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Cobalt Strike abusers have been dealt a hammer blow: An “aggressive” takedown campaign by Fortra and Microsoft shuttered over 200 malicious domains – and it’s cut the misuse of the tool by 80%
Malicious use of penetration testing tool Cobalt Strike and other legitimate tools has been significantly curtailed after an “aggressive campaign” by its developer Fortra and Microsoft. Fortra teamed up with Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) and the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Health-ISAC) to mitigate the use of unauthorized, legacy copies of Cobalt Strike and compromised Microsoft software in…
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Fallout Season 2 Will “Blow It out of the Water”: Walton Goggins
Last year, Fallout’s video game adaptation took the world by storm and even those who have not played Fallout fell in love with the show. The intense apocalyptic setting, the crude humor, the weird creatures, and the well-knitted storyline were the factors that resulted in this massive success. However, since the end of Fallout teased that the story is not…
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LockBit developer snared in latest blow for infamous hacker group
A ‘key member’ of the LockBit ransomware collective has been charged by US authorities in the latest development of its ongoing quest to shutter the operation. The US Department of Justice (DoJ) issued a notice on 20 December that Rostislav Panev, a dual Israeli-Russian national, was arrested in Israel and pending extradition for being linked to the infamous hacker group.…
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AWS dealt major blow in nuclear-powered data center deal after regulators reject upgrade plans
US regulators have refused approval for an increase in the amount of energy set to be supplied to an Amazon data center directly connected to a nuclear power plant. Finding new energy sources has become increasingly necessary as hyperscalers like AWS seek to power the rise of AI. Because of that, in March, AWS shelled out $650 million in a…
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AMD’s new Instinct GPUs might just blow Nvidia out of the water
AMD has announced the launch of its new Instinct MI325x accelerators as competition heats up with Nvidia in the AI space. Unveiled at the chip maker’s Advancing AI conference in San Francisco, AMD said the new range is designed specifically to drive performance and efficiency in contending with “demanding AI tasks”. The new Instinct range is aimed at supercharging foundation…
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