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New phishing tactic hijacks email protections to mask links
Email security company Barracuda exposed a recent phishing campaign that uses legitimate URL protection services to mask malicious email links. The new phishing tactic was revealed in a Barracuda blog post Monday, and has been leveraged in attacks beginning around mid-May 2024. The attacks take advantage of the legitimacy of URL protection services used by […]
Apple Could Release The First Public Beta Of iOS 18 Tomorrow For The iPhone
Apple released the first beta of iOS 18 to developers soon after its developer event last month, which was packed with a handful of new features the company announced at the WWDC event. Up until now, the company has seeded three developer betas, each more stable than its predecessor, and we expect the company to […]
Driver TV Show Is Canceled
In September 2021, Ubisoft announced a partnership with up-and-coming free streaming platform Binge to create a live action Driver TV show. It’s been nearly three years, though, and with no more news on the project, many fans assumed it wouldn’t be happening anymore. Ubisoft has now confirmed that much to Stephen Totilo’s Game File; however, the publisher has also […]
Indiana County Files Disaster Declaration Following Ransomware Attack
A County in Indiana, US, has filed a disaster declaration following a ransomware attack on local government networks, which has prevented the administration of critical services. Clay County made the declaration after confirming the incident has resulted in an inability to operate Clay County Courthouse and Clay County Probation/Community Corrections facilities. The July 11 declaration […]
Ryzen 9 7950X3D, AMD’s top gaming CPU, hits all-time low price
What’s the fastest CPU for gaming on the market today? On our GPU hierarchy, we rate the AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D as fastest. But, in AMD’s product stack, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D is the top dog and it came out a barely-perceptible 4 fps behind the 7800X3D on our tests. In addition to gaming prowess, […]
Star Citizen is free this week
This happens, sometimes. Please do enjoy. The monumentally crowdfunded, mega-budgeted Star Citizen is once again having a free fly event, letting people try out the space sim for the grand price of nothing for one week. Until July 19 you can do all the free flyin you’d like, trying out one of 10 different spaceships in developer […]
Nvidia RTX 50 graphics card family TDPs ‘leaked’ by Seasonic
Preliminary TDPs of NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 50 “Blackwell” Gaming GPUs including the RTX 5090 & RTX 5080 have been listed by Seasonic. Seasonic Suggests Higher TDPs For NVIDIA’s Upcoming GeForce RTX 50 “Blackwell” Gaming GPU Lineup: RTX 5090 At 500W In addition to the AMD Radeon RX 7000 “RDNA 3” refresh models, the Seasonic Wattage Calculator […]
Nothing Phone (2a) gets Nothing OS 2.6 update with new features & bug fixes
Earlier this week, the Noting OS 2.6 update arrived on the Nothing Phone (2). Now, the brand has started pushing the update for the Phone (2a) as well. The main focus of this update is resolving multiple issues, while also adding some new features and improving the game mode. Nothing OS 2.6 update changelog for […]
Nothing’s CMF Made A Record High Sale For Its New Phone 1, Marking 100,000 Units In Only Three Hours
Nothing’s Phone 1 was rolled out on Monday, and users were hooked on its release as it marks the first budget-friendly smartphone for its sub-brand. The CMF phone has gained popularity recently due to two important features: modularity and customization, and users are given the flexibility to upgrade parts of their phones easily. The company […]
DoNex ransomware decoded: How to use Avast decryptor
Avast released a decryptor for DoNex ransomware, offering a free recovery solution for victims of DoNex and its predecessors. DoNex, Muse, DarkRace and fake LockBit 3.0 are all names for a ransomware family that has been active since April 2022, mostly targeting businesses in the United States, Italy and Belgium, according to Avast’s telemetry data. […]