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Trojanized installers of the Telegram messaging application are being used to distribute the Windows-based Purple Fox backdoor on compromised systems.

That’s according to new research published by Minerva Labs, describing the attack as different from intrusions that typically take advantage of legitimate software for dropping malicious payloads.

“This threat actor was able to leave most parts of the attack under the radar by separating the attack into several small files, most of which had very low detection rates by [antivirus] engines, with the final stage leading to Purple Fox rootkit infection,” researcher Natalie Zargarov said.

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Researchers have found a new bug in HomeKit ‘doorLock’ that affects Apple iOS devices.

Researchers demonstrate that electromagnetic signals emanating from IoT devices can be used as a side channel to detect various forms of malware.

Source: Teslarati Date Published: 01/03/2022.

Government-funded solar panel based standalone power system installations in WA’s Esperance region completed, with more on the way.

Italian start-up Sealence is promising dramatic gains in the speed and range of electric boats thanks to a radical new pod-shaped waterjet, reports Hugo Andreae.

Gobbo first proposed the idea back in 2007, using computer simulations to test its potential, before developing the first working prototype in 2010. However, it wasn’t until the arrival of Professor Ernesto Benini, an expert in fluid dynamics from the University of Padua, that its full potential started to be realised in 2016.

The team behind the project now comprises 21 different specialists including engineers, designers, hydrodynamicists and even a powerboat racer, who together form the parent company Sealence.

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From SpaceX & Tesla, to Neuralink, OpenAI and The Boring Company, Elon Musk has demonstrated the ability to optimise the learning process, and it all comes down to two simple rules.

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KEAR is a clever architecture to extend transformer models with common sense reasoning.

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Flash heating of carbon-rich wastes creates graphene, which has many commercial uses.

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