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March 3, 2025Ravi LakshmananMobile Security/Botnet Brazil, South Africa, Indonesia, Argentina and Thailand are targeting campaigns that have infected Android TV devices with botnet malware called VO1D. The improved variant of VO1D is known to include 800,000 active IP addresses daily, with botnets scaling a peak of 1,590,299 on January 19, 2025. As of February 25, 2025, India had experienced a significant surge in infection rates, rising to below 1% (3,901) (217,771). “VO1D has evolved to increase stealth, resilience and prevention capabilities,” Qianxin XLAB said. “RSA encryption protects and prevents network communications [command-and-control] Even if it’s a takeover [the Domain Generation…
PodcastsPodcasts, takeSyrian television and film industry has changed following the expulsion of Bashar al-Assad. Ramadan is the peak season for watching Syrian television dramas, a precious tradition once taken by censorship under Bashar al-Assad’s regime. The writers, actors and directors were expelled, but many still shaped the popular series. When creatives return home, how will Syrian television and film industry evolve into the post-Assad era? In this episode: Christa Salamandra (@csalamand) – Professor of Anthropology at Lehman College Inas Hakki (@inas_hakki) – Film Director Episode Credits: The episode was produced by Tamara Kandeker and Chloe K. Lee and produced by…
The U.S. Health Secretary says he is “deeply worried” about the outbreak in Texas.Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the top US health official known for vaccine skepticism, supported the measles jab amid the fatal outbreak of infection in Texas. In an opinion article released Sunday by Fox News, Kennedy said he was “deeply worried” about the spread spread of the illness, despite suggesting it was “not unusual.” “The vaccine not only protects individual children from measles, but also contributes to community immunity and protects people who are unable to get vaccinated for medical reasons,” Kennedy wrote, but he said the vaccination…
The collaboration between Israeli and Palestinian filmmakers involved the porcelain war, sugarcane, black box diaries and soundtracks in a coup.Other lands, a film about Palestinians fighting to protect their homes from demolition by Israeli forces, have not won an Oscar for their best documentary features. The collaboration between Israeli and Palestinian filmmakers won the Porcelain War, Sugarcane, Black Box Diary and Soundtrack in a coup on Sunday. Produced between 2019 and 2023, the film follows activist Basel Adora as Israeli soldiers risk arrests to document the destruction of their hometown, Masafayatta, which is torn apart for use as a military…
For the first time in nine years, South Korea’s fertility rate rose, reversing the long-term trend, which refused to record lows. The country’s birth rate has been falling for the eighth consecutive year, making it the sole member of the Economic Co-operation and Development Organization (OECD) at a rate below 1. The birth numbers indicate the number of children born to each woman in the lifetime population. Experts say a fertility rate of 2.1 is needed to maintain the population at the current level. Even neighboring Japan, which has long been considered to have an age population, has a higher…
The Ukrainian leader says he will resign if Kyiv is allowed to join NATO.Ukrainian President Voldymi Zelenkie said the mineral contract with the United States is “ready” despite public destruction with US President Donald Trump. Speaking to journalists after a key summit with European leaders in London on Sunday, Zelensky said Kiev is ready to move forward with the contract following Friday’s clash with Trump. “It’s our policy to continue despite what happened in the past. We are constructive. If we agreed to sign, we were ready to sign. Honestly, I believe the US is ready too,” Zelensky told a…
anThe emergency summit conference held in major European NATO countries and London, Canada ended on March 2 with a broad agreement that Europe must contribute to the challenge of securing and defending a fair peace agreement in Ukraine. However, there are few details provided.After a horrifying scene at the White House on February 28th, the rushed and expanded summit was a sense of urgency after Volodymyr Zelensky was subjected to persistent verbal abuse by Donald Trump and J.D. Vance. The number of participating countries was swollen to the heads of NATO and the European Union, and to the heads of…
Privacy-focused messaging app signals flew high in the Dutch app store last month, and often sits on top as the most downloaded free app on iOS and Android in all categories, with data from multiple app tracking platforms such as Sensor Tower. The app has experienced a surge in popularity over the years, in response to policy changes in rivals such as WhatsApp and geopolitical events. This is because Signal created its own name as a more privacy-friendly option. That’s because it’s run by a nonprofit foundation (though based in the US) rather than a private company focused on data…
In just a few words, the AI model is asked to create a story, image, or short film. However, according to Weber Wong, all of these models are “not made to make other non-creators feel creative.” In other words, they are not built for real creative professionals. That’s what Wong hopes to change along with Flora, a new startup he is founder and CEO. Flora launched this week, declaring that “AI creative tools should be more than just toys for generating AI slops,” describing Wong and his team as “obsessed with building electric tools that deepen the future of creative…
President Donald Trump has cast his support behind the creation of federal cryptocurrency assets. The first highlighted XRP, Solana and Cardano, then added Bitcoin and Ethereum. In January, Trump issued an executive order calling for the establishment of a working group that researched recommendations on crypto policy, including “the potential creation and maintenance of national digital asset stockpiles.” The working group was supposed to “suggest the criteria for establishing such stockpiles.” This could be “derived from cryptocurrencies legally seized by the federal government through law enforcement efforts.” In this morning’s post about the truth about his social network, Trump appears…