Monthly Archives: August 2022

A huge phishing campaign has targeted over 130 companies, including Twilio and Signal

The 0ktapus phishing campaign is one of the best-executed security attacks of this scale to date. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Over 130 organizations, including Twilio, DoorDash, and Signal, have been potentially compromised by hackers as part of a months-long phishing campaign nicknamed “0ktapus” by security researchers. Login credentials belonging to nearly…

Moderna is suing Pfizer over its coronavirus vaccine

Photo by Peerapon Boonyakiat/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Moderna is suing Pfizer and BioNTech over alleged infringement of its mRNA vaccine technology patents, the company announced today. “We are filing these lawsuits to protect the innovative mRNA technology platform that we pioneered, invested billions of dollars in creating, and patented during the decade preceding the…

Federally-funded research will be paywall-free by 2026

Discoveries found using federal dollars could be available free and without embargo by 2026. Deposit Photos Yesterday the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) issued new federal policy guidance saying that the results generated from all taxpayer-funded research be immediately made publicly available and at no added cost by 2026. This major…

Predatory loan apps in India rake in huge fees, and are driving some users to suicide

On a clear afternoon, Laxmi (name changed) was sitting in her office in Gujarat, India, when she received a message from her distant relative, saying that they received some of her “morphed” nude photos from multiple phone numbers on WhatsApp along with a text that reads, “loan thief.” “I was numbed and clueless,” she said….