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Starlink preps rugged user terminal that may avoid “thermal shutdown” problem

Enlarge / The current Starlink user terminal. Images of the planned ruggedized terminal aren't available yet. (credit: Starlink) SpaceX's Starlink division is planning a new ruggedized satellite dish that can operate in hotter…

Booby-trapped sites delivered potent new backdoor trojan to macOS users

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Researchers have uncovered advanced, never-before-seen macOS malware that was installed using exploits that were almost impossible for most users to detect or stop once the users landed on a…

AT&T announces multi-gigabit fiber: $110 a month for 2Gbps, $180 for 5Gbps

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | zf L) AT&T has started offering 2Gbps and 5Gbps symmetrical Internet speeds over its fiber-to-the-home network, the telecom company announced today. The multi-gigabit speeds are available to "nearly…

Hactivists say they hacked Belarus rail system to stop Russian military buildup

Enlarge / Servicemen of Russia's Eastern Military District units attend a welcoming ceremony as they arrive in Belarus to take part in joint military exercises. Russia's military is combining its own means of…

Dark Souls servers taken down following discovery of critical vulnerability

Enlarge (credit: The_Grim_Sleeper) Bandai Namco, publisher of the Dark Souls role-playing game series, has taken down its player-versus-player servers while it investigates reports of a serious vulnerability that allows players to execute malicious…

This 22-year-old builds chips in his parents’ garage

Enlarge / Sam Zeloof completed this homemade computer chip with 1,200 transistors, seen under a magnifying glass, in August 2021. (credit: Sam Kang) In August, chipmaker Intel revealed new details about its plan…

A white supremacist website got hacked, airing all its dirty laundry

Enlarge / Patriot Front members spray painting in Springfield, Illinois. (credit: Unicornriot.ninja) Chat messages, images, and videos leaked from the server of a white supremacist group called the Patriot Front purport to show…

Supply chain attack used legitimate WordPress add-ons to backdoor sites

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Dozens of legitimate WordPress add-ons downloaded from their original sources have been found backdoored through a supply chain attack, researchers said. The backdoor has been found on “quite a…

Red Cross implores hackers not to leak data for 515k “highly vulnerable people”

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) The Red Cross on Wednesday pleaded with the threat actors behind a cyberattack that stole the personal data of about 515,000 people who used a program that works to…

FAA clears Boeing 777 and other planes after 5G warning halted some flights

Enlarge / A Boeing 777. (credit: Boeing) The Federal Aviation Administration today said it has cleared 62 percent of US commercial airplanes to perform low-visibility landings at airports where AT&T and Verizon are…