes to people with a prescription in medical packaging.…

According to the UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS), advance payment fraud surged eightfold between the year ending March 2020 and ending December 2022. This is because scammers may have taken advantage of changes in behavior patterns during the pandemic.…