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The mysterious case of the 3 million-toothbrushes DDoS attack — was original report a hypothetical scenario that never happened… or is the truth elsewhere?
A tale of three million hacked electric toothbrushes used to launch a DDoS attack has sparked skepticism among cybersecurity experts. The story, which originated from cybersecurity firm Fortinet went viral, raising questions about its authenticity. Last week, Swiss news site Aargauer Zeitung reported that three million manipulated toothbrushes were involved in…
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This evil Android malware has one devious USP — it doesn’t even need to be opened to start stealing all your photos and files
Security researchers have spotted new Android malware that doesn’t even need user interaction to launch. However, to become fully operational and run the processes it was designed to do – it still needs the victim’s approval. Cybersecurity researchers from McAfee said they observed a new version of XLoader, a known…
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Your Adobe subscription might be more expensive next month – but at least you’ll get some freebies
Adobe subscriptions could cost a little more from this month, with the company enacting a long-promised price change. Previously, the graphic design software giant confirmed a price hike was coming from November 2023 across Europe and the Americas. Online communities now suggest those price changes are starting to roll out,…
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Hyundai Europe confirms it was hit by a major ransomware attack
Hyundai Motor Europe, the South Korean carmaker’s European division, has confirmed suffering a ransomware attack earlier this year. In early January, news broke of a cyber-incident within the firm, but Hyundai quickly shot the talk down, claiming to just having experienced “IT issues”. However, BleepingComputer uncovered new evidence pointing to…
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“It could take on Apple’s MacBook Pro”: Asus’s spectacular AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS laptop finally goes on preorder — but I’m not sure it is worth the premium
Unveiled at CES 2024, the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 (and its larger sibling, the G16) gaming laptop is finally available to preorder, and while it is obviously aimed at Windows gamers and creatives, it also serves as a very respectable alternative to Apple’s MacBook Pro. Completely redesigned inside and out…
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World’s most valuable car vendor will spend billions on Nvidia and AMD GPU and CPU in race to build even more powerful supercomputer — Musk wants the Dojo ExaPod to run even faster
Elon Musk has revealed that Tesla will use hardware sourced not only from Nvidia, but also AMD for its next generation Dojo supercomputers. Tesla launched its first Dojo ExaPod supercomputer in 2023, which was built using custom AI chips and is reportedly capable of delivering up to 1.1 exaflops of…
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