Got Jet Lag? Consider Hacking Your Circadian Rhythm
Manipulating the master clock could help astronauts, pilots, shift workers, and even holiday travelers. The solution is simpler than you think......»»
A Toshiba Business Unit Says It Has Been Attacked By Hacking Group DarkSide
A division of Toshiba said in a statement on Friday that its European business has been hit by a cyberattack by cyber criminal group DarkSide, which is the same group that the U.S. FBI blamed for the Colonial Pipeline attack. According to a Toshiba s.....»»
Pipeline Hackers Say They"re "Apolitical," Will Choose Targets More Carefully Next Time
The criminal hacking group suspected of being behind the ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline, which was shut down as a precaution in response, has published a new statement on its dark web site saying it is "apolitical." From a report: "We are.....»»
How China Turned a Prize-Winning iPhone Hack Against the Uyghurs
An attack that targeted Apple devices was used to spy on China's Muslim minority -- and US officials claim it was developed at the country's top hacking competition. An anonymous reader shares an excerpt from an MIT Technology Review article: The Tia.....»»
Circadian rhythm research could turn early birds into night owls
How body clocks work could lead to science that can turn an early bird into a night owl or vice versa as well as other advances, like helping crops grow all year long......»»
Fish oil supplements and heart rhythm disorder: New analysis
Omega-3 supplements are associated with an increased likelihood of developing atrial fibrillation in people with high blood lipids, according to a new analysis......»»
Anesthesia doesn"t simply turn off the brain, it changes its rhythms
Simultaneous measurement of neural rhythms and spikes across five brain areas in animals reveals how propofol induces unconsciousness. Slow rhythm signature can guide anesthesiologists to improve patient care......»»
The IRS Wants Help Hacking Cryptocurrency Hardware Wallets
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: The IRS is looking for help to break into cryptocurrency hardware wallets, according to a document posted on the agency website in March of this year. Many cryptocurrency investors store their cry.....»»
Exploit plants" ability to tell the time to make food production more sustainable: study
Cambridge plant scientists say circadian clock genes, which enable plants to measure daily and seasonal rhythms, should be targeted in agriculture and crop breeding for higher yields and more sustainable farming......»»
Methane release rapidly increases in the wake of the melting ice sheets
Ice ages are not that easy to define. It may sound intuitive that an ice age represents a frozen planet, but the truth is often more nuanced than that. An ice age has constant glaciations and deglaciations, with ice sheets pulsating with the rhythm o.....»»
Hacking my way into analytics: A creative’s journey to design with data
There's a growing need for basic data literacy in the tech industry, and it’s only getting more taxing by the year, so it's essential to equip your whole team with the right exploratory medium. Sydney Anh Mai Contribut.....»»
Hacking with ML
Let's say that we want to train an ML model to hack web applications. What would that look like in practice? Let's do this thought experiment. We first need to define an environment where the agent (the ML model) can operate and essentially l.....»»
Signal CEO Hacks Cellebrite iPhone Hacking Device Used By Cops
FlatEric521 shares a report: Moxie Marlinspike, the founder of the popular encrypted chat app Signal claims to have hacked devices made by the infamous phone unlocking company Cellebrite, which has famously worked with cops to circumvent encryption s.....»»
Drama and quirk aren’t necessary for startup success
Many of the stories in our EC-1 series tell tales of startups in the wilderness hacking out green field opportunities. Klaviyo is a different breed of company: One that went into an established market and challenged powerful incumbents, ultimately fi.....»»
Biden Announces New Sanctions on Russia, Expulsion of 10 Diplomats, in Retaliation for Hacking and Election Interference
The White House is announcing the expulsion of 10 Russian diplomats and announcing a new round of sanctions against Russia. From a report: The moves are in response to interference in last year's presidential election as well as the hacking last year.....»»
Sweden Drops Russian Hacking Investigation Due To Legal Complications
The Swedish government dropped today its investigation into the 2017 hack of its sports authority, citing legal constraints that would have prevented prosecutors from charging the Russian hackers responsible for the intrusion, which officials claimed.....»»
Biden Rushes To Protect the Power Grid as Hacking Threats Grow
A White House plan to rapidly shore up the security of the U.S. power grid will begin with a 100-day sprint, but take years more to transform utilities' ability to fight off hackers, Bloomberg reported Wednesday, citing a draft version of the plan co.....»»
Morpheus Turns a CPU Into a Rubik’s Cube to Defeat Hackers
University of Michigan’s Todd Austin explains how his team’s processor defeated every attack in DARPA's hardware hacking challenge Last summer, 580 cybersecurity researchers spent 13,000 hours trying to break into a new kind of.....»»
Security researcher earns $100K prize for Safari exploit at Pwn2Own 2021
A security researcher participating in the Pwn2Own hacking contest earned $100,000 for finding a one-click exploit in Apple's Safari browser.Credit: AppleThe 2021 Pwn2Own content kicked off on April 6. On the first day, RET2 Systems researcher Jack D.....»»
Half a billion Facebook users" information posted on hacking website, cyber experts say
The personal information of about half a billion Facebook users, including their phone numbers, have been posted to a website used by hackers, cybersecurity experts say......»»
Information On Half Billion Facebook Users Leaked Online
Slashdot reader quonset quotes Business Insider: A user in a low level hacking forum on Saturday published the phone numbers and personal data of hundreds of millions of Facebook users for free online. The exposed data includes personal information o.....»»