Month: January 2023
Thousands of WordPress sites could be at risk, so patch now
Audio player loading… Three popular ecommerce plugins for WordPress (WP) installations, open to SQL injection attacks since December 2022, have been patched, protecting businesses from threat actors modifying or deleting their websites. The three affected plugins, as discovered by Tenable security researcher Joshua Martinelle (opens in new tab) (via BleepingComputer…
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How DirectStorage 1.1 could make Windows 11 an essential upgrade for PC gamers
Audio player loading… Microsoft’s DirectStorage 1.1, a feature which uses the GPU to speed loading times, has just been tested with comparisons drawn between AMD, Intel and Nvidia graphics cards – with some very interesting results. In short, the feature looks set to seriously supercharge loading times with NVMe SSDs.…
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Netflix streaming turns 15 today, which explains its non-committal temperament
Netflix streaming is getting into its angsty teenage years, as today marks 15 years since it launched its streaming services. It’s easy to forget what things were like before the age of streaming, but a decade-and-a-half ago, if you had a Netflix subscription, that meant paying a monthly subscription for…
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Thousands of Norton LifeLock customer accounts hacked
Audio player loading… Norton LifeLock has announced that a large number customer accounts have been affected by a breach. A customer notice from Gen Digital, Norton’s parent company, claimed that the breach was likely the result of a credential stuffing attack, where threat actors use lists of previously exposed passwords…
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The Elder Scrolls Oblivion fan remake release window revealed by shirtless demon
Audio player loading… Great news for Elder Scrolls fans: Skyblivion, an ambitious fan-made recreation of Oblivion within Skyrim’s engine, has finally been given a release window after years of development updates. Skyblivion is an attempt to rebuild the entirety of Skyrim’s predecessor in a modern engine. Skyblivion’s latest trailer reveals…
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Intel and Microsoft are operating in Russia once again
Audio player loading… Russian media has claimed that Intel and Microsoft have started up their business in Russia and Belarus once again following an inital stop as a result of the former’s invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent sanctions imposed on the country. Intel had reportedly suspended all shipments to…
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