Cybersecurity Researchers have sinkholed a command and control server for a variant of the PlugX malware and observed in six months more than 2.5 million connections from unique IP addresses. Since last September, the sinkhole server received over 90,000 requests every day from infected hosts in more than 170 countries. Since September 2023, when Sekoia...
Cybersecurity (Image credit: Olov Planthaber/Linköping University) Described by Nature as the “gilded cousin of Graphene”, Goldene is a one-atom-thick sheet of gold created by scientists from Linköping University (LiU) in Sweden. It has unique properties that the researchers believe could pave the way for applications such as carbon dioxide conversion, hydrogen production, water purification, and...
Ohio Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. In brief: Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in South Korea have developed a new type of phase change memory that isn’t subject to the shortcoming of earlier iterations. Phase change memory, or PCM for...
Cybersecurity We’ve all seen videos over the past few years demonstrating how agile humanoid robots have become, running and jumping with ease. We’re no longer surprised by this kind of agility—in fact, we’ve grown to expect it. The problem is, these shiny demos lack real-world applications. When it comes to creating robots that are useful...
Cybersecurity Enlarge / A photo of Braarudosphaera bigelowii with the nitroplast indicated by an arrowhead. The complex cells that underlie animals and plants have a large collection of what are called organelles—compartments surrounded by membranes that perform specialized functions. Two of these were formed through a process called endosymbiosis, in which a once free-living organism...
Cincinnati Smartphones can now measure glucose, a key marker for diabetes, as well as other molecules and biomarkers, thanks to their built-in magnetic compasses. NIST researchers added magnetic particles to a porous material that reacts to the presence of these molecules and causes the material to expand or contract. Using these magnetized materials in conjunction...
Cincinnati How do you get an AI to answer a question it’s not supposed to? There are many such “jailbreak” techniques, and Anthropic researchers just found a new one, in which a large language model (LLM) can be convinced to tell you how to build a bomb if you prime it with a few dozen...
Cybersecurity April 1, 2024 11:10 AM Credit: VentureBeat made with Midjourney Join us in Atlanta on April 10th and explore the landscape of security workforce. We will explore the vision, benefits, and use cases of AI for security teams. Request an invite here. Apple researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence system that can understand...
Ohio Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Uncannily Fast: Generative AI services can produce a high-quality visual patchwork but are usually quite sluggish. Researchers from MIT and Adobe have developed a potential solution to this time-consuming issue, with a new super-fast image generation method with minimal impact...
Cybersecurity Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. In brief: Researchers from the University of California, Merced, have developed a flexible, electrically conductive material that could one day boost the durability of wearable devices like smartwatches. The new material exhibits adaptive durability, meaning it becomes stronger when stretched...