According to researchers from Singapore-based Numen Cyber Labs, who uncovered this security flaw, hackers can use it to conduct DoS attacks and cause Aptos nodes to crash.Aptos is a new first-level blockchain system launched on October 18, 2022. Its main feature is the use of “Parallel Execution”...
The Australian Capital Territory became the first Australian jurisdiction to decriminalize small quantities of illicit drugs, including hard drugs, SBS News reports.“Today’s bill is not a radical revolution; it is a gradual evolution of our existing laws,” said the author of the bill, Pettersson. Th...
Experts from Cyble and BleepingComputer report an ongoing malware campaign using a network of over 200 domains imitating 27 brands that coerces users into downloading malware for Windows and Android.According to the Cyble report, the domains in this campaign are created using the "typosquatting" tec...
Researchers at the Florida State University College of Medicine concluded that medical cannabis can replace opioid painkillers in many cases.Scientists interviewed 2183 residents of the US state of Florida who were treated with cannabis for:mental illness and pain (47.92% of respondents);only mental...
The data of 113,000 employees of the company were in the hands of cybercriminals.The UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has fined Berkshire-based construction group Interserve £4.4 million ($4.9 million) after a cyberattack that resulted in unknown hackers using a phishing email to get to th...
Daring newcomers have appeared on the cybercrime arena - the TommyLeaks and SchoolBoys groups, attacking companies around the world. But there is one catch – they are the same gang of cyber-ransomware.TommyLeaks became known from the information security specialists of MalwareHunterTeam. This group...