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Kaspersky has identified two previously undocumented Windows backdoors in a cyber-espionage campaign targeting government organizations and public institutions in Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and the Syrian Arab Republic since January 2025. The company named the malware OctLurk and SilkLurk. According to Kaspersky’s report, the affected organizations include healthcare
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Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. What just happened? With Valve continuing to ignore growing demand for a SteamOS-powered gaming PC, a YouTuber took matters into his own hands by installing SteamOS on an AMD Strix Halo-powered Windows 11 laptop.
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* Distillation sidesteps the logic of US export controls, which restrict the chips needed to train frontier models but cannot restrict the text those models produce * Review of more than 80 Chinese papers and patents found PLA-linked researchers distilling outputs from OpenAI and Anthropic models into small systems they can run
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The UK AI Security Institute (AISI) disclosed last night that the leading two frontier AI models from Anthropic and OpenAI took 19 unsanctioned actions against the live internet during cybersecurity tests the agency was running, including a sustained campaign by Anthropic's Claude Mythos 5 against two working open-source
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Following an extensive, six-month optimization run on the PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3, developer Whatcookie is showing off the Arm branch's massive improvements on the previous-gen Ayn Odin 2 handheld, and the results are impressive. The performance improvement with the latest mainline RPCS3 patch is in the 60% range,
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Gamer’s wallets have been hit hard lately as the AI boom has led to ever increasing prices of key components, but thankfully, there are companies looking to provide more affordable options. Corsair is aiming to deliver reasonably priced, entry level gear with its newest set of gaming keyboards and
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Summer is usually one of the best times of the year for gamers. Steam’s Summer Sale is a chance to get some good games on the cheap, and big events like Nintendo Direct and PlayStation’s State of Play show gamers new titles to look forward to in the
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In January last year, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket with NASA and Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander. The Blue Ghost went on to become the first commercially built lunar vehicle to land on the moon, and the reusable lower stage of the SpaceX Falcon 9 landed back
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Save $170: High-end headphones like the Bowers & Wilkins PX7 S2E don’t come cheap, which makes the current offer a pretty big deal. They’re a whopping $170 off when you buy them from Bowers & Wilkins directly, which means you can score a pair of these premium over-ear
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Save $70: Music is great for staying motivated during workouts, and with the Anker Soundcore AeroClip open earbuds, you don’t have to sacrifice awareness, either. They’re some of the best running earbuds on the market, and they’re back down to a record-low $100 right now at Amazon,
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Buying a home is one of the biggest financial decisions most people face, and LendingTree built a multi-agent mortgage assistant on Amazon Bedrock to make the process more straightforward. The assistant educates borrowers, understands their situation, and provides tailored options in a natural conversation. Borrowers must weigh purchase or refinance,
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