Author: Zach_Wilson
Your personal info can be stolen thanks to loads of vulnerable web apps
A large amount of web-based apps are vulnerable to attack, putting users’ Personal Identifiable Information (PII) at risk. This is according to new report by CyCognito, who found that 74% of such apps contained PII that was vulnerable to known major exploits, such as those related to Apache Superset, Papercut,…
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WD is facing a class action lawsuit from users of Sandisk external SSD – here’s why
Western Digital (WD) is being sued for damages of more than $5 million plus interest, fees and costs for allegedly shipping its SanDisk Extreme Portable SSDs with severe flaws. The class action lawsuit, spearheaded by plaintiff Nathan Krum, and filed in San Jose, California, alleges the device failed due…
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The fandomization of news
On Wednesday, August 9th, an announcement appeared on the Instagram account belonging to 16-year-old influencer Lil Tay, real name Tay Tian. The message said that Lil Tay, along with her brother, Jason, had suddenly and unexpectedly died. This was the first time anything had been posted to Lil Tay’s account…
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7 new movies and TV shows on Netflix, Max, Prime Video and more this weekend (August 18)
We’ve been spoiled for choice when it comes to new movies and TV shows to enjoy over the last few weeks, with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Asteroid City and Heart of Stone all arriving on different streaming platforms within days of each other. Unfortunately, that hot streak comes…
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Baldur’s Gate 3 on the Steam Deck looks bad but plays great
Baldur’s Gate 3 is a delight on Steam Deck — even though I sometimes can’t tell what’s going on. I suspected that might be the case going in. Everything I had seen about Baldur’s Gate 3 before I downloaded it promised a vast, sprawling adventure, and all the streams of…
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This Android malware avoids detection with a clever trick
Cybersecurity researchers are observing a growing number of malicious Android apps that successfully avoid being detected by mobile antivirus software. The trick is in the APK (Android Package) compression method. By using an unknown or unsupported compression method, researchers (and ultimately, AV programs) cannot unzip the APK for analysis and…
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