Tag: computing
This North Korean recruitment scam was so convincing it even fooled Google
Lazarus expanded Dream Job with a zero‑day, new backdoor, and advanced relays Fake job lures, trojanized PDFs, and spoofed sites enabled high‑level compromises Targets included defense and aerospace firms, prompting stronger phishing awareness Security experts from Check Point Research say they have uncovered a new wave of “Operation Dream Job”…
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‘TikTok may be used on government devices’: Trump administration removes TikTok ban on government phones, so employees are now free to doomscroll once again
The Trump administration has lifted the TikTok ban for federal devices The app was banned from being installed by government employees in 2022 TikTok in America is now majority owned by a US company, with ByteDance still holding around a 20% share The Trump administration has lifted a ban on…
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Quordle hints and answers for Wednesday, August 12 (game #1661)
Looking for a different day? A new Quordle puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Tuesday’s puzzle instead then click here: Quordle hints and answers for Tuesday,…
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NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, August 12 (game #892)
Looking for a different day? A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Tuesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers…
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Scammers are using fake Odyssey pirate downloads to spread malware that’s more dangerous than the Cyclops and Circe combined
Bitdefender says fake pirated downloads of The Odyssey, disguised as scene releases with .exe files carrying VLC icons, are spreading Lumma Stealer malware Stolen session cookies are the real danger, because they let an attacker resume an authenticated session without ever triggering a multi-factor prompt These builds seemingly ship without…
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‘It’s only 4x the price it should be’ — Amazon’s latest DDR5 RAM deal isn’t convincing buyers, but it could get worse
Seeing the red ‘limited-time deal’ banner on some DDR5 RAM at Amazon should elicit some excitement given the rarity of price cuts lately. But when you click through and see the price for this 32GB Corsair Vengeance kit, you’ll wonder if there’s genuinely a deal here at all — and…
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