The operators of the REvil (Sodinokibi) ransomware gang have launched today an eBay-like auction site where they plan to sell data stolen from the companies they hack. The auction portal is the latest trick in REvil’s big bag of extortion tactics, and again confirms their role as trend-setter in the ransomware community. Today, the REvil […]
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross poses near rocket models during an interview with Reuters in his office at the U.S. Department of Commerce building in Washington, U.S., October 5, 2018. REUTERS/Mary F. Calvert/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Commerce Department said on Tuesday it was opening an investigation into whether imports […]
By Michael Marshall Hollow tubes attached to fossils of ancient animals are signs of the earliest known parasitesZhifei Zhang (Northwest University) Hundreds of fossilised animals seemingly covered in worm-like creatures are the oldest hard evidence of parasitism, dating from 512 million years ago when complex animals were still new. “We’re documenting the oldest case of […]
Eclipse season resumes on June 5th, with a fine penumbral lunar eclipse. Are you cursing the June Full Moon as it thwarts your dreams of deep-sky imaging this week? Fear not; said Moon is actually the first astronomical draw for June 2020, as this coming weekend’s Full Moon marks the start of second eclipse season […]
Around two and a half billion years ago the Earth was an alien world that would have been hostile to most of the complex life that surrounds us today. This was a planet where bacteria reigned, and one kind of bacteria in particular – cyanobacteria – was slowly changing the world around it through photosynthesis. […]
An image taken by astronomer Juan Carlos Munoz of the night sky above Santiago, Chile, uses optical techniques to reveal the extent of light pollution in major cities even while under lockdown Technology 27 May 2020 By Gege Li Juan Carlos Munoz-Mateos THIS kaleidoscopic shot of the night sky above Santiago, Chile, was taken during […]
China has reacted angrily to an offer by the UK government to allow all Hong Kong citizens with a British National (Overseas) passport the right to come and live in the UK and give them a pathway to citizenship. China alleges that the offer violates the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration over the resumption of Chinese […]
FILE PHOTO: Small bottles labeled with a “Vaccine COVID-19” sticker and a medical syringe are seen in this illustration taken taken April 10, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo (Reuters) – The following is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, […]
By Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool Furniture store Ikea in Belfast opened for the first time since the lockdown began today.Liam McBurney/PA Wire/PA Images Latest coronavirus news as of 5 pm on 1 June Restrictions eased in England despite warnings from public health directors The NHS Test and Trace programme is not robust enough to […]
On May 18, a massive tropical cyclone with sustained winds of nearly 150 miles per hour was barrelling across the Bay of Bengal towards the low-lying coasts of East India and Bangladesh. This supercyclonic storm Amphan (from the Thai word meaning “sky” and pronounced “um-pun”) was the biggest in the Bay of Bengal since the […]