Author: Zach_Wilson
Another huge new botnet is infecting thousands of webcams and video recorders for DDoS attacks
A new botnet called Eleven11bot was spotted in the wild It leverages weak and default credentials to compromise IoT devices The botnet is operated by Iranian threat actors Cybersecurity researchers say they have uncovered the “biggest non-government botnet” in recent years. It is called Eleven11bot, and its malware was found…
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Google screwed up Pixel vibrations again
Google’s Pixel devices are having a weird change with their notification and call vibrations after the March 2025 update. Multiple people have posted on the Google Pixel subreddit complaining about the change, with one user describing it as a “hollow feeling” vibration with “less thunk” post-update. Verge staffers have also…
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Victrola just put Bluetooth, UPnP and Roon in its once Sonos-only turntables in the hi-fi equivalent of ‘I think we should see other people’
Victrola’s once Sonos-only wireless Stream turntables got a big update A free software upgrade adds Bluetooth, UPnP and Roon-ready smarts …and given the year Sonos has had, it’s a sensible expansion Victrola’s Sonos-connected turntables just got an important over-the-air upgrade to add thoroughly non-Sonos wireless connectivity – and given the…
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Microsoft reveals over a million PCs hit by malvertising campaign
Microsoft says it discovered a major malvertising campaign The goal was to deploy infostealers as wide as possible The company removed an undisclosed number of GitHub repositories in response More than a million PCs have been infected by infostealers through a massive malvertising campaign, new research from Microsoft’s security researchers…
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MWC 2025 was all about the odds and ends
Mobile World Congress shows us the best and wackiest new ideas in mobile tech every year, with a side of jamón and “Oh, shit, was that the king of Spain who just walked by?” It’s a real trip. But this year’s conference was a mix of unusually odd oddities, including…
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ASUS Zenbook A14 review: A lightweight in every sense
With the Zenbook A14, ASUS has reached a new milestone of portability. It’s a 14-inch laptop that weighs just 2.2 pounds, making it feel more like a tablet than a computer when you pick it up. And with its unique Ceraluminum case, which feels like a cross between ceramic and…
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