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Microsoft. Credit: Unsplash While web shells have been removed that previously provided attackers access to Microsoft Exchange Servers, the FBI has revealed that some malicious software might remain that hackers are still using as backdoors into victim networks. Now, U.S. Justice authorities have initiated the copy and removal of evil...

Lyra Logo. Credit: Google Blog During 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has showcased the immense importance of online communication. Regardless of location and network connectivity, communication technology has come into play more than ever before. In response to the increased need for digital communication, Google released Lyra in February of 2021,...

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The Record, the news branch of the threat intelligence company Recorded Future, has reported that GitHub is currently looking into multiple attacks against its cloud infrastructure. These attacks have enabled cybercriminals to exploit and implant the company's servers for use in illegal crypto-mining operations. In progress...

Public and private planners can use a FAF5 online tool to create maps to visualize the flow of goods into and across the U.S., for example, when making critical transportation infrastructure and equipment decisions. Credit: Hyeonsup Lim, ORNL/U.S. Dept. of Energy A newly released dataset that tracks the movement of...

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Google has announced an update to its Developer Program Policy that will help to prevent applications from viewing which other apps are installed on an Android device. The company states that they consider installed apps to be private user information and therefore, aim to protect Android...

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The Committee on Liberatory Information Technology has announced a long-standing Chromebook bug that could reveal user location history. Evidently already on the radar of Google, the platform has a feature allowing anyone with physical access to your device to connect as a guest and view your...

Android and Google data sharing. Credit: Trinity College Dublin The School of Computer Science and Statistics in Dublin, Ireland, has begun investigating how much user data iOS and Android send to Apple and Google, respectively. Overall, they discovered that, even when the devices are idle or minimally configured, each tends...

Credit: Marel Poultry, High Tech Systems Center In supermarkets you can find a large variety of poultry products, all conveniently packaged in fixed-weight quantities. However, poultry processing plants face numerous challenges due to these fixed-weight batches, growing throughput requirements and small profit margins. To assist the poultry processing plant industry,...

In World of Warcraft, players can create a character avatar and explore an open game world. Credit: Shutterstock The pandemic has bred a new dependence on online technologies for work and social engagement. Immersive technology such as that used in 3D video games, virtual reality and augmented reality can be...

Malicious Zerodium Commit. Credit: GitHub On Saturday, 28 March 2021, security researchers Nikita Popov and Rasmus Lerdorf announced the discovery of two malicious backdoors installed on the php-src repository. The researchers suspect that this mishap had something to do with a compromised git.php.net server rather than a compromised individual git...

AndroidManifest malware. Credit: Zimperium In recent weeks, Zimperium zLabs researchers revealed unsecured cloud configurations exposing user data across thousands of legitimate Android and iOS applications. Now, zLabs is advising Android users about a clever and malicious new Android app. This latest malware takes the form of a System Update application...

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Whereas the first version of Google's Android Assistant centered on voice commands until Google added visual elements inspired by Smart Display such as on-screen controls, Google aims to enhance the Assistant. In 2020, a Snapshot feed featuring personalized recommendations and upcoming events became available. To that...

As part of the GameOpSys research project, people were asked to document their own energy consumption with a study app. Researchers at TU Graz use this data for modeling and optimizing future energy systems. Credit: Lunghammer - TU Graz Wind farms and solar plants play a central role in the...

Firefox 87 SmartBlock. Credit: Mozilla With the release of Firefox 87, Mozilla has introduced a safe browsing feature called SmartBlock. SmartBlock allows users to avoid online tracking tools while browsing the Internet. This way, users can surf the Web without worrying if their information is being scrutinized. Mozilla began its...

Fig. 1 Proposed MR system: Integration of semantic segmentation into MR. Credit: Osaka University Scientists from the Division of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering at Osaka University employed deep learning artificial intelligence to improve mobile mixed reality generation. They found that occluding objects recognized by the algorithm could be dynamically...

Image: Niantic Niantic Labs, the maker of "Pokémon Go," is teaming with Nintendo for a new augmented reality video game based on the spritelike "Pikmin." The game, due to be released later this year, is the first in a new mobile games partnership between the companies announced Monday. They are...

Pokemon Go has been hugely successful around the world, including during the pandemic Japanese games giant Nintendo is teaming up with the US firm behind runaway hit Pokemon Go to develop augmented reality smartphone games, the two companies said Tuesday. Their first joint venture will involve Nintendo's lovable half-vegetable, half-animal...

Wi-Fi Aware activation. Credit: Google Developers Google's new Wi-Fi Aware functionality, also known as Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN), allows devices running on Android 8.0 (API level 26) and higher to detect and directly connect to each other without any secondary connectivity, such as Bluetooth. Wi-Fi Aware connects devices by grouping...

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Fans of "Among Us" will soon find a new location to root out impostors. A new, free map called Airship will drop into the hit game on March 31, game developers Innersloth announced.The Airship is expected to be the game's biggest map, and include new tasks...

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain First introduced in 2019, Google Chrome's Live Caption accessibility feature offers real-time captions for audio playing on both Pixel and non-Pixel phones, including the Galaxy S20 series, OnePlus 8 series, OnePlus Nord and beyond. The main benefits of this feature arise for hearing impaired users as...