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Cyber attacks: German authorities also used SolarWinds software – only which?

In Germany too, authorities could be affected by the hack on the network software of the Orion series from SolarWinds. Accordingly, use or used 15 ministries and federal agencies at least partially or “occasionally” products of the US company, as from an answer from Federal government at the request of the Bundestag member Manuel Höferlin… Read more

rC3: The Internet of Things as a killer app for IT security

With the Internet of Things, the suffering of all users of networked devices is increasing, so that the dreary situation in the area of IT security could change for the better. The “Internet of Things” (IoT) could usher in a paradigm shift, said US encryption expert Bruce Schneier on Sunday at the remote Chaos Communication… Read more

The best movies of 2020

We didn’t go to the movies much this year, but the movies still came to us. While the convenience of home viewing can’t match the experience of watching a spectacle in the dark with others, the other joy of movies — talking about them — is easier than ever, thanks to our connected world. And… Read more

NASA will fly Orion deep-space crew capsule ‘as is,’ despite failed component

NASA is opting to fly its future deep-space crew capsule Orion “as is” next year, after the agency discovered that one of the spacecraft’s power instruments had suffered a failure. Engineers had been mulling over whether to replace the instrument before the vehicle’s flight but ultimately decided that there was enough redundancy in the system… Read more

In the NASA Artemis II mission there will be a Canadian astronaut

During the NASA Artemis II mission, the first manned to arrive in orbit around the moon after the Apollo missions, there will be at least one Canadian astronaut and not just a crew of Americans. by Mattia Speroni published 18 December 2020 , at 13: 15 in the Science and Technology channel NASA We recently… Read more

Microsoft responded with the strongest weapons to the SolarWinds attack

Microsoft and its partners have responded to a malware operation known as the SolarWinds attack, including the so-called with sinkhole tactics. FireEye recently unveiled an extensive offensive operation in which attackers suspected of being state-run attacked a Trojan dubbed Sunburst (FireEye) and Solorigate (Microsoft) into the popular SolarWinds Orion enterprise software. Behind Sunburst is believed… Read more

Microsoft president sounds alarm on ‘ongoing’ SolarWinds hack, identifies 40 more precise targets

Microsoft president Brad Smith warned that the wide-ranging hack of the SolarWinds’ Orion IT software is “ongoing,” and that investigations reveal “an attack that is remarkable for its scope, sophistication and impact.” The breach targeted several US government agencies and is believed to have been carried out by Russian nation-state hackers. Smith characterized the hack… Read more

SolarWinds: FireEye, Microsoft & GoDaddy Build “Killswitch” for Sunburst Malware

Microsoft has taken over a domain that had previously been used by the masterminds behind the “SolarWinds” incidents to communicate with infected systems, it became known on Tuesday. Now there is more information: The said domain avsvmcloud com was converted into a kill switch by Microsoft and FireEye in cooperation with the responsible registrar GoDaddy,… Read more

A Canadian astronaut will fly around the Moon on the first crewed mission of NASA’s new rocket

One of Canada’s astronauts will be sent around the Moon as part of a partnership between NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), NASA announced today. The two organizations have formally agreed to collaborate on building a lunar space station called the Lunar Gateway. The Gateway is just one part of NASA’s larger Artemis program,… Read more

Cyber attacks via SolarWinds software – an overview of new developments

A few days ago, attacks on various US authorities became public. The government-sponsored group, which is also said to be responsible for the successful break-in at the IT security company Fireye, used infected updates for the Orion network management software from SolarWinds as an attack tool. She smuggled this, provided with a valid digital SolarWinds… Read more

l + f SolarWinds backdoor: Manufacturer made exceptions to AV monitoring

Generous whitelisting of entire directories should fix problems. (Image: deepadesigns / Shutterstock.com) Companies such as FireEye, Microsoft and CISA published lists of files on the SolarWinds Orion platform with the Sunburst backdoor. However, those who followed SolarWinds’ guidance should not rely on their AV software to discover the Trojanized libraries. A support document from the… Read more

FireEye etc .: Trojans in SolarWinds updates enable cyberattacks

Suspected state hackers have succeeded in compromising SolarWind’s Orion platform and smuggled a Trojan into official updates. SolarWinds sells network and security products that are more than 300. 000 customers worldwide. These include many Fortune 500 companies, government agencies such as the U.S. military, the Pentagon, and the State Department. In the past few months,… Read more

Best Apple Watch apps 2020: 45 apps to download that actually do something

(Pocket-lint) – The Apple Watch has been kicking around for several years now and the apps available for it are plentiful to say the least – especially now it has its own App Store. Of course, not all the apps are great, useful or even suited to the Apple Watch but there are a few that… Read more

Geekbench versus SPEC: Nuvia explains differences in the requirement profile

A few weeks ago, the server startup Nuvia drew attention to itself with the first projections of the performance of the design baptized Phoenix. At the end of the development, you want to be twice as fast and significantly more economical than AMD, Intel and Co. Phoenix is the name of the micro-architecture, or the… Read more

Next @ Acer 2020: Acer to sell its FrostBlade fans with hydrodynamic bearings independently

Acer announced at its Next @ Acer event that will sell its FrostBlade fans from 120 mm to install on PCs outside the company’s own, since until now we had only seen on own-brand computers, such as the Predator Orion that present. This may be the beginning of a new range of accessories for gaming… Read more