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October 28, 2025Ravi LakshmananEncryption/Hardware Security A group of academic researchers from Georgia Tech, Purdue University, and Synchronix has developed a side-channel attack called TEE.Fail that can extract secrets from trusted execution environments (TEEs) on a computer’s main processor, such as Intel’s Software Guard eXtensions (SGX) and Trust Domain Extensions (TDX) and AMD’s Secure Encrypted Virtualization with Secure Nested Paging. (SEV-SNP) and ciphertext hiding. The core of this attack involves the use of an intervention device built using off-the-shelf electronics that costs less than $1,000 and allows for physical inspection of all memory traffic within a DDR5 server. “This makes it…
OpenAI says its deep learning systems are rapidly advancing, with more models able to solve complex tasks faster. So fast, in fact, that OpenAI internally aims to have intern-level research assistants by September 2026 and fully automated “regular AI researchers” by 2028, CEO Sam Altman said in a livestream on Tuesday. This ambitious timeline was announced on the same day that OpenAI shed its nonprofit roots and completed its transition to a public benefit corporation structure. This reorganization frees OpenAI from the limitations of its nonprofit charter while also opening up new opportunities for raising capital. Jakub Pachocki, Principal Scientist…
When Yuk Chi Chan began construction on the charter space in late 2021, it was after a long period of pain. As a mission manager for a satellite bus startup, he coordinated the company’s first demonstration mission. All of this had to be done with critical data scattered across Microsoft Excel. In addition to managing internal engineering operations, Chan, a former space lawyer, had to repackage essentially the same critical engineering and program data for various external audiences. “It was all the same data. It was all about the same physical objects,” he told TechCrunch. “I thought, this is crazy.…
Vinod Khosla has a bold vision for how society can be reconfigured to share the wealth created by AI technology. Speaking at the TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 conference on Tuesday, the founder of Khosla Ventures suggested that the US government could take a 10% stake in every public company and redistribute that company’s wealth to the general public. The idea, Khosla said, was prompted by President Donald Trump’s decision for the US government to buy 10% of Intel’s shares. “When Trump bought 10% of Intel, I thought maybe that wasn’t a good idea,” Khosla said on stage at Disrupt. “You take…
Many countries adopt Daylight Saving Time (DST), which moves clocks forward one hour in March to allow for more daylight hours in the spring and summer. The United States is preparing to return to standard time on Sunday, November 2, as all states except two (excluding the Navajo Nation), Hawaii and Arizona, have implemented DST.However, not everyone is happy with this routine change, with a recent survey showing that 54% of Americans and 42% of Brits want DST to be completely abolished.The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) supports a permanent standard time. This is because it is more consistent…
October 28, 2025Ravi LakshmananMalware/Mobile Security Cybersecurity researchers have revealed details of a new Android banking Trojan called Herodotus that has been observed in active campaigns targeting Italy and Brazil carrying out device takeover (DTO) attacks. “Herodotus is designed to perform device takeover while mimicking human behavior and making initial attempts to evade biometric detection of actions,” ThreatFabric said in a report shared with The Hacker News. According to the Dutch security firm, the Trojan was first advertised on underground forums on September 7, 2025 as part of a malware-as-a-service (MaaS) model, touting its ability to run on devices running Android…
Threat actors associated with North Korea have been observed targeting the Web3 and blockchain sectors as part of two campaigns tracked as GhostCall and GhostHire. According to Kaspersky, these campaigns are part of a broader operation called SnatchCrypto that has been ongoing since at least 2017. This activity is believed to be due to a subcluster of the Lazarus group called BlueNoroff, also known as APT38, CageyChameleon, CryptoCore, Genie Spider, Nickel Gladstone, Sapphire Sleet (formerly Copernicium), and Stardust Chollima. Victims of the GhostCall campaign span multiple infected macOS hosts located in Japan, Italy, France, Singapore, Turkey, Spain, Sweden, India, and…
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is coming! If you’re still on the fence about attending in person, join us for the extensive schedule of speakers, networking opportunities, workshops, afterparties, and more available here. There’s still plenty of time to get your tickets, and since there’s only 2 days left, we’re offering you a 50% discount. However, if you can’t attend in person, checking out Disrupt Stage’s livestream is the next best thing. The Disrupt Stage will feature some of the most prominent speakers and the highly anticipated Startup Battlefield 200 pitch competition. We’re streaming via YouTube, so you can watch the embed…
The Air Force has captured stunning footage from inside the eye of Hurricane Melissa, which is expected to cause widespread damage when it makes landfall in Jamaica.The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, known as the “Hurricane Hunters,” entered the hurricane Monday morning (October 27) to collect data for the National Hurricane Center, News18 reported.Hurricane hunters encountered a huge wall of swirling clouds, according to a video on social platform X. Although its eyes look eerily calm in the video and have an almost mesmerizing quality, the storm has no interest in anyone but those in its path. A Category 5 hurricane…
Apple and Microsoft are now worth more than $4 trillion each. This is the first time that Apple’s market capitalization has surpassed the $4 trillion mark, making it the third company to surpass this milestone after Nvidia and Microsoft. Redmond first crossed the mark in July, but its valuation has since fallen slightly to $3.9 trillion, before returning to $4 trillion on Tuesday following news that it had signed a new deal with OpenAI. Apple’s growth has been impressive, reaching $1 trillion in 2018, $2 trillion in 2020, and $3 trillion in 2022. After the launch of the iPhone 17…