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Feb 9, 2022

Several Malware Families Using Pay-Per-Install Service to Expand Their Targets

Posted by in category: cybercrime/malcode

Malware families are making use of PrivateLoader’s pay-per-install service in order to expand their victim list.


A detailed examination of a Pay-per-install (PPI) malware service called PrivateLoader has revealed its crucial role in the delivery of a variety of malware such as SmokeLoader, RedLine Stealer, Vidar, Raccoon, and GCleaner since at least May 2021.

Feb 9, 2022

FBI can track your phone if you were near a crime using sci-fi ‘geofence’

Posted by in category: mobile phones

THE FBI used a ‘geofence warrant’ to access data about all Android users who were near a BLM protest attack, according to new documents.

Google was served with a warrant as part of an investigation into an attempted arson at a police union building in Seattle in 2020.

The attack took place on August 24.

Feb 9, 2022

New technique to map dark web vendors’ personalities and identities in different illegal marketplaces

Posted by in category: evolution

A new research methodology has allowed specialists to track active vendors in several dark web platformsbased solely on how they write their ads and posts. Using stylometry, the experts were able to analyze thousands of identities of various suppliers in black markets and identify if these profiles correspond to specific people.

This study involved the collection of nodes of information extracted from vendor profiles on four now-shutdown cybercriminal platforms, including Valhalla, Dream Market, Evolution, and Silk Road 2.

Feb 9, 2022

Welcome, Ziva Dynamics!

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Unity acquires Ziva Dynamics, leader in sophisticated simulation and deformation, machine learning, and real-time character creation.

At Unity, we are laser-focused on democratizing tools for creators, so that the industry’s most brilliant gems are available to all, not just a select few. And we are continuously focused on helping artists make their dreams a reality.

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Feb 9, 2022

New set of chemical building blocks makes complex 3D molecules in a snap

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, chemistry, robotics/AI

A new set of molecular building blocks aims to make complex chemistry as simple and accessible as a toy construction kit.

Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and collaborators at Revolution Medicines Inc. developed a new class of chemical building blocks that simply snap together to form 3D with complex twists and turns, and an automated machine to assemble the blocks like a 3D printer for molecules.

This automation could allow chemists and nonchemists alike to develop new pharmaceuticals, materials, diagnostic probes, catalysts, perfumes, sweeteners and more, said study leader Dr. Martin D. Burke, a professor of chemistry at Illinois and a member of the Carle Illinois College of Medicine, as well as a medical doctor. The researchers reported their findings in the journal Nature.

Feb 8, 2022

Chula Medical Breakthrough! RED-GEM Molecules to Reverse Aging

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

Chula Medicine has successfully invented RED-GEMs (REjuvenating DNA by GEnomic Stability Molecules) that can reverse aging in lab animals. With human trials targeted within two years, the medical breakthrough is aimed to treat various age-related conditions and illnesses and bring back youthfulness in this aging society.

Feb 8, 2022

How our housing choices make adult friendships more difficult

Posted by in category: habitats

We can refuse to accept the status quo of default isolation.

Feb 8, 2022

The Falcon 9 DSCOVR’s booster going to hit the Moon: a video — 7 Feb. 2022

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, satellites

The latest on some space debris…


The Falcon 9 DSCOVR’s booster: 7 Feb. 2022.

The animation above comes from 268, single, 4-second exposures, remotely taken with the “Elena” (PlaneWave 17″+Paramount ME+SBIG STL-6303E) robotic unit available at Virtual Telescope. The telescope tracked the apparent motion of the booster, so it looks like a sharp dot, with surrounding stars moving on the background. East is up, South on the left.

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Feb 8, 2022

Yellowstone National Park Testing Out Driverless Shuttles This Summer

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, sustainability, transportation

Autonomous, electric vehicles are driving around Yellowstone National Park in a new test program that could become a permanent mode of transportation.

Last week, the park debuted its new “TEDDY” program — or The Electronic Driverless Demonstration in Yellowstone.

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Feb 8, 2022

New study probes impact of blackened wind turbine blades

Posted by in category: sustainability

Swedish power company Vattenfall has announced plans to embark on further research into whether painting one of the three blades on a wind turbine black can help to reduce the number of bird collisions, with a new three-year study.

Despite stories spread by some media outlets and across social media platforms, wind turbines have been shown to be much less likely to kill birds compared to other man-made obstacles and threats, including coal-fired power plants, as one prime example.

Nevertheless, Vattenfall is seeking to mitigate the impact wind turbines can have on bird populations through a new study in the Dutch seaport of Eemshaven.