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November 6, 2025Ravi LakshmananZero-day/vulnerabilities Cisco announced Wednesday that it has become aware of a new attack variant that targets devices running Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software releases susceptible to CVE-2025-20333 and CVE-2025-20362. “This attack could cause unpatched devices to reload unexpectedly, leading to a denial of service (DoS) condition,” the company said in its latest advisory, urging customers to apply the update as soon as possible. According to the UK’s National Cyber Security Center (NCSC), both vulnerabilities were disclosed in late September 2025, but prior to that they were…
Paul Erlanger and Se Yong Park, co-founders of consumer cryptocurrency trading app Fomo, have taken an unconventional approach to raising capital, and it’s paying off. Their app launched in May and just announced a $17 million benchmark-led Series A round (an unusual crypto bet for a top VC firm), bringing total funding to $19 million. Instead of a classic seed round, the founders created a list of 200 people they dreamed of having as angel investors. “We knew that in this business, every person is valuable to us,” Erlanger told TechCrunch. They then tapped into their network for a warm…
Quantum computing has long promised to revolutionize technology, but key obstacles have prevented it from reaching its full potential. That is, qubits, the basic units of quantum information, quickly lose data. Now, engineers at Princeton University have built a quantum chip with qubits that last three times longer than any previous laboratory record. This breakthrough dramatically improves the stability of quantum processors and brings practical large-scale quantum computing one step closer to reality. The challenge of building a practical quantum computer Quantum computers are expected to be able to solve problems that are currently impossible with conventional computers. However, this…
A new study from the Royal Astronomical Society casts doubt on the long-held theory that a mysterious force known as “dark energy” is driving away distant galaxies at an ever-increasing rate. Instead, they show no evidence that the universe is accelerating and instead suggest that it may be starting to slow down. If confirmed, this result could open a whole new chapter in scientists’ quest to uncover the nature of dark energy, resolve the “Hubble strain,” and gain a deeper understanding of the universe’s past and future. Lead researcher Professor Yongwook Lee of Yonsei University in South Korea explains: “Our…
With so much money flowing into AI startups, it’s a good time to become an AI researcher and test your ideas. Also, if your idea is sufficiently novel, it may be easier to obtain the necessary resources as an independent company rather than within a large research institute. That’s the story of Inception, a startup developing diffusion-based AI models that just raised $50 million in seed funding. The round was led by Menlo Ventures, with participation from Mayfield, Innovation Endeavors, Microsoft’s M12 fund, Snowflake Ventures, Databricks Investment, and Nvidia’s venture arm NVentures. Andrew Ng and Andrej Karpathy provided additional angel…
introduction Financial institutions are facing a new reality. Cyber resilience has moved from a best practice to a business necessity to a prescriptive regulatory requirement. Crisis management and tabletop exercises have long been relatively rare in the cybersecurity context, but have become mandatory as a series of regulations, including the EU’s DORA (Digital Operational Resilience Act), have introduced this requirement for FSI organizations in several regions. Australia’s CPS230/CORIE (Cyber Operational Resilience Intelligence-led Exercise). MAS TRM (Monetary Authority of Singapore Technology Risk Management Guidelines). FCA/PRA operational resilience in the UK. FFIEC IT Handbook in the US, SAMA Cybersecurity Framework in Saudi…
Nov 06, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity / Hacking News Cybercrime has stopped being a problem of just the internet — it’s becoming a problem of the real world. Online scams now fund organized crime, hackers rent violence like a service, and even trusted apps or social platforms are turning into attack vectors. The result is a global system where every digital weakness can be turned into physical harm, economic loss, or political leverage. Understanding these links is no longer optional — it’s survival. For a full look at the most important security news stories of the week, keep reading. Hidden flaws resurface…
Astronomers have discovered a “rogue” planet swallowing gas and dust at record speed, but say they can’t explain its mysterious behavior.Many rogue planets have been discovered over the years, floating freely in space without orbiting a star, but this planet, known as Cha 1107-7626, appears to be the fastest growing floating planet ever discovered, growing at a peak velocity of 6.6 billion tons (6 billion metric tons) per second, according to observations from the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) and the James Webb Space Telescope in Chile. It is said that it devours the substances of (JWST).The rapid…
November 6, 2025hacker newsUS Bitdefender has once again been recognized as a leading vendor in the Gartner® Market Guide for Managed Detection and Response (MDR) for the fourth consecutive year. According to Gartner, more than 600 providers worldwide claim to offer MDR services, but only a select few meet the criteria to be included in the Market Guide. While inclusion is not a ranking or comparative evaluation, we believe it highlights Bitdefender’s human-driven approach to MDR and our continued alignment with Gartner’s rigorous inclusion criteria. To be included, organizations must demonstrate consistent visibility through Gartner client inquiries and Peer Insights…
On Thursday and Friday, 6th and 7th November, the COP30 Climate Summit will be held in Parque Cidade, the capital of Pará state. The COP30 conference brings together heads of state, government, ministers, and leaders of international organizations to discuss pressing climate change challenges and initiatives, including forests and the energy transition. The themes will be forests and oceans on the afternoon of November 6th, energy transition on the morning of November 7th, and the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, NDC, and financing on the afternoon of November 7th. protect the amazon Brazil chose the Amazon to host COP30…