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Cybersecurity researchers have revealed details of an ongoing campaign called KongTuke that uses a malicious Google Chrome extension masquerading as an ad blocker to intentionally crash web browsers, uses ClickFix-like lures to trick victims into executing arbitrary commands, and delivers a previously undocumented remote access Trojan (RAT) called ModeloRAT. This new escalation of ClickFix is codenamed CrashFix by Huntress. KongTuke, also tracked as 404 TDS, Chaya_002, LandUpdate808, and TAG-124, is the name given to a traffic distribution system (TDS) known for profiling victim hosts before redirecting them to a payload delivery site that infects the system. Access to these compromised…
The £20 million Westcott Space Hub has officially opened in Buckinghamshire, providing state-of-the-art facilities to support the growth of space businesses and creating up to 300 jobs. Westcott Space Hub is led by URA Thrusters in partnership with Patrizia Hanover Property Unit Trust, Skyports Drone Services, Westcott Shared Facilities Ltd and Buckinghamshire Council to provide state-of-the-art test facilities, training space and commercial workspace for the UK’s growing space sector. Located at Westcott Venture Park, which has a history of more than 50 years as a rocket engine testing site, the hub will address a critical gap in Buckinghamshire’s research and…
Université Laval is dedicated to advancing sustainable food systems and nutrition through comprehensive expertise across the food value chain, addressing global challenges in health and environmental sustainability. The world’s food system is under unprecedented pressure. They must simultaneously feed growing populations, reduce environmental burdens, support population health and adapt to the accelerating effects of climate change. Across Europe and around the world, nutrition and food systems are now recognized as powerful tools for addressing challenges related to public health, environmental sustainability and socio-economic resilience in an integrated way. Producing, processing, distributing and consuming food more sustainably requires scientific approaches that…
Niklavs Tamanis, Veronica Saletti, Marco Costa and Marina Fernández-Campoamor discuss how the EU’s citizen energy package can transform energy communities and local benefit sharing into a simple and fair way for citizens to participate in the clean energy transition. Citizens are still struggling to participate in Europe’s clean energy transition. This article tests two practical approaches to turning hosts into partners. They are energy communities where citizens share and share electricity, and community benefits provisions that distribute value locally. We, the Young Energy Ambassadors, demonstrate how interoperability between targeted one-stop shops (OSS), renewable energy sources (RES)-ID, and other solutions can…
Ravi LakshmananJanuary 19, 2026Malware/Threat Intelligence Cybersecurity researchers have revealed a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the web-based control panel used by StealC information stealer operators. This allows us to gather important insights into one of the attackers who use the malware in production. “By exploiting this, they were able to collect system fingerprints, monitor active sessions, and, in a development that surprised no one, steal cookies from the very infrastructure they were designed to steal them from,” CyberArk researcher Ari Novik said in a report published last week. StealC is an information theft vector that first emerged in January 2023…
AI is reshaping the enterprise landscape, and security budgets are struggling to keep up. As organizations rush to adopt AI, security teams face increasing pressure to protect these systems without clear guidance on where to invest their limited resources.The challenge is not just to protect AI, but to do so strategically. CISOs are faced with important questions such as:• Where should you invest first? Prioritize between data governance, model security, access control, and monitoring tools• How do you prove ROI? Demonstrate the business value of AI security investments to management.• Which vendors offer it? Evaluate the crowded AI security market…
According to the Financial Times, Sequoia Capital is participating in a major funding round for Anthropic, the AI startup behind Claude. This is a move that is sure to garner attention in Silicon Valley. why? That’s because venture capital firms have historically avoided supporting competitors in the same field, preferring to bet on a single winner. But here’s Sequoia, which has already invested in both OpenAI and Elon Musk’s xAI, and is now focusing on Anthropic as well. The timing is especially surprising given what OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said under oath last year. As part of OpenAI’s defense against…
Scientists continue to push the boundaries of astronomy and cosmology thanks to next-generation instruments that can see further and more clearly than ever before.Through these efforts, astronomers have observed some of the earliest galaxies in the universe. This, in turn, led to the refinement of theories and chronology of galaxy formation and evolution.In a recent study, a team of astronomers led by the University of Pittsburgh (UPitt) discovered what may be the oldest barred spiral galaxy ever observed. This discovery helps constrain the time frame in which bars first appeared in the universe. you may like The research was led…
Bacteria and the viruses that infect them, called phages, are engaged in an evolutionary arms race. But when combat takes place in microgravity, its evolution follows a different trajectory, a study conducted on the International Space Station (ISS) has found.As bacteria and phages wage war, bacteria evolve better defenses to survive, while phages evolve new ways to break through those defenses. The new study, published Jan. 13 in the journal PLOS Biology, details how that skirmish plays out in space and reveals insights that could help design better drugs against antibiotic-resistant bacteria on Earth.In this study, the researchers compared populations…
The weather in Las Vegas didn’t look very good. The plan was for each YC-backed Bucket Robotics employee to take a piece of the booth in their luggage to the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show. But CEO and founder Matt Puchalski didn’t want to risk one (or all) of his company’s flights being delayed. So he rented a Hyundai Santa Fe and packed his bags. “That was…tough,” he said with a laugh on the show floor. It took 12 hours of driving in the rain, but the equipment and Puchalski arrived safely in Las Vegas, where the young company’s first CES…