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NASA’s Interplanetary Plans May Be Lurching toward Disaster

NASA’s planetary science program is in trouble. Last month, NASA’s Bill his Nelson administrator told Congress that the space agency’s Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission urgently needed an additional funding injection of $225 million, and more budget cuts. testified that…

New Botnet Campaign Exploits Ruckus Wireless Flaw

A critical vulnerability has been discovered in Linux-based Ruckus Access Points (APs) that could allow a remote attacker to take control of a vulnerable system. According to a new Fortinet advisory, CVE-2023-25717 is tracked and the flaw, first discovered in…

Hackers Targeting Gambling Firms via Chat Apps

A gambling company in the Philippines has been targeted by Chinese threat actors as part of a campaign that has been going on since October 2021. Slovak cybersecurity firm ESET has tracked a series of attacks against a Southeast Asian…

Here’s the Weird Physics That Makes Peanut Butter a Liquid

The essay below The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. These Transportation Security Administration requirements are on the minds of all frequent flyers. He can carry liquids with a capacity of less than 3.4 ounces (100 milliliters) each.…

Operation Power Off: 13 More Booter Sites Seized

Prolonged law enforcement efforts continued this week after US authorities announced they had seized 13 Internet domains associated with DDoS contract services. The Department of Justice (DoJ) yesterday described the action as a “third wave” of disruption. This is intended…

Next-Gen AMD Threadripper Coolers Incoming

Unlike other manufacturers of cooling systems, Noctua advertises their roadmap on their website and constantly updates it to reflect changes in their product development plans. The company’s May 2023 roadmap brings some surprises, like adding a “next-gen AMD Threadripper cooler”…