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A Flaw That Locked Up $280 Million In Ethereum
Horrible news for some Ethereum users.
About $300 million worth of Ether—the cryptocurrency unit that has become one of the most popular and increasingly valuable...
Built-in Keylogger Found in MantisTek GK2 Keyboards Sends Data to China
"The right keyboard can make all the difference between a victory and a defeat in a video game battlefield."
If you are a gamer, you...
IEEE P1735 Encryption Is Broken – Flaws Allow Intellectual Property Theft
Researchers have uncovered several major weaknesses in the implementation of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) P1735 cryptography standard that can be...
US Submarine Maintenance : Backlog Threatens Crisis Response
The United States maintains an arsenal of about 1,650 strategic nuclear warheads deployed on Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs), Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missiles (SLBMs), and Strategic Bombers and...
Saudi Arabia says Lebanon declaring war against it
Saudi Arabia has accused the Lebanese government of declaring war against it because of Hezbollah's "aggression", further escalating an already tense situation threatening to destabilise Lebanon.
The risk...
Multi-racial facial recognition system provides more accurate results
A multi-racial facial recognition system delivers more accurate results than those typically used today, a new study published in Pattern Recognition journal has revealed.
The University of...
Scientists make significant breakthrough on superbug-killing antibiotic teixobactin
Scientists working to develop a 'game-changing' new antibiotic have made a significant advance towards creating commercially viable drug treatments by producing two simplified synthetic...
A third of the Internet is under attack
For the first time, researchers have carried out a large-scale analysis of victims of internet denial-of-service (DoS) attacks worldwide. And what they found is,...
The Rise of Super-Stealthy Digitally Signed Malware
Guess what's more expensive than counterfeit United States passports, stolen credit cards and even guns on the dark web?
It's digital code signing certificates.
A recent...
Here’s What We Think Alzheimer’s Does to the Brain
Around 50m people worldwide are thought to have Alzheimer’s disease.
And with rapidly ageing populations in many countries, the number of sufferers is steadily rising.
We know...
Researchers develop wallpaper bio-solar panel
A two-in-one solar bio-battery and solar panel has been created by researchers who printed living cyanobacteria and circuitry onto paper.
Cyanobacteria are photosynthetic micro-organisms that...
Why Our Brains Need Sleep, and What Happens If We Don’t Get Enough
Many of us have experienced the effects of sleep deprivation: feeling tired and cranky, or finding it hard to concentrate. Sleep is more important...
New system for treating colorectal cancer can lead to complete cure
Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City and Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston have developed a new, three-step system...
Over 1 million Android users downloaded fake WhatsApp app
Scammers tricked over 1 million Android users into downloading a fake version of the popular messaging app WhatsApp pretending to be the official one.
The app, now deleted, was called “Update...
1 in 3 in Italy Will Be Migrants in 50 Years
The Italian National Institute of Statistics warns in a report that by 2067, a third of the country's population will have foreign ancestry.
In an...
