Dark side

• Lumen has stopped all traffic to and from the infrastructures associated with TheMoon and Faceless across its global network.
• Small office routers continue to be a key target for cybercriminals.
• In less than two years, Black Lotus Labs has discovered six large malware campaigns using compromised SOHO routers.
• Businesses can also turn to Lumen® Rapid Threat Defense , powered by Lumen Black Lotus Labs threat intelligence.

• The website required minimal technical knowledge to create and operate, and, using the same tool, Sophos X-Ops was able to create hundreds of similar websites in minutes with one button.
• The original creation of spam emails was a critical step in scamming technology because it changed the scale of the playing field.
• For its research into attacker attitudes towards AI, Sophos X-Ops examined four prominent dark web forums for LLM-related discussions.
• Sophos X-Ops also found ten ChatGPT-derivatives that the creators claimed could be used to launch cyber-attacks and develop malware.

• Now a large group of astronomers from all over the world is building the biggest optical telescope ever – the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) — in Chile.
• Once construction is completed in 2028, it could provide answers that transform our knowledge of the universe.
• With its 39-metre diameter primary mirror, the ELT will contain the largest, most perfect reflecting surface ever made.

Alien life

• The ELT may also offer an answer to the most fundamental question of all: are we alone in the universe?
• Occupying the so-called Goldilocks zone, these Earth-like planets will orbit their star at just the right distance for water to neither boil nor freeze – providing the conditions for life to exist.

• To learn if life is likely to exist on an exoplanet, astronomers must complement imaging with spectroscopy.
• While images reveal shape, size and structure, spectra tell us about the speed, temperature and even the chemistry of astronomical objects.
• For giant exoplanets, the Harmoni instrument will analyse light that has travelled through their atmospheres, looking for the signs of water, oxygen, methane, carbon dioxide and other gases that indicate the existence of life.
• From previous satellite missions, astronomers already have a good idea of where to look in the sky for exoplanets.

• Tiny shifts in the positions of these features — around 1/10,000th of a pixel on the Andes sensor — may, over months and years, reveal the periodic wobbles.
• This scale will remain constant over decades, mitigating the measurement errors that occur from environmental changes in temperature and pressure.
• It is only by looking far outside our Solar System that we can gain a perspective beyond the here and now.

Derryck Reid receives funding from the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC).

• MARIETTA, Ga., Nov. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Following up the announcement of the exciting all-new 2024 MT-09, Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA is proud to unveil the ultimate high-performance Hyper Naked middleweight, the all-new 2024 Yamaha MT-09 SP.
• Along with its aggressive next-generation MT styling, SP specification raises the bar with a striking and distinctive R1M-inspired colorway.
• In addition, larger-diameter pistons create more braking force, allowing MT-09 SP riders to experience a new level in braking performance.
• Taking the next step in technological advancement, the 2024 MT-09 SP becomes the first Hyper Naked to incorporate Yamaha’s Smart Key System.