Hacked Routers Linger on the Internet for Years Summary Researchers at Censys found several hundred Ubiquiti routers still displaying “hacked” banners — evidence these devices were compromised some time ago…
Cloudflare Holds Back the Tide on 11.5Tbps DDoS Attack Summary Cloudflare has been automatically mitigating hundreds of hyper‑volumetric DDoS attacks; the largest recently peaked at an enormous 11.5 Tbps. The…
Russia’s APT28 Targets Microsoft Outlook With ‘NotDoor’ Malware Summary Researchers at Lab52 (S2 Grupo) have uncovered a new Outlook VBA backdoor dubbed “NotDoor” that APT28 (Fancy Bear) is using to…
Japan, South Korea Take Aim at North Korean IT Worker Scam Summary Japan, South Korea and the United States have ramped up cooperation to disrupt a large-scale North Korean scheme…
Phishing Empire Runs Undetected on Google, Cloudflare Summary Researchers at Deep Specter have disclosed a multi-year, industrial-scale phishing-as-a-service operation that rode on major public cloud platforms — primarily Google Cloud…
Daily briefing: Epigenetic atlas shows how ageing tweaks DNA Summary This Nature Briefing (02 September 2025) highlights a major new epigenetic “atlas” mapping DNA methylation changes across the adult lifespan…
Liquid-crystal specs refocus with the push of a button Summary Researchers have demonstrated spectacles that electronically switch focal power using liquid-crystal optics, allowing wearers to toggle between near and far…
Brain tumours in mice grow more slowly when starved of key amino acid Summary Researchers report that many glioblastomas — an aggressive form of brain tumour — take the amino…
A way to determine how partial charges of atoms in a molecule are distributed Summary Atomic partial charges are small shifts in electron density across atoms in a molecule. Mahmoudi…
Flies evolved a shock-absorber tissue used during embryonic development Summary Two new studies examined a long-noted fold in Drosophila embryos — the cephalic furrow, which separates the head from the…
