South Korea’s National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) warns that state-backed DPRK hackers hijacked flaws in a VPN’s software update to deploy malware and breach networks. The advisory connects this activity with a nationwide industrial factories modernization project Kim Jong-un, the North Korean president, announced in January 2023, believing the hackers are looking to steal trade […]
Electronic manufacturing services provider Keytronic has revealed that it suffered losses of over $17 million due to a May ransomware attack. The American technology company started as an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of keyboards and mice in 1969 but has since become one of the largest manufacturers of printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) worldwide, with facilities in the United […]
NVIDIA is reportedly working on a new GeForce RTX 4070 SKU which would feature GDDR6 memory instead of the faster GDDR6X. NVIDIA Opts For GDDR6 Memory In New GeForce RTX 4070 SKU As G6X In Shortage Last week, we heard reports that NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 4070 GPU SKUs were facing shortages for several reasons. One […]
Publisher THQ Nordic and developer Gunfire Games have announced that they are officially working on a new Darksiders game. The last Darksiders game was released in 2019 and received generally positive reviews. This coincides with the THQ Nordic Showcase that happened today, which provided updates to some of their other games, such as a Gothic Remake and […]
Kingston has listed the NV3 as the company’s new PCIe 4.0 SSD. The company advertises the upcoming NV3 for “high-speed, low-power storage needs” with storage capacities between 500GB and 4TB. Currently, Kingston hasn’t provided any information regarding the components used in the NV3. It succeeds the previous-generation NV2, which we reviewed, but wasn’t recommended for its bad […]
Sony Santa Monica, the studio known mainly for the God of War franchise, might be working on a brand new IP. Fans have been speculating as much for a while, given that Cory Barlog expressed his desire to create a new franchise after he successfully directed the enormously successful God of War reboot. At the time, Barlog […]
Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo has been blocked in Indonesia by its government after citizens reportedly complained about pornographic and online gambling content in its search results. The government’s choice to block DuckDuckGo isn’t surprising considering the cultural and religious context, with Indonesia being a Muslim country where gambling is prohibited and porn is viewed as […]
A massive Magniber ransomware campaign is underway, encrypting home users’ devices worldwide and demanding thousand-dollar ransoms to receive a decryptor. Magniber launched in 2017 as a successor to the Cerber ransomware operation when it was spotted being distributed by the Magnitude exploit kit. Since then, the ransomware operation has seen bursts of activity over the years, with […]
A novel Linux Kernel cross-cache attack named SLUBStick has a 99% success in converting a limited heap vulnerability into an arbitrary memory read-and-write capability, letting the researchers elevate privileges or escape containers. The discovery comes from a team of researchers from the Graz University of Technology who demonstrated the attack on Linux kernel versions 5.9 and 6.2 (latest) using […]
A Chinese hacking group tracked as StormBamboo has compromised an undisclosed internet service provider (ISP) to poison automatic software updates with malware. Also tracked as Evasive Panda, Daggerfly, and StormCloud, this cyber-espionage group has been active since at least 2012, targeting organizations across mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao, Nigeria, and various Southeast and East Asian countries. On […]
