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Voyager 1: NASA invites the public to send light in Morse code on November 17 and holds a talk at JPL for “one light-day”
On November 18 Voyager 1 will be one light-day from Earth, more than 16 billion miles away; NASA asks people…
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ENISA: the state of cybersecurity in the EU in 2026 – an index of 71.53 and five directions for the future
ENISA’s second State of Cybersecurity in the Union report finds Europe more mature, with an EU average of 71.53 on…
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CISA adds six actively exploited vulnerabilities to its KEV catalogue, including Barracuda, Chromium and Outlook
CISA added six actively exploited flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue on November 10; the two Barracuda entries have…
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AT 2016blu: NASA’s Chandra finds what causes a giant star’s outbursts every 113 days
Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory found a hidden black hole or neutron star stripping matter from the giant star…
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NASA AMPERE: a $500,000 prize challenge for American 3-7 kW mid-power Hall thrusters
NASA launched the AMPERE challenge with $500,000 in prizes for US companies to build and demonstrate 3-7 kW Hall thruster…
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NASA ESCAPADE: the two spacecraft got a push from Earth with an engine burn and are heading to Mars, arriving in September 2027
NASA’s twin ESCAPADE spacecraft each flew past Earth with an engine burn on November 7 and 9, a first for…
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OpenSSH, GPUStack and FreeSWITCH added to CISA’s KEV catalogue: password bypass and command execution under active exploitation
CISA added four actively exploited vulnerabilities to its KEV catalogue on November 9, in OpenSSH, GPUStack, FreeSWITCH and IBM Aspera…
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NASA: six presentations at Supercomputing 2026 – and the 20.13-petaflop Athena supercomputer
NASA will give six technical talks at booth 4038 at SC26 on November 17-19, and the Ames-based Athena supercomputer, at…
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NASA: $1 million competition for students to design elements of the Moon Base
NASA announced the Moon Base Student Challenge with prizes of up to $1 million for US high school and post-secondary…
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Microsoft: fake installers of pirated software and games turn Windows PCs into a revenue source for third parties
Microsoft Threat Intelligence describes a campaign of trojanized Inno Setup installers that silently add proxyware, distributed-computing software and adware to…
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ARTEX: cybercriminals from Cambodia turn the AI-driven attack tool on the financial sector
Microsoft Threat Intelligence warns that the open-source ARTEX framework is now used by Storm-3358, a financially motivated Cambodia-based group, against…
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NASA: nuclear-powered PROMISE rover and eight companies on the $10 billion CLPS 2 contract for the Moon Base
NASA announced a package of Moon Base contracts at MAX POWER: the nuclear-powered PROMISE rover, eight companies on the CLPS…