Month: February 2022

Numerous Windows machines located in South Korea have been targeted by a botnet tracked as PseudoManuscrypt since at least May 2021 by employing the same delivery tactics of another malware called CryptBot. “PseudoManuscrypt is disguised as an installer that is similar to a form of CryptBot, and is being distributed,” South Korean cybersecurity company AhnLab
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Vivo’s new T-series smartphones are aimed at Gen Z consumers. Vivo emphasises that such buyers look for well-designed products that boast of good specifications for the price. The company is launching the Vivo T1 5G in the sub-Rs. 20,000 price range which is bustling with new 5G smartphones from multiple manufacturers. So will the Vivo
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Bobby Kotick, chief executive officer of Activision Blizzard, attends the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 10, 2019, in Sun Valley, Idaho. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Microsoft first reached out to game publisher Activision Blizzard about a possible tie-up the same week a media report landed asserting that Activision CEO Bobby Kotick
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E-commerce sites operated by China’s Tencent Holdings Ltd and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd were included on the US government’s latest “notorious markets” list, the US Trade Representative’s office said on Thursday. The list identifies 42 online markets and 35 physical markets that are reported to engage in or facilitate substantial trademark counterfeiting or copyright piracy.
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Join today’s leading executives online at the Data Summit on March 9th. Register here. This article was contributed by Roy Dagan, CEO of SecuriThings. Password rotation is a fundamental first line of defense for IoT devices, including those that uphold physical, from security cameras to access control systems, alarm systems, and more. But many IoT devices
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Microsoft has warned of emerging threats in the Web3 landscape, including “ice phishing” campaigns, as a surge in adoption of blockchain and DeFi technologies emphasizes the need to build security into the decentralized web while it’s still in its early stages. The company’s Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team called out various new avenues through which
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In this article ROKU People pass by a video sign display with the logo for Roku, a Fox-backed video streaming firm, that held it’s IPO at the Nasdaq Marketsite in New York, September 28, 2017. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Roku shares dropped as much as 25% on Friday after the streaming company reported fourth-quarter revenue
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Investigations into US video game giant Activision Blizzard over accusations of discrimination and harassment are being expanded, according to court documents and media reports. The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) launched a lawsuit against Activision last summer, alleging the company condoned a culture of sexual harassment, a toxic work environment, and inequality.
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The race for space exploration is unfolding at an unprecedented speed. Private companies have forayed into this sector with commercial ventures, and the US and China have set their eyes on landing humans on Mars by the next decade. While this ambition is laudable, it presents significant technological and logistical challenges. For instance, a mission
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Multiple security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in Canonical’s Snap software packaging and deployment system, the most critical of which can be exploited to escalate privilege to gain root privileges. Snaps are self-contained application packages that are designed to work on operating systems that use the Linux kernel and can be installed using a tool called
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