Month: February 2023
2023 could be the biggest ever year for cybercrime
Audio player loading… 2023 could very well be the biggest year ever for cybercriminals, new figures have claimed. According to SonicWall’s latest figures, cybercrime is on the rise across the board, but trends are slowly shifting which is something IT security teams should keep in mind. More precisely, hackers are…
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Why climate credits for solar geoengineering are a bad idea
Buyer beware: there’s a dubious new kind of climate credit for sale. Traditional carbon offset credits, say, for planting trees or protecting forests, have a record of failing to actually reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Now, a startup is selling credits for its attempts to manipulate the planet’s ability to reflect…
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Jackbox 9 is now available in French, Italian, German, and two types of Spanish
Jackbox Games has released a free update that localizes the games in its Party Pack 9 bundle. That means that party games like Fibbage 4, Roomerang, and Quixort are now available in French, Italian, German, Latin American Spanish, and Castilian Spanish. The translations cover pretty much every aspect of the…
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You can watch Pluto TV in VLC, and the MPA considers this piracy
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) issued a DMCA notice to a GitHub repo that contained a playlist that let viewers watch Pluto TVs streams on their own apps, such as VLC, MPV, and Tvheadend. The move was first noticed by TorrentFreak, and GitHub has complied and removed the repo, which…
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This malware tool is still successfully exploiting Internet Explorer vulnerabilities
Audio player loading… The notorious exploit-as-a-service RIG Exploit Kit, targeting users of the positively ancient, vulnerability-ridden web browser Internet Explorer, is still going strong, experts have warned. Per a report (opens in new tab) by security research firm Prodaft, installs of the kit are attempting around 2,000 intrusions a day,…
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Stolen Activision data now freely available on hacking forum
Audio player loading… Data stolen from top gaming publisher Activision by hackers has now appeared for download on a popular dark web forum. The breach, which occurred in December 2022, was confirmed by the videogame publisher several days ago. Now, it looks as if the worst case scenario has become…
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