Month: November 2023
North Korean hackers are carrying out even more cyberattacks than previously thought
The Lazarus Group and its subsidiaries are running even more hacking campaigns than previously thought. Three separate campaigns linked to North Korea’s most active state-sponsored threat actors have been reported in recent weeks, abusing various zero-days to steal sensitive information from target endpoints and deploy malware to establish persistence. BleepingComputerreported…
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Amazon’s Smart Thermostat is on sale and comes with a free Echo Pop
Do you know what’s even better than scoring a good deal on a cool holiday gift? Getting a second gift for free. Right now, you can buy an Amazon Smart Thermostat bundled with Amazon’s Echo Pop smart speaker from Amazon for $69.98 ($50 off). By itself, the Echo Pop costs…
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Many of the world’s biggest tech firms are majorly falling behind on emissions
Greenpeace has slammed several top tech companies in the electronics supply chain for their abysmal efforts so far in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, despite consumer electronics companies claiming to have made considerable progress. In its 2023 Supple Change report, Greenpeace highlights that supply chain companies make up around 70% of…
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Mass layoffs reportedly hit Marvel Snap publisher Nuverse
TikTok parent company ByteDance is planning to wind down its Nuverse gaming brand and walk away from the mainstream video game industry, according to a new report by Reuters. Four unnamed sources told the publication on Monday that the decision will likely impact hundreds of employees, some of whom were…
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This malicious Telegram bot could create huge phishing scams
Cybersecurity researchers from ESET recently discovered a new toolkit that allows even the lowest-skilled hackers to pull off elaborate phishing schemes. The toolkit is called Telekopye and it’s implemented as a Telegram bot. Hackers can use it to generate fraudulent websites and landing pages, send SMS messages and emails, and…
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This company just put the air in Apple’s MacBook Air
Two Fridays ago, I drove down to a squat single-story Silicon Valley office building to see a MacBook Air. There was no security guard, no need to badge in, not even a PR person in my demo room. That’s because I wasn’t visiting Apple headquarters for an unannounced laptop. Instead,…
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