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LANIUS kamikaze drone introduced in Israel
This is a maneuverable high-speed quadcopter with the functions of reconnaissance, mapping and target classification based on artificial intelligence.Israeli defense technology company Elbit Systems has unveiled the Lanius autonomous kamikaze drone. According to New Atlas, the Lanius is an agile high-speed quadcopter with intelligence, mapping and target classification functions based on artificial intelligence. If necessary, he is able to explode. The UAV can be launched manually or from a multicopter. It is noted that LANIUS is designed to work over short distances.The Israeli Lanius is designed to fly in groups of three. Small copters are...
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Unknown ransomware virus ARCrypter is spreading around the world
The previously unknown ARCrypter ransomware that compromised key organizations in Latin America is now expanding its attacks around the world.Researchers in their new report linked ARCrypter to an attack on a Chilean government facility in October that led to the suspension of the agency.According to experts from The BlackBerry Research and Intelligence Team, ARCrypter is currently expanding its operations outside of Latin America and is targeting various organizations around the world, including in China, Canada, Germany, the United States and France.The ransom demands in each case vary and reach $5,000. Experts explain this by saying...
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Two dangerous vulnerabilities discovered in F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ devices
Several security vulnerabilities have been discovered in F5's BIG-IP and BIG-IQ appliances. If successfully exploited, attackers can take full control of the affected devices.According to experts from Rapid7, security holes can be used by hackers to gain remote access to devices and bypass security solutions. The vulnerabilities affect BIG-IP versions 13.x, 14.x, 15.x, 16.x and 17.x, as well as BIG-IQ Centralized Management versions 7.x and 8.x.Below is information about the vulnerabilities reported by F5 on August 18, 2022:CVE-2022-41622 (CVSS score of 8.8 out of 10) is a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability over iControl SOAP...
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Tesla may release electric vehicles for transporting marijuana
North American courier service Pelican Delivers, which specializes in the delivery of cannabis, is in talks with the automaker Tesla about the production of electric vehicles for transporting products with cannabinoids.Pelican Delivers management, together with Tesla employees, wants to design an electric car for transporting hemp and set up production of vehicles at the company's factory. On the one hand, the owners of the courier service strive to create a recognizable brand, and on the other hand, to make the delivery of cannabis as environmentally friendly as possible.Pelican Delivers founder and CEO Dave Comeau commented:...
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1300 victims brought the Hive group about $100 million
The FBI says the infamous Hive gang has made about $100 million since June 2021. During this time, more than 1,300 companies have suffered from malicious attacks. According to the agency, Hive is tough on those who refuse to pay the ransom and attempt to restore their systems – hackers re-infect victims' networks with various ransomware until they receive the ransom.Organizations from a wide variety of industries and critical infrastructure sectors (government agencies, telecommunications and IT companies) have become victims of cybercriminals. This was part of a post sponsored by CISA and the US Department...
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Hundreds of Amazon RDS instances expose users' personal information
A leak of personal information from hundreds of databases on the Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) was reported by researchers from Mitiga. According to them, such a leak is a real gift for attackers - it contains names, email addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, marital status, car rental information, and even company credentials.Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) is a set of managed services that makes it easy to set up, run, and scale your database in the cloud. It supports various database systems such as MariaDB, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL and SQL Server.As...
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Two fraundsters face up to 40 years in prison for creating a pyramid scheme
Fraudsters have been collecting investments for the creation of a non-existent bank for 3 years.On November 20, at the request of the United States, the Estonian police and the FBI arrested two Estonian citizens in Tallinn on suspicion of organizing a pyramid scheme and illegal mining of $575 million in cryptocurrency.Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turygin, 37, persuaded hundreds of thousands of victims to invest in cryptocurrency mining service HashFlare and virtual currency bank Polybius, according to court documents.The two men, who are in custody awaiting extradition to the US, have raised over $500 million in...
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Hackers reduced the amount of ransom for victims from Russia by 20 times
The cost of attacks has also changed: prices for virus encryption software on the dark web have fallen by 10-12 timesIn Russia, hackers who extort ransoms for decrypting and refusing to publish stolen data have begun to demand much less money from their victims than before. This is reported by the publication "Kommersant" with reference to the study of the company "RTK-Solar".According to RTK-Solar, the amount of redemption decreased by more than 20 times year on year. An analyst from Positive Technologies confirms the trend, although his estimates differ. In the second quarter, the median...
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U.S. offshore oil and gas facilities at increased risk of cyber attack
This could lead to a disaster comparable to the Deepwater Horizon explosion in 2010.According to the United States Accounts Office (GAO), offshore oil and gas facilities are at increased risk of cyberattacks. Experts warn that this could lead to a disaster comparable to the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil platform in 2010.The GAO has found that offshore exploration equipment, including those critical to the safety of production facilities, is increasingly dependent on technologies vulnerable to cyberattacks. According to the GAO report, all the efforts of the Department of the Interior, which was tasked with...
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What drug is called "grey death"?
"Gray Death" - a cocktail of various opiates:heroin (opioid)fentanyl (opioid)U-47700 (synthetic opioid, 7.5 times stronger than heroin)carfentanil (opioid)any other opioidsThe drug is known in North America and Western Europe. It looks like concrete.The effect of this drug is 10 thousand times stronger than morphine. That is why even a small dose can be fatal to humans. It is easily absorbed through the respiratory tract and through the skin. However, there is no evidence that you can get a fatal overdose by touching the drug with your finger.Opioid addicts tend to be more responsive to the...
