Meta’s brutal earnings report helps explain its metaverse shift

Critical Cobalt Strike bug leaves botnet servers vulnerable to takedown

Enlarge / You did a bad bad thing. (credit: Getty Images) Governments, vigilantes, and criminal hackers have a new way to disrupt botnets running the widely used attack software Cobalt Strike, courtesy of research published on Wednesday. Cobalt Strike is a legitimate security tool used by penetration testers to emulate malicious activity in a network. […]

Why investors jumped on board the SPAC ‘gravy train’

The pandemic all but shut down IPO activity in March, and for a while it seemed like companies would press pause on going public. But nine months later, the public markets are busier than ever—largely thanks to special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs. “Everybody jumped on board this gravy train,” Lise Buyer, founder and managing […]

Report: Amazon-designed fridge will use the same tech as Amazon Go stores

Enlarge / A sensor from inside one of the refrigerators in Amazon’s stores. The home fridge would use similar technology. (credit: Sam Machkovech) According to sources cited by Insider, Amazon is working on a smart fridge that will track the food you’re storing and help you quickly order replacements when supplies run low. The fridge […]