China-linked APT exploits Sitecore zero-day to attack critical U.S. infrastructure
January 16, 2026Ravi LakshmananZero Day/Cyber Espionage Threat actors believed to be aligned with China have been observed targeting critical infrastructure sectors in North America since at least the last year. Cisco Talos, which is tracking this activity under the name UAT-8837, has assessed with medium confidence that this is a Chinese-aligned Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) […]
Cisco patches zero-day RCE exploited by China-linked APT in secure email gateway
January 16, 2026Ravi LakshmananVulnerabilities / Web Security Cisco on Thursday released a security update for maximum severity security flaws affecting Cisco AsyncOS software for Cisco Secure Email Gateway and Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager. This comes nearly a month after the company disclosed that it had been attacked by a zero-day attack by a […]
Taiwan to invest $250 billion in US semiconductor manufacturing
The Trump administration signed a high-profile multibillion-dollar trade deal with Taiwan aimed at helping the United States boost domestic semiconductor manufacturing. Taiwanese semiconductor and high-tech companies have agreed to make $250 billion in direct investments in the U.S. semiconductor industry under a deal announced Thursday by the U.S. Department of Commerce. These investments span “production […]
AWS CodeBuild misconfiguration exposed GitHub repository to potential supply chain attacks
A critical misconfiguration in Amazon Web Services (AWS) CodeBuild could result in a complete takeover of a cloud service provider’s own GitHub repository containing the AWS JavaScript SDK, potentially putting all AWS environments at risk. The vulnerability has been codenamed “CodeBreach” by cloud security company Wiz. This issue was fixed by AWS in September 2025 […]
Higgsfield, the AI video startup founded by former Snap executives, is valued at $1.3 billion
In an extension to its previous $50 million Series A round that closed in September, AI video generation startup Higgsfield sold an additional $80 million worth of stock, bringing its total Series A to $130 million. The company announced that it is now valued at $1.3 billion. Higgsfield provides tools for consumers, creators, and social […]
New map of Antarctica reveals hidden world of lakes, valleys and mountains buried under miles of ice
Scientists have mapped the rock beneath Antarctica’s giant ice sheet in unprecedented detail, revealing the hidden structures that form glaciers. The ice sheet covers more than 5.4 million square miles (14 million square kilometers) and covers the mountains, valleys, lakes and basins beneath it, according to a new study published Thursday (January 15) in the […]
Fragment of lost tectonic plate discovered at intersection of San Andreas and Cascadia faults
Scientists have discovered that pieces of a long-lost tectonic plate are sliding beneath the North American continent in the southern part of the Cascadia subduction zone. This leftover plate fragment could pose new earthquake hazards to the region. A new study published in the journal Science on Thursday (January 15) reveals that the Pioneer Fragment, […]
Iran’s internet shutdown becomes longest in history as protests continue
As of Thursday, 92 million Iranians had been completely cut off from internet access for more than a week, making this nationwide internet shutdown one of the longest in history, according to experts. Last Thursday, Iranian leaders shut down internet and phone access across the country in response to massive anti-government protests that began late […]
These genes were thought to have a 100% chance of causing blindness. it’s not.
Genetic mutations are thought to cause blindness in almost everyone who carries them, but new research has found that less than 30% of people actually experience vision loss. This study challenges the concept of Mendelian diseases, or diseases or disorders that are thought to be caused by a single genetic mutation. The idea is that […]
Our model of the universe is deeply flawed – unless the universe is actually a ‘sticky fluid’, new study suggests
Recent observations have revealed flaws in our understanding of the universe, and a new study suggests that may be because the universe is more “sticky” than we assumed. In a paper published on the arXiv preprint server but not peer-reviewed, Indian Institute of Technology researcher Muhammad Ghulam Khwaja Khan suggests that space may have a […]