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Blue Origin Rocket Explodes in Apocalyptic Mushroom Cloud - Week in Tech

Blue Origin's latest rocket test ended in what the company called "an anomaly" — and what everyone else would call an explosion. Reed Albergotti (Semafor) explains why blowing things up is just part of the process and why the US Space Program is probably going to be fine. Then, K ... Show more

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The Man Building the Last AI Humans Will Need to Design - The Story

What if the fastest path to superintelligence is AI that builds itself? That's the bet Richard Socher is making — and he has the track record to back it up. A double unicorn founder and early investor in eight unicorn companies (including Perplexity and Hugging Face), Richard has ... Show more

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Romania, UK, warn of Russian cyber ops. International norms of cyber conflict. Bronze Butler's USB drives. Too-smart batteries not smart enough. Industry notes. Game cheater gets jail time.

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In today's podcast, we hear warnings of Russian cyber operations from Romania and the UK. Recent attempts at developing international rules of conduct (and conflict) in cyberspace. Bronze Butler's naughty USB drives—not as scary as they sound, but a useful reminder of some sound ... Show more

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What up in the underworld’s C2C markets. An update on the Sony hack claims. Notes on cyberespionage, from Russia, China, and parts unknown. And there’s a market for bugs.

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A Joint Advisory warns of Beijing's "BlackTech" threat activity. ShadowSyndicate is a new ransomware as a service operation. A Smishing Triad in the UAE. Openfire flaw actively exploited against servers. AtlasCross is technically capable and, above all, "cautious." Xenomorph malw ... Show more

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Daily: Election hacking, layoff rumors, the unbearable lightness of Pokemon.

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In today’s podcast we look at Black Hat and draw some consensus advice for start-ups. Cyber espionage rises around the South China Sea. Apparent Russian hacking continues to worry election officials and voters in the US. The HEIST exploit is demonstrated. ISIS jockeys with al Qae ... Show more

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Action in the cybercriminal underworld. Russia’s FSB and SVR are both active, and so are their hacktivist auxiliaries. NSA offers advice on configuring next-generation firewalls.

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Open Bullet malware is seen in the wild. Threat actors exploit a Salesforce vulnerability for phishing. BlueCharlie (that’s Russia’s FSB) shakes up its infrastructure. Midnight Blizzard (and that’s Russia’s SVR) uses targeted social engineering. How NoName057(16) moved on to Span ... Show more

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