Russian police have raided today the Moscow offices of NGINX, Inc., a subsidiary of F5 Networks and the company behind the internet’s most popular web server technology. From a report: Equipment was seized and employees were detained for questioning. Moscow police executed the raid after last week the Rambler Group filed a copyright violation against NGINX Inc., claiming full ownership of…
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Vietnam’s Richest Man Bets $2 Billion To Sell Cars To Americans
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: The billionaire behind six-month-old Vietnamese auto startup VinFast plans a feat even Toyota and Hyundai couldn’t pull off during their early days: sell a car in the U.S. Pham Nhat Vuong, the Southeast Asian country’s richest man and now in charge of the new automaker, is so intent on exporting electric vehicles to…
Volkswagen Headquarters Raided Again After They Disclosed New Diesel Filtering ‘Issue’
“Reuters is reporting that German public prosecutors have again raided the Wolfsburg headquarters of Volkswagen in the latest investigation into the carmaker’s diesel emissions,” writes Slashdot reader McGruber. The purpose of the raid was to “confiscate documents,” the article reports:
Volkswagen, which admitted in 2015 to cheating U.S. emissions tests on diesel engines, said it was fully cooperating with the authorities, but…
Qualcomm To Offer GPU Driver Updates On Google Play Store For Some Snapdragon Chips
MojoKid writes: At its Snapdragon Summit in Maui, Hawaii this week, Qualcomm unveiled the new Snapdragon 865 Mobile Platform, which enable next year’s flagship 5G Android phones with more performance, a stronger Tensor-based AI processor and a very interesting new forthcoming feature not yet offered for any smartphone platform to date. The company announced that it will eventually start delivering driver…
NextCloud Linux Servers Targetted by NextCry Ransomware
b-dayyy quotes Linux Security: A new and particularly troublesome ransomware variant has been identified in the wild. Dubbed NextCry, this nasty strain of ransomware encrypts data on NextCloud Linux servers and has managed to evade the detection of public scanning platforms and antivirus engines. To make matters worse, there is currently no free decryption tool available for victims. Ransomware hunter and…
New Linux/Windows Malware Allows Arbitrary Execution of Shell Commands
“Researchers have discovered a new multi-platform backdoor that infects Windows and Linux systems allowing the attackers to run malicious code and binaries on the compromised machines,” reports Bleeping Computer: The malware dubbed ACBackdoor is developed by a threat group with experience in developing malicious tools for the Linux platform based on the higher complexity of the Linux variant as Intezer security…
Volkswagen Axes All Non-Electric Racing Programs Worldwide
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Drive: Volkswagen announced Friday that it will discontinue all of its motorsport activities outside of electric vehicles. The Volkswagen factory will no longer support racing efforts powered by internal combustion engines, which includes halting the development of a new Golf GTI TCR car. Because works racing programs largely exist to market a company’s…
SpaceX Successfully Tests Crewed Dragon Launch Abort Engines
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ExtremeTech: SpaceX has cleared a major hurdle on the way to launching manned missions with its Dragon spacecraft. The company had to push back its launch plans after the stunning explosion of a Crew Dragon capsule during testing earlier this year. Now, SpaceX has successfully tested the engines without incident, paving the way for…
Google Asks Three Outside Antivirus Firms To Start Scanning Submissions To Android’s Play Store
“Android has a bit of a malware problem,” argues Wired, noting that ” malware-ridden apps sneak into the official Play Store with disappointing frequency…” “After grappling with the issue for a decade, Google is calling in some reinforcements.” This week, Google announced a partnership with three antivirus firms — ESET, Lookout, and Zimperium — to create an App Defense Alliance. All…
Tech Sites Including Microsoft’s Bing Criticized Over Child Pornography Policies
“Microsoft’s Bing search engine reportedly still served up child porn, nearly a year after the tech giant said it was addressing the issue,” reports CNET: The news comes as part of a Saturday report in The New York Times that looks at what the newspaper says is a failure by tech companies to adequately address child pornography on their platforms…. [A]…