Defense

Apple loses early challenge in virtualization copyright claim

Apple has lost an early challenge in its lawsuit against Corellium, a security firm that offers a virtualized version of iOS for security testing. Ruling on a motion for summary judgment, the judge presiding over the case has dismissed Apple’s copyright infringement claim over Corellium’s software, finding that Corellium’s use of Apple code constituted fair… Read more

Corona pandemic: NATO strengthens the defense against biological weapons

In view of the devastating consequences of the corona pandemic, NATO is increasing its efforts in the field of biological weapons defense. The coronavirus is not a virus created in a laboratory, but it shows the dangers that exist in connection with the use of biological warfare agents, said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in… Read more

Corona vaccine is distributed – “Gradually return to normal life”

In Germany and other countries of the European Union, the first vaccine against Covid is on Saturday – 19 has been delivered. Around ten months after the outbreak of the corona pandemic in Europe, vaccinations are due to start this Sunday – not only in Germany, but also in Italy, France and numerous other EU… Read more

Epic Games: Leak reveals which games will be given away in the next few days

Already a few weeks ago, when the free games were announced in the Epic Games Store, a list of the supposed games that should be available for free in December came up . Meanwhile, however, it turned out that almost the entire list was wrong. Right from the start there were justified doubts, as games… Read more

Cybereason relies on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure as its preferred cloud platform

For expansion on a global scale of the Cybereason Defense Platform, the company relied on Oracle. The partnership between the two companies will allow them to jointly sell the solution, also available on Oracle Cloud Marketplace of Alberto Falchi published on 22 December 2020 , at 16: 10 in the Security channel Cybereason Oracle Oracle… Read more

Alien: Isolation – a stealthy survival horror game for free on the Epic Games Store. Only 24 hours to assign the game to the account

Epic Games Store has launched a winter sale in conjunction with the daily game distribution for PC. The initiative began last Thursday with the release of the Cities: Skylines economic strategy for free. In recent days, you could add such titles as Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee New N ‘Tasty, The Long Dark and Defense Grid: The… Read more

heise + | HDMI 2.1: technology and first practical experience

HDMI 2.1 should make televisions, AV receivers and players fit for the coming years. HDMI has made a big technical leap with version 2.1. (Image: Thorsten Hübner) HDMI 2.1: technology and first practical experience Dynamic HDR formats Extended audio return channel Resolutions and refresh rates DSC compression method Variable refresh rate Conclusion Article in c’t… Read more

Fortress against Corona: EU seals itself off against virus variant

With flight bans and border closings, Europe is arming itself against a highly contagious variant of the coronavirus discovered in Great Britain. Germany largely stops flights from the UK. Landings from the country are forbidden from midnight, according to an order from the Federal Ministry of Transport on Sunday. Accordingly, pure cargo flights are excluded…. Read more

The Long Dark – survival FPP for free on Epic Games Store. We know the likely list of more free games

From 17 On December, Epic Games Store launched its holiday sale, where you can buy games with an additional, endless 40 PLN with a coupon and an action with daily free titles. In the first two days, Cities: Skylines, an economic city builder strategy modeled on the popular SimCity series, and Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee New… Read more

Members of the US Space Force will now be called ‘Guardians’

Members of the United States Space Force will officially be called “Guardians”, according to an announcement Vice President Mike Pence made at an event celebrating the military branch’s one year anniversary. The organization traces the name “Guardians” back to an old Air Force Space Command motto from 1983, “Guardians of the High Frontier,” according to… Read more

Greens co-chief Habeck on drone dispute: See armament “very critical”

Greens co-leader Robert Habeck has shown understanding for the position of the SPD leadership in the dispute over the armament of the new Bundeswehr drone Heron TP. “We take a very critical view of the Heron TP drones’ armament,” said Habeck of the German press agency. The Ministry of Defense “did not really take the… Read more

Existing data: Government coalition wants to use IP addresses to combat illegal work

In the future, customs authorities such as the Customs Criminal Police Office (ZKA) and the offices responsible for prosecuting and punishing administrative offenses under state law should be able to access inventory data such as name, address and e-mail addresses of users in order to take action against undeclared work. You can also query IP… Read more

Judge orders Tim Cook and Craig Federighi to testify in Epic’s Fortnite case

The latest development in the ongoing lawsuit between Epic Games and Apple over the iPhone maker’s App Store policies and its removal of the iOS version of Fortnite is a new order from Judge Thomas Hixson outlining rules for Apple CEO Tim Cook and software engineering chief Craig Federighi’s testimony in the case. The court… Read more

Cybersecurity strategy: EU wants to prepare for war on the Internet

On Wednesday the EU Commission presented a new cybersecurity strategy together with the EU foreign affairs officer Josep Borrell. The commission takes the cyber war scenario seriously and is already working with the member states on “building operational capacities for prevention, deterrence and reaction” against major hacker attacks, it said. A “common cyber unit” is… Read more

Armed Forces Commissioner Högl: Drone arming of the Bundeswehr is necessary and required

In the dispute over the armament of the future German Armed Forces drone Heron TP, the Armed Forces Commissioner Eva Högl spoke out clearly in favor of the armaments project. She referred to the protection of soldiers on deployments abroad and stated that she believed it was right to make a decision during this legislative… Read more