Month: January 2024
Chinese hackers quietly exploited a VMware zero-day for two years
Chinese state-sponsored hackers known as UNC3886 have been abusing a zero-day vulnerability in VMware and Fortinet devices for years, experts have revealed. A report from Mandiant claims the group used the flaw to deploy malware, steal credentials, and ultimately exfiltrate sensitive data. The flaw in question is tracked as CVE-2023-34048.…
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12 Ways to Upgrade Your Wi-Fi and Make Your Internet Faster (2024)
From Wi-Fi extenders to simple wall brackets, there’s always something you can do to improve your internet connection at home. Source
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WhatsApp may soon offer its own AirDrop-like file sharing feature
Anyone who likes to take and share a lot of photos will likely agree that AirDrop is a great feature, but its Apple-only status is limiting. Now, WhatsApp could give it a run for its money across all devices. The company is seemingly working on a new update that would…
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Microsoft says it was hit by Russian hackers who wanted to know its secrets
Russian state-sponsored threat actors targeted Microsoft late last year, and managed to steal some sensitive information from certain highly-positioned individuals including senior executives, the company has confirmed. It is not known exactly how many emails were accessed, but Microsoft did say that compromised accounts, included those belonging to members of…
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The Morning After: NASA finally shows what’s inside its Bennu asteroid container
In a very relatable moment, NASA struggled for three months to get the lid off its asteroid sample container, having sent it into deep(ish) space and back. Same, NASA, same: I’ve struggled with jars of pickles. The space agency was finally able to get into the asteroid Bennu sample container…
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Nvidia RTX 4090 scams keep popping up – and the latest one is a shameless ‘FrankenGPU’ rip-off bought on Amazon
Scammers duping PC gamers with fake RTX 4090 graphics cards isn’t anything new, but what is new is that we’ve seen a couple of these in January 2024 now, when the incidents are normally a more scattered affair – and the latest one was in the US. Tom’s Hardware reported…
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