Day: August 3, 2022

Toyota and Woven Planet Have Developed a New Portable Hydrogen Cartridge Prototype

Posted on by Robin Edgar

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (“Toyota”) and its subsidiary, Woven Planet Holdings, Inc. (“Woven Planet”), have developed a working prototype of its portable hydrogen cartridge. This cartridge design will facilitate the everyday transport and supply of hydrogen energy to power a broad range of daily life applications in and outside of the home. Toyota and Woven Planet Read more about Toyota and Woven Planet Have Developed a New Portable Hydrogen Cartridge Prototype[…]

Solana ‘hot’ wallets are being drained in multi-million dollar attack

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An unknown actor has drained over 8,000 internet-connected wallets in an ongoing attack on the Solana blockchain ecosystem. According to Blockchain auditor OtterSec, the attacks were still ongoing when it posted an update in the evening of August 2nd and that they had affected multiple wallets, including Phantom, Slope, Solflare and TrustWallet, across a wide Read more about Solana ‘hot’ wallets are being drained in multi-million dollar attack[…]

WhatsApp boss says no to AI filters policing encrypted chat

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Will Cathcart, who has been at parent company Meta for more than 12 years and head of WhatsApp since 2019, told the BBC that the popular communications service wouldn’t downgrade or bypass its end-to-end encryption (EE2E) just for British snoops, saying it would be “foolish” to do so and that WhatsApp needs to offer a Read more about WhatsApp boss says no to AI filters policing encrypted chat[…]

Nomad Bridge Hack Allowed ‘Mob’ to Drain $190m in Crypto

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As evidenced by its namesake, apparently there wasn’t much security stopping a hoard of wandering strangers from breaking into the Nomad DeFi project’s token bridge, allowing hundreds of unknown hackers and some users to walk away with over $190 million crypto, leaving behind a bare pittance in the project’s wallet. Late on Monday, users started Read more about Nomad Bridge Hack Allowed ‘Mob’ to Drain $190m in Crypto[…]

NASA Is Changing Its Rules for Private Astronauts

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As more private astronauts venture out into space, NASA is seeking to better regulate their journeys to Earth orbit. The space agency recently announced some updates to the set of rules required for upcoming private astronaut missions, including the stipulation that all future missions be led by a former NASA astronaut. NASA released the list Read more about NASA Is Changing Its Rules for Private Astronauts[…]

AI-friendly patent law needed for ‘national security’ argued in US Chamber of Commerce

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America urgently needs to rewrite its patent laws to recognize modern artificial intelligence technologies, business and IP leaders have said. This sentiment emerged from a series of hearings organized by the US Chamber of Commerce, during which experts from academia, industry, and government were invited to speak. The meetings, held last month, raised important questions Read more about AI-friendly patent law needed for ‘national security’ argued in US Chamber of Commerce[…]

VMware patches critical admin authentication bypass bug

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VMware has fixed a critical authentication bypass vulnerability that hits 9.8 out of 10 on the CVSS severity scale and is present in multiple products. That flaw is tracked as CVE-2022-31656, and affects VMware’s Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager, and vRealize Automation. It was addressed along with nine other security holes in this patch batch, Read more about VMware patches critical admin authentication bypass bug[…]

New Gmail Attack Bypasses Passwords And 2FA To Read All Email in browser extension

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According to cyber security firm Volexity, the threat research team has found the North Korean ‘SharpTongue’ group, which appears to be part of, or related to, the Kimsuky advanced persistent threat group, deploying malware called SHARPEXT that doesn’t need your Gmail login credentials at all. Instead, it “directly inspects and exfiltrates data” from a Gmail Read more about New Gmail Attack Bypasses Passwords And 2FA To Read All Email in browser extension[…]