Day: July 15, 2021

Valve’s Steam Deck launches for pre-order July 16, promises portable PC gaming – CNET

The $399 device lets you take your Steam library with you for gaming on the go. …read more Source:: CNet


General Motors Tells Chevy Bolt Owners To Park Outside Because Batteries Could Catch Fire

General Motors is telling owners of some older Chevrolet Bolts to park them outdoors and not to charge them overnight because two of the electric cars caught fire after recall repairs were made. A Slashdot reader shares a report: The company said Wednesday that the request covers 2017 through 2019 Bolts that were part of…


Russia’s Elbrus has a RISC-V competitor as Yadro prepares native chips for launch

Rostec throws rubles on the table for a possible 60,000 units a year Russia’s Yadro and subsidiary Syntacore have announced an effort to develop homegrown processors based on the free and open RISC-V architecture.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Facebook says it disrupted Iran-based hackers who targeted US – CNET

The group of hackers went after military personnel and defense and aerospace companies primarily in the US, the social network says. …read more Source:: CNet


How to Bridge On-Premises and Cloud Identity

Identity fabric, a cloud-native framework, removes the need for multiple, siloed, proprietary identity systems. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Facebook says it disrupted Iranian hacking campaign tied to Tortoiseshell gang

On Facebook, roughly 200 accounts associated with the cyber espionage campaign were blocked and taken down. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Mysterious Israeli Spyware Vendor’s Windows Zero-Days Caught in the Wild

Government hackers from several countries used spyware made by an Israeli company to target victims all over the world, according to new research by digital rights watchdog Citizen Lab and Microsoft. From a report: The spyware leveraged two unknown vulnerabilities — also known as zero-day exploits — in Windows. Citizen Lab, which is housed at…


NASA Hubble Space Telescope glitch: Troubleshooting identifies potential fix – CNET

After over a month in safe mode, there’s a new sense of hope for Hubble. …read more Source:: CNet


Annoyed US regulator warns it might knock SpaceX’s shiny new Texas tower down

‘It’s only for building rockets, what’s it got to do with you?’ pouts stroppy interplanetary aspirant biz The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has warned SpaceX it has not completed an environmental review of a new tower currently under construction at its launch site in Boca Chica, Texas, indicating the tower might have to be demolished.……


Fake Zoom App Dropped by New APT ‘LuminousMoth’

First comes spear-phishing, next download of malicious DLLs that spread to removable USBs, dropping Cobalt Strike Beacon, and then, sometimes, a fake Zoom app. …read more Source:: Threatpost