Month: November 2022

Google warns millions of Android devices could be at risk of attack due to this flaw

Audio player loading… Google has warned that Android devices around the world could be at risk of cyberattacks, partly due to the slow and cumbersome patching (opens in new tab) process.  Cybersecurity researchers from Google’s Project Zero team discovered a total of five vulnerabilities affecting the Arm Mali GPU driver. …

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Millions of Android devices at risk of attack due to Arm Mali GPU driver flaws

Audio player loading… Millions of Android devices are at risk of cyberattacks due to the slow and cumbersome patching (opens in new tab) process plaguing the decentralized mobile platform.  Cybersecurity researchers from Google’s Project Zero team discovered a total of five vulnerabilities affecting the Arm Mali GPU driver.  The flaws…

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Elon Musk just decided to bring the worst people on the internet back to Twitter

The decision to reverse years of moderation work at Twitter effectively trashes Musk’s original promise: to create a diverse council that would help adjudicate serious moderation decisions. Musk backed away from that idea by later blaming “political/social activist groups” for breaking an alleged “deal” — a claim nobody has verified…

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3D NAND sales plummet across the globe as demand falls

Audio player loading… Demand for 3D NAND memory dropped sharply during the third quarter of 2022, causing the overall NAND manufacturing industry’s revenue to drop 24.3% quarter-over-quarter, according to research (opens in new tab) from market intelligence firm TrendForce. The NAND Flash industry recorded total revenue of around US$13.71 billion…

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This fake MSI Afterburner is going after gamers’ passwords

Audio player loading… Advanced PC users who like to tweak how their GPU performs are being targeted with malware (opens in new tab), researchers are saying.  A number of websites have been detected advertising a fraudulent version of MSI Afterburner, which instead installs cryptocurrency miners and infostealers on the affected…

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The best early Black Friday deals you can already get

Happy Thanksgiving, folks! Want to get a head start on your holiday shopping before the Black Friday madness officially begins tomorrow? Despite the fact the annual shopping holiday is another day away, many major retailers are already offering a number of early Black Friday sales. So if you need a…

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