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Rabi LakshmananJanuary 23, 2026Email security/endpoint security Cybersecurity researchers have detailed a new dual-vector campaign that leverages stolen credentials to deploy legitimate remote monitoring and management (RMM) software to gain persistent remote access to compromised hosts. “Instead of deploying custom viruses, attackers are circumventing security boundaries by weaponizing necessary IT tools that administrators trust,” said Jeewan Singh Jalal, Prabhakaran Ravichandhiran, and Anand Bodke, researchers at KnowBe4 Threat Labs. “It turns legitimate remote monitoring and management (RMM) software into a persistent backdoor by stealing the system’s ‘skeleton key’.” This attack unfolds in two different waves. Attackers use fake invitation notifications to steal…
Photonic chips are rapidly emerging as one of Europe’s most strategic technologies in the global race towards practical quantum systems. From 2026, Europe’s new major pilot project, Quantum Photonics (P4Q), will bring together expertise from across the continent to turn fragile laboratory breakthroughs into robust, manufacturable, quantum-ready components. Spanning 12 European countries and backed by significant public investment, P4Q is designed to reliably produce photonic chips that operate consistently at scale, one of the biggest bottlenecks in quantum innovation. From lab experiments to industrial-grade photonic chips Quantum technology relies heavily on light. Photons are used to transmit information, enable ultra-precise…
New evidence of ancient rivers suggests Mars may have been a “blue planet” thanks to oceans that span the entire northern hemisphere.Cameras on multiple Mars rovers have apparently captured the dusty remains of a river delta, as described in a study published January 7 in the journal NPJ Space Exploration.A team led by researchers from the University of Bern looked at the famous Valles Marineris, the largest canyon system on Mars and five times longer than the Grand Canyon. Around this Martian region, scientists discovered “structures near a canyon system similar to deltas on Earth,” representatives from the University of…
We combine deep scientific expertise and a clear strategic vision to advance precision treatments for companion animals so they can live healthier, happier and longer lives. Cancer and chronic immune-mediated diseases remain among the most important unmet medical needs in companion animal health. While advances in human immuno-oncology have changed outcomes for many patients, advances in veterinary medicine have been slower, and treatment options often rely on repurposing human drugs that are not optimized for species-specific biology. Vetigenics was founded to address this gap. Vetigenics is a clinical-stage animal health biotechnology company developing species-specific antibody-based immunotherapies for dogs and cats.…
Microsoft has warned of a multi-stage adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) phishing and business email compromise (BEC) campaign targeting multiple organizations in the energy sector. “The campaign exploited the SharePoint file sharing service to deliver a phishing payload and relied on creating inbox rules to maintain persistence and avoid user awareness,” the Microsoft Defender Security Research Team said. “The attack evolved into a series of AitM attacks and subsequent BEC activity across multiple organizations.” As part of the post-exploit activity following the initial breach, unknown attackers have been observed leveraging trusted internal identities from victims to conduct large-scale phishing operations within and outside…
Irene Paoletti, EU Project Manager for Energy Efficiency in Industrial Processes (EEIP), explains how city-industrial symbiosis connects cities and industry to share resources, reduce energy use and emissions, and build resilient and competitive regional partnerships that support Europe’s sustainable energy transition. The EU’s industry is decarbonising and at the same time becoming more resilient and competitive to meet the EU’s long-term climate and energy goals. However, the role of industrial symbiosis is often overlooked in industrial and energy policies and remains underutilized. By effectively linking industry and cities, city-industrial symbiosis provides a powerful pathway to reduce energy demand, strengthen resilience,…
This article describes the scientific motivation and high-level concept for a warning system for advanced space weather prediction with increasing accuracy. As humanity’s reliance on microelectronics and orbital infrastructure reaches critical levels, our civilisation faces an unprecedented vulnerability to solar volatility. While the original Dyson sphere was a thought experiment in energy harvesting, the “new Dyson sphere” is a pragmatic necessity for planetary defence: a distributed, interplanetary framework of information-capture constellations. By integrating multipoint spacecraft clusters, standardised mass-produced units, and real-time AI forecasting, this proposed system moves beyond the 30-minute warning window of current Lagrange-1 point monitors. It offers a…
Kais Khimji has spent most of his professional career as a venture investor, including six years as a partner at the prominent VC firm Sequoia Capital. But like several other former Sequoia partners, including David Vélez, who founded Brazilian digital bank Nubank, Kimji (pictured left) always wanted to be a startup founder. He announced Thursday that he has revived an idea he started working on as a student at Harvard University nearly a decade ago and reborn as Blockit, an AI calendar scheduling company. In a major vote of confidence, Kimji’s former employer Sequoia led the company’s $5 million seed…
Defense technology company Anduril on Thursday announced plans to expand its Southern California presence with the opening of a large campus in Long Beach, the coastal town where founder Palmer Lackey grew up. The expanded campus is expected to eventually support approximately 5,500 jobs. Lackey told TechCrunch that these will be new jobs, not transfers from other roles. Anduril’s headquarters are in nearby Costa Mesa, California, and it also has a large manufacturing facility in Ohio. The Long Beach campus spans 1.18 million square feet across six buildings and combines office space and industrial areas dedicated to research and development.…
In Silicon Valley, when a unicorn stumbles, there’s a sense of schadenfreude. So when the Journal broke the news Thursday afternoon that Capital One would acquire Brex for $5.15 billion in cash and stock (Capital One issued an official release confirming the details a half-hour later), you could almost hear the collective laughter from Sand Hill Road to San Francisco’s South Park. This figure represents less than half of the final private market valuation of Brex’s 2022 Series D-2 round of $12.3 billion. Before anyone sharpens their knives, consider that this sale is a win for the VCs who originally…