Europe’s big new regulatory regime for big tech. More fallout from what looks like the biggest hack our government has ever seen. The FTC asks basically everyone in tech how they get their data. A ‘faraday fabric’ that can serve as an invisibility cloak for radio waves. An interesting raise to make exoskeletons. And a review of the new all electric Ford Must ... Show More
Yesterday
What Will These IPOs Do To The Stock Market?
Anthropic confidentially filed for an IPO that could come as soon as this fall, joining SpaceX and OpenAI in a $4T listing parade. Anthropic expands Mythos access to 15+ countries, Alphabet raises $80B for AI spending, and mathematicians publish a warning declaration on AI. Anthr ... Show More
22m 2s
Jun 1
Interviewing For A Job At Anthropic? DON’T Use AI.
Nvidia unveiled the RTX Spark, an Arm-based consumer chip family built with MediaTek on TSMC 3, plus a DGX Station desktop that runs 1T-parameter models. Intel detailed its Crescent Island GPUs, MiniMax launched a coding model rivaling Opus 4.7 at 1/40th the price, and Anthropic ... Show More
21m 46s
Oct 2018
Influence operations, da. Direct hacking? Maybe nyet. Chalubo botnet borrows old tricks. Financial sector alert in Mexico. Airline breach disclosed. Lawsuits over privacy. ICS Security notes.
In today's podcast, we hear that the US Department of Homeland Security sees lower-than-expected rates of Russian election system probing even as Russian information operations continue. Sophos warns of the emergence of the Linux-based "Chalubo" botnet. Mexico's Central Bank rais ... Show More
20m 12s
Oct 2017
Reaper looks like a criminal booter on the Chinese black market. BadRabbit shows some moves. Catch-All malicious Chrome extension. Android currency miners in Google Play. Indictments in Russia probe.
In today's podcast, we hear that the Reaper botnet is still quiet, and looking like a booter-for-hire. BadRabbit shows some odd stealth, and some interesting strategic selectivity. A malicious Chrome extension steals everything you put on a website. Currency miners on phones seem ... Show More
14m 40s
Jun 2021
Diplomatic Backdoor targets charities, embassies, and telcos in Europe, Africa, and Southwest Asia. Fancy Lazarus and DDoS extortion. Slilpp credential market takedown. A data gap? Cyber regulation.
Diplomatic Backdoor afflicts Africa, Europe, and Southwest Asia. Electronic Arts source code stolen. “Fancy Lazarus” is back: despite the name, it’s an extortion gang, not an espionage service. An international law enforcement action takes down a credential market. Making good da ... Show More
26m 56s