Author: Zach_Wilson
This cybercrime network acts like a food delivery service for criminals — and even uses legitimate affiliate marketing techniques to recruit other partners-in-crime
Cybersecurity researchers from Infoblox have revealed new research on VexTrio, a “massive criminal affiliate program” that the team says counts more than five dozen criminal organizations in its customer list. As explained by the researchers, VexTrio is a complex, and massive, traffic direction system (TDS). It operates similarly to a…
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Samsung is making DIY fixes easier for some of its TVs
Samsung says DIYers will be able to replace “parts related to picture, power, WiFi connection, [and] sound” for various display types. Users can also buy repair guides and parts for some of the company’s 2023 soundbars. Samsung even says all it takes to do any of these repairs are “common…
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The Verge’s favorite mobile phone gadgets
Every year, major phone manufacturers such as Apple, Google, and Samsung hold elaborate events meant to introduce and publicize their upcoming phones. Well, buying a new phone is all well and good, but things don’t stop there. Once you’ve got the phone, you have to buy yourself a case (so…
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Popular file transfer software has a seriously dangerous security bug that gives anyone free administrator rights — so patch it now to avoid another Moveit-like debacle
GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer (MFT), the program at the center of a major data reach scandal around a year ago, may have a new high-severity vulnerability which users should patch immediately to avoid more trouble. Cybersecurity researchers Mohammed Eldeeb and Islam Elrfai from Spark Engineering Consultants discovered the flaw in…
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Amazon’s massive winter sale is still live: shop the 21 best deals available today
Amazon launched a massive winter sale at the beginning of this month with deals on tech gadgets, vacuums, kitchen appliances, smart home devices, TVs, and more. The sale is still live, and surprisingly, there are still some really good deals available. I’ve listed the 21 best offers below. • Shop…
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Klarna will now let you pay them so you can pay them less money
Great news for those of you already experiencing subscription fatigue: you can subscribe to buy now, pay later (BNPL) service Klarna for $7.99 a month. At first glance, this seemed pretty fucking weird to me. I mean, the entire point of Klarna is that you can essentially do layaway without…
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