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Researchers discover Shikitega, a strain of Linux malware that uses polymorphic encoding and abuses legitimate cloud services to infect servers and IoT devices — With polymorphic encoding and a multistage infection chain, Shikitega is hard to detect. — Researchers this week unveiled …
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| Alexandra S. Levine / Forbes: |
At Code, CEOs and politicians voiced concerns about TikTok's power, rapid growth, and surveillance potential, as some called for the app to be banned altogether — At the Code Conference in LA, tech and media CEOs and politicians all expressed concerns about the Chinese-owned app — as a competitor, and as a national security risk.
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| Manya Saini / Reuters: |
The US SEC plans to add an Office of Crypto Assets to review company filings involving crypto assets, providing “greater and more specialized support” — The U.S. securities regulator will set up two new offices to deal with filings related to crypto assets and the life sciences sector, the agency said on Friday.
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| Amitoj Singh / CoinDesk: |
Binance-linked crypto exchange WazirX says India's Enforcement Directorate has “unfrozen” or restarted its bank account; the ED raided its office on August 5 — The account was frozen in relation to the “illegal loan apps” scam investigation, which has come under the national spotlight.
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Sources: the US government plans more curbs on US shipments to China of chipmaking tools and chips for AI, affecting Lam Research, Applied Materials, and others — The Biden administration plans next month to broaden curbs on U.S shipments to China of semiconductors used for artificial intelligence …
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| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Report: ransomware gangs are using intermittent encryption, where files are partly encrypted, to evade detection tools looking for intense file I/O operations — A growing number of ransomware groups are adopting a new tactic that helps them encrypt their victims' systems faster while reducing … | Reuters: |
Sources: Sea, whose market cap has gone from $200B+ in October 2021 to ~$28B, shuts some Latin American operations and cuts hundreds of gaming jobs in Shanghai — Singapore-based Sea Ltd's (SE.N) e-commerce arm Shopee will exit Argentina and shut local operations in Chile …
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A look at the increasing efforts of device manufacturers, telecom companies, and satellite operators to connect smartphones to satellites in remote locations — Years of preparation helped tech giant, but other phone makers, wireless carriers and aerospace companies have similar ambitions| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Analysis: Amazon is projected to spend ~$15B on programming including sports in 2022, ahead of Netflix's $13.6B, Disney+'s $9.5B, and Apple's $6B — Good afternoon from Los Angeles. I am headed to Singapore and Seoul at the end of the month. If there is anyone I should meet while I am there …
Tweets: @lucas_shaw, @lucas_shaw, and @astaniscia86
| Jack Stebbins / CNBC: |
Digital World Acquisition Corp., seeking to take Truth Social public via a SPAC, fails to gain shareholder approval and sets an October 10 deadline for a vote — - Digital World Acquisition Corp. adjourned its shareholder meeting for over a month as its planned merger with Donald Trump's media firm hangs in the balance.
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| Nicholas Megaw / Financial Times: |
Wall Street firms are gaining ground in the talent war as hiring freezes impact Silicon Valley and computer engineers move from big tech and crypto to finance — Computer engineers are returning to finance after a reversal of fortune in the war for talent — After years of fighting …
Tweets: @carlquintanilla
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Tractor maker Deere, which plans self-driving tractors in 2022, predicts that 10% of its revenue will come from software fees by the end of the decade — Equipment maker, rivals roll out software to boost yield, but some farmers voice concerns over their data
Tweets: @unhedgedchatter
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