Month: April 2021
LinkedIn is jumping on the Clubhouse rival bandwagon LinkedIn
LinkedIn has confirmed it is building a rival to popular chat room Clubhouse for its members. According to TechCrunch, the Microsoft-owned business social network is looking to develop a feature in its mobile app to showcases speakers in a room with listeners. The company believes it can offer professional and…
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Call of Duty: Warzone cheaters are getting infected with malware Call of Duty: Warzone
Security researchers have discovered a new malware campaign targeting users of cheat software for popular battle royale title Call of Duty: Warzone. In a lengthy report, publisher Activision describes the method of attack, which sees malware dressed up as a Warzone cheat and distributed via online gaming forums. When the…
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Let this be the year April Fools’ Day for brands dies
Today is April 1st, one of the worst days on the internet every year. For the rest of the day, the internet will be filled with an unending parade of dumb PR stunts, fake products, lie-filled press releases, and just plain unfunny jokes that have been filtered through layers and…
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Holler raises $36M to power ‘conversational media’ in your favorite apps
Holler, described by founder and CEO Travis Montaque as “a conversational media company,” just announced that it’s raised $36 million in Series B funding. You may not know what conversational media is, but there’s a decent chance you’ve used Holler’s technology. For example, if you’ve added a sticker or a…
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Facebook launches profile frames that help you encourage friends to get the Covid-19 vaccine
As Covid-19 vaccines are becoming more readily available to larger groups of the U.S. population, Facebook has teamed up with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to launch new Facebook profile frames that allow users to share their support…
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This new technique allowed cybercriminals to launch the largest DDoS attack ever DDoS Attack
Security researchers have uncovered a new attack vector that has powered the largest Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack recorded this year. In a post sharing details about the growing number of large-scale DDoS attacks in 2021, CDN and cybersecurity services provider Akamai noted the use of an obscure networking…
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