Switzerland under cyberattack
Swiss government websites are under DDoS attacks, but several ransomware gangs have also turned their sights on Swiss government organizations, cantonal governments, cities and companies in the last few months. Government sites under DDoS attacks .....»»
Suicide Pods Now Legal In Switzerland, Providing Users With a Painless Death
Switzerland is giving the green light to so-called "suicide capsules" -- 3-D printed pods that allow people to choose the place where they want to die an assisted death. Global News reports: The country's medical review board announced the legalizati.....»»
FTC sues Nvidia to preserve Arm’s status as “Switzerland” of semiconductors
Regulator's lawsuit threatens to scuttle the largest chip merger in history. Enlarge (credit: Arm) The Federal Trade Commission has sued to block Nvidia’s acquisition of Arm, the semiconductor design firm, saying that the bl.....»»
Hackers use real FBI servers to send fake cyberattack warnings
The fraudulent messages appeared to be sent from the FBI's Law Enforcement Enterprise Portal using a valid FBI email address. Spamhaus Project analysts verified the origin was indeed from the Bureau's servers, citing both the actual IP used and the e.....»»
Hong Kong cyberattack reveals that Apple favors latest OS versions for security updates
This week, Google researchers published a report detailing what they described as a watering hole hacking campaign originating in Hong Kong discovered in August. Hackers, whom Google thinks were state-backed, implanted malware in the websites of a Ho.....»»
US Charges Ukrainian, Russian, Over Cyberattack, Seizes $6 Million in Ransom Payments
The U.S. Justice Department has charged a suspect from Ukraine and a Russian national over a July ransomware attack on an American company, according to indictments made in court filings on Monday, and has seized $6 million in ransom payments. From a.....»»
N.L. Health-Care Cyberattack Is Worst In Canadian History
One cybersecurity expert says the cyberattack on the Newfoundland and Labrador health-care system may be the worst in Canadian history, and has implications for national security. CBC News reports: David Shipley, the CEO of a cybersecurity firm in Fr.....»»
A Cyberattack Paralyzed Every Gas Station In Iran
Iran's president said Wednesday that a cyberattack which paralyzed every gas station in the Islamic Republic was designed to get "people angry by creating disorder and disruption," as long lines still snaked around the pumps a day after the incident.....»»
German supplier Eberspaecher struck by cyberattack
The exhaust and thermal management systems supplier called it an "organized cyberattack" and immediately took "necessary steps" to counteract the breach and protect employees and customers......»»
Judging the gymnastics judges
A new statistical engine that can systematically pinpoint how accurately gymnastics judges apply required marking guidelines has been developed by researchers in Switzerland. The results are published in De Gruyter's Journal of Quantitative Analysis.....»»
Sinclair Broadcast Hack Linked To Notorious Russian Cybergang
A weekend cyberattack against Sinclair Broadcast Group was linked to one of the most infamous Russian cybergangs, called Evil Corp, Bloomberg reports. From the report: The Sinclair hackers used malware called Macaw, a variant of ransomware known as W.....»»
80 percent of people in Switzerland feel fully integrated into society
Social exclusion is currently a topic that's being broadly discussed in the public sphere. It generally refers to a multidimensional process that is shaped by changes in the economic structure over the past few decades and is pushing an increasing sh.....»»
Olympus Confirms US Cyberattack, Weeks After BlackMatter Ransomware Hit EMEA Systems
Japanese technology giant Olympus has confirmed it was hit by a cyberattack over the weekend that forced it to shut down its IT systems in the U.S., Canada and Latin America. From a report: In a statement on its website, Olympus said it is "investiga.....»»
Cellular mechanism that allows stem cells to maintain their state
Embryonic stem cells can give rise to every cell type in the body. A team of researchers from Sweden, in collaboration with groups in Switzerland and Canada, has now identified a cellular mechanism that is important for the ability of these cells to.....»»
Open Mineral raises $33M Series C funding for its ‘eBay for commodities trading’ platform
Back in 2018 we covered how Open Mineral (OM), a startup aiming to leverage greater transparency in commodities trading, had raised $2.25 million. Well, they’ve come a long way and now the Zug, Switzerland-based, company has raised a $33 million Se.....»»
Astronomers monitor nearby blazar Markarian 501
A team of astronomers from Switzerland and Germany has conducted a long-term multi-band photometric monitoring of a nearby blazar known as Markarian 501. The observational campaign delivered essential information regarding the blazar's variability an.....»»
Daily Crunch: T-Mobile confirms ‘highly sophisticated cyberattack’ affecting 47M customer accounts
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T-Mobile says 48 million people impacted by recent cyberattack
T-Mobile has revealed that a recent cyberattack hit 7.8 million current T-Mobile postpaid customers as well as 40 million former or prospective customers......»»
Scientists Calculate Pi To 62.8 Trillion Digits
OneHundredAndTen writes: Pi is now known to 62.8 trillion decimal digits. Motherboard adds: Researchers in Switzerland broke the world record for the most accurate value of pi over the weekend, the team announced on Monday. They calculated the first.....»»
Researchers Discover Three-Way Cyberattack by Chinese Military Actors against Southeast Asian Telcos
wiredmikey shares a report from SecurityWeek: Researchers have discovered three separate Chinese military affiliated advanced threat groups simultaneously targeting and compromising the same Southeast Asian telcos. The attack groups concerned are So.....»»
Passwordstate Customers Complain of Silence and Secrecy After Cyberattack
An anonymous reader shares a report: It has been over three months since Click Studios, the Australian software house behind the enterprise password manager Passwordstate, warned its customers to "commence resetting all passwords." The company was hi.....»»