Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new botnet loader called Aeternum C2 that uses a blockchain-based command-and-control (C2) infrastructure to make it resilient to takedown efforts. “Instead of relying on traditional servers or domains for command-and-control, Aeternum stores its instructions on the public Polygon blockchain,” Qrator Labs said in a report shared with The Hacker News. “This network is widely used by decentralized applications, including Polymarket, the world’s largest prediction market. This approach makes Aeternum’s C2 infrastructure effectively permanent and resistant to traditional takedown methods.” This is not the first time botnets have been found relying on blockchain for…
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Another legacy cooling technology in data centers is what’s called a cooling tower. A cooling tower sits outside of the main building, and the water cascades down these towers like a waterfall. However, the tower is open to the atmosphere to let natural cooling in. The churn of the water dissipates the heat, but there is significant evaporation in the process. “It evaporates a lot. I mean, we’re talking many, many Olympic swimming pools worth of water on a daily basis in some of these data centers,” said Green. “Some of the hyperscalers I work with are still using open…
AWS Security Hub Extended is a plan within Security Hub that simplifies how customers procure, deploy, and integrate a full-stack enterprise security solution across endpoint, identity, email, network, data, browser, cloud, AI, and security operations. The plan allows customers to expand their security coverage beyond AWS services and manage broader enterprise protection through a curated set of integrated offerings, all accessible from within Security Hub. “With AWS as the seller of record, customers benefit from pre-negotiated pay-as-you-go pricing, a single bill, no long-term commitments, and AWS Private Pricing eligibility,” the company said. Customers receive a unified security operations experience in…
Google DeepMind is rolling out Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image), its latest image generation model, combining the intelligence and production controls of Nano Banana Pro with the rapid performance of Gemini Flash. What’s new. Nano Banana 2 introduces: Advanced world knowledge: Powered by Gemini’s real-time web grounding to better render specific subjects and generate infographics or data visualizations. Precision text rendering and translation: Cleaner, legible text inside images — including localization. Stronger instruction adherence: Improved handling of complex, multi-layered prompts. Subject consistency: Maintains up to five characters and 14 objects within a single workflow. Production-ready outputs: Supports aspect…
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Uncovering keyword search volume helps you find keywords with potential to drive search visibility and even traffic to your site. Today, we’ll show you how to use free tools to find keyword search volumes for terms people search on Google and YouTube. You’ll also learn how to find the best keywords for your site.What Is Keyword Search Volume?Keyword search volume is a metric that estimates how many times people search a specific keyword in search engines (like Google or YouTube).For example, the monthly volume for the keyword “what is keyword search volume” is 40 searches per month in the U.K. and…
Cases and screen protectors are the bread and butter of a new phone. You can’t expect to maintain the swanky 6.7-inch Dynamic LTPO AMOLED 2X of the S26 Plus without investing in the very best Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus screen protectors. Even if it has a layer of Gorilla Glass Victus 2 on top, particles like quartz dust are more prevalent than you think and can easily destroy the screen over time. Thus, you need to enlist the help of these excellent screen guards to prevent scratches, nicks, cracks, and shattering over time.You can rely on these sturdy Galaxy S26…
A critical vulnerability in the Junos OS Evolved network operating system running on PTX Series routers from Juniper Networks could allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute code remotely with root privileges. PTX Series routers are high-performance core and peering routers built for high throughput, low latency, and scale. They are commonly used by internet service providers, telecommunication services, and cloud network applications. The security issue is identified as CVE-2026-21902 and is caused by incorrect permission assignment in the ‘On-Box Anomaly Detection’ framework, which should be exposed to internal processes only over the internal routing interface. However, the glitch allows accessing the framework over an…
Ask ChatGPT “What’s the best (your product category)?” right now. Does your brand come up? If you don’t know, that’s a problem. ChatGPT influences millions of product decisions every day—and unlike Google, it gives you zero impressions data, no Search Console, and no built-in analytics.In this guide, I’ll show you how to monitor your brand mentions in ChatGPT: from a free manual approach you can do today, to the dedicated tools that automate it, to what to actually do with what you find. Why ChatGPT brand mentions deserve their own monitoring strategy Search engines give you ranking data. Social platforms show reach. Review sites…