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To combat the growing threat of antibiotic resistance, the Dutch Research Council (NWO) has teamed up with the Department of Health and Human Services (VWS) to allocate 4.53 million euros to five cutting-edge research projects. These initiatives were launched under the “Antibial Drugs in the Preclinical Pipeline” programme and aim to accelerate the development of new antimicrobial therapies over the next six years. Why this research is important Antibiotics are essential in modern medicine, from treating infectious diseases to enabling procedures such as chemotherapy and organ transplantation. However, the surprising increase in antibiotic resistance can undermine these life-saving treatments. Without…
Miami, Florida, March 19, 2025, Chain Wire House of Doge, Dogecoin Foundation, Indycar Driver Defrancesco, and Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Launch Dogecoin Indy 500 Voting and Donation Platform – Make Doge history and win Ultimate Collectors Awards Dogecoin Racing, launched by Doge of Doge and The Dogecoin Foundation, is working with NTT Indycar series driver Devlin Defrancesco and Rahal’s letterman Lanigan Racing to take Dogecoin to an iconic motorsport event. Known as “the biggest sight in racing,” the Indianapolis 500 will return to its 109th run on Memorial Day weekend on May 25th, bringing out more than 350,000 spectators directly…
On Tuesday, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang introduced Blue at the GTC 2025 conference. This is a compact, attention-grabbing robot developed by Disney Research and Google Deepmind. Powered by Nvidia’s newly announced Newton Physics Engine, Blue is built to improve robot movement and learning, improving simulation accuracy and real-world interaction. Her debut on the Blue stage delighted the crowd. The compact bot moved with incredible fluidity, hinting at a future where robots could interact with people more naturally. Huang interacted with Blue and instructed him to “go home” to play. Powered by two Nvidia computers, Blue integrates aesthetics and technical refinement…
Kiev, Ukraine – Russia launched 145 drones and six missiles in Ukraine on Tuesday, just minutes after US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin finished their phone conversation. The attack began in six locations in western Russia, with 45 drones targeting only the Kiev region, Ukrainian officials said. But they said the strikes damaged private infrastructure while not killing or hurting anyone. According to Ukrainian President Volodimia Zelenkie, the attack was a way of rejecting Trump’s 30-day ceasefire proposal. “Today, Putin effectively abandoned the suggestion to stop the fire completely,” he said. The Ukrainians did. “President Putin…
Tehran, Iran – The latest threat of military action against Iran against Iran has prompted further debate about the possibility that Iran will abandon its nuclear non-proliferation. A senior White House official once again said Iran must completely abolish its nuclear program and all uranium enrichment activities at even low levels. Amid a fierce US air attack on Yemen, Trump also said he would dismiss Iran’s claim that the US will be in charge of Tehran against any attacks by the Houtis in Yemen, and that the group is operating independently. This only led to more calls from within Iran…
March 19, 2025Ravi LakshmananCybercrime/Threat intelligence A trobe in the internal chat logs that was recently leaked among members of the Black Bus Staransomware operation revealed possible ties between electronic crime gangs and Russian authorities. The leak containing over 200,000 messages from September 2023 to September 2024 was published last month by telegram user @exploitWhispers. According to an analysis of the message by cybersecurity firm Trellix, Black Busta leader Olegnefedov (aka GG or AA) may have received assistance from Russian officials after being arrested in Yerevan, Armenia in June 2024, and can escape three days later. In the message, GG claimed…
Just a year after Openai’s internal AI secrets were stolen in a data breach, hackers are now exploiting a year-old security flaw with ChatGpt. According to a Security Week report, the vulnerabilities are being used to target financial institutions and US government agencies. Cybersecurity company Veriti has flagged the surge in attacks, warning that cybercriminals are scanning the internet for weaknesses. The vulnerability, CVE-2024-27564, is associated with a flaw in the PictureProxy.php file. An attacker can manipulate URL parameters and force the system to force an unauthorized request. What’s your biggest concern? No authentication is required. This means that bad…
COLOMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Cincinnati’s sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals pits the policy of a suburban Ohio school district on Wednesday to hear debate in a legal dispute requiring the use of the freedom of speech of classmates who believe there are only two pronouns of student preference.The lawsuit filed in 2023 by parents defending education, a national Christian organization, against the Olentangy local school district, attracted the attention of a wide range of nationals, from groups ranging from the American Civil Liberties Union to the conservative Manhattan Institute. The Ohio Lawyer General is calling for 22 US states…
Austin, Texas, USA, March 19, 2025, CyberNewswire The average business user has 146 stolen records linked to identity, an average increase of 12 times from previous estimates, reflecting a surge in overall identity exposure. Spicloud, a leading identity threat protection company, today released its 2025 Spicloud Annual Identity Exposure Report, highlighting the rise in identity data exposed to DarkNet as the major cyber risks facing businesses today. As cybercriminals move beyond a single data point and leverage data stolen from many sources (violations, malware, fish), they embrace a more sophisticated approach to identity exploitation, and organizations must shift their focus…
Governments in Australia, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Israel and Singapore are likely customers of Israeli spyware manufacturer Paragon Solutions, according to a new technical report from the well-known Digital Security Lab. On Wednesday, Citizen Lab, a group of academics and security researchers who were housed at the University of Toronto, has been investigating the spyware industry for over a decade, released a report on surveillance startups set up in Israel, identifying six governments as “suspected paragon deployment.” At the end of January, WhatsApp notified about 90 users that it believed the company was targeting Paragon Spyware, prompting a scandal in Italy,…