Astronomers spot far-away planet that could possibly support life
Cambridge [England], Feb 27 (ANI): Astronomers have found an exoplanet more than twice the size of Earth which could be potentially habitable. This discovery might take us a step closer to search for life on planets significantly larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune.
Latest report reveals two of the fastest emerging privacy threats for smartphone users
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 26 (ANI): Mobile Advertising Trojans and stalkerware witnessed a solid rise in 2019, increasingly jeopardizing the personal data of smartphone users. The former experienced a 2-digit growth in terms of the number of detected installation packages, while the latter targeted mobile users at least twice as often as in 2018.
DDoS attacks almost double in Q4 2019 compared to previous year, with busier Sundays
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 23 (ANI): An analysis has revealed that the number of attacks blocked by Kaspersky DDoS Protection in Q4 2018 amounts to only 56 per cent of attacks detected in Q4 2019. Further investigation of botnet activity reveals that around 28 per cent of attacks happened on weekends, with the share of attacks on Sundays growing by two and a half percentage points - reaching 13 per cent. These are findings from the Kaspersky Q4 2019 DDoS attacks report.
Coral disease risk factors revealed by tools used to study human disease: Study
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 23 (ANI): In a recent study, a team of international researchers have used a statistical technique typically employed in human epidemiology to determine the ecological risk factors affecting the prevalence of two coral diseases -- growth anomalies, abnormalities like coral tumours, and white syndromes, infectious diseases similar to flesh-eating bacteria.