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Lego fans told to change their passwords right now following serious cyberattack
BrickLink, a Lego-owned marketplace where users can buy and sell Lego parts, sets, and minifugures, has revealed it was recently a victim of a serious cyberattack. The company confirmed the news via its forums, where it explained that its security team was “actively managing” some limited suspicious activity since mid-October.…
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Budgets shrink as security pressure mounts
Despite knowing they’re falling behind in the cybersecurity race, many firms are allocating smaller portions of their IT budgets to security, new research has claimed. A report from Vanta based on a survey of 2,500 business leaders found two-thirds of UK businesses (66%) believe they should improve their security and…
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How to defend against CherryBlos and protect your passwords
Enterprises, Meet CherryBlos: the malware that plunders your passwords from pictures. Earlier this year, researchers uncovered this new species of malware that can extract passwords and sensitive information from images alone. In an era marked by the embrace of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), the infiltration of compromised devices into…
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Google says it has saved users over 10,000 years of waiting for web pages to load, so you should be thankful
According to a new Chromium blog post, one of Google‘s central web products has saved users more than 10,000 years of waiting for pages to load this year alone. The product in question – Core Web Vitals – was launched three years ago to provide metrics about the performance and…
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What do you get when you cross a laptop docking station and a power supply unit? A precursor of what future notebook chargers may look like…
A new device – essentially a docking station with a built-in power supply – may give some indication as to what the chargers for the best laptops of the future may be. The Sparkle TC-9321L docking station is fitted with two USB-C ports (one 3.2 and one 2.0), two USB-A…
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North Korean hackers are targeting Apple users with new macOS malware
Cybersecurity researchers from Jamf has discovered a new macOS malware designed and distributed by the North Korean threat actor BlueNoroff. ObjCShellz looks to execute shell commands sent from the attacker’s server, on compromised endpoints. While Jamf couldn’t uncover how the malware was being distributed, it says that the campaign “greatly…
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