21 Sep, 2024

The Sims 5 Allegedly Canceled, According to Developer Resume

New information spotted online suggests that The Sims 5, also known as Project Rene, has been allegedly canceled. Instead, the team is shifting their focus to working on The Sims 4, where content is consistently produced for the game. Lovestruck is the latest upcoming expansion for The Sims 4 and is due to be released […]

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Vulnerabilities exploited faster than ever, says Cloudflare

By the time you read this article, a zero-day CVE is likely getting exploited. According to researchers with Cloudflare, a newly disclosed vulnerability comes under attack at an average of 22 minutes. The internet backbone provider said attackers are more active than ever and are able to jump onto security vulnerabilities with malware exploits at […]

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The New Color Of The iPhone 16 Pro Could Simply Be ‘Rose’, While Rose Gold Is Out Of The Equation

A new rumor coming straight out of China claims that Apple plans to introduce a brand-new ‘Rose’ color for the iPhone 16 Pro. It is still unclear if it will be the only special color the company will release this year alongside the standard Black and White. While this is not the first time we […]

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Email addresses of 15 million Trello users leaked on hacking forum

A threat actor has released over 15 million email addresses associated with Trello accounts that were collected using an unsecured API in January. Trello is an online project management tool owned by Atlassian. Businesses commonly use it to organize data and tasks into boards, cards, and lists. In January, GeekFeed reported that a threat actor known as ’emo’ […]

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Kaspersky is shutting down its business in the United States

Russian cybersecurity company and antivirus software provider Kaspersky Lab will start shutting down operations in the United States on July 20. Company also confirmed that it will lay off its U.S.-based employees. Independent cybersecurity journalist Kim Zetter first reported that this will affect “less than 50 employees in the U.S.” This comes after the U.S. Treasury Department’s […]

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Attackers Exploit URL Protections to Disguise Phishing Links

Cybercriminals are abusing legitimate URL protection services to disguise malicious phishing links, Barracuda researchers have revealed. The firm observed phishing campaigns using three different URL protection services to mask phishing URLs and send victims to websites designed to harvest their credentials. The researchers believe these campaigns have targeted hundreds of companies to date, if not […]

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Hackers use PoC exploits in attacks 22 minutes after release

Threat actors are quick to weaponize available proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits in actual attacks, sometimes as quickly as 22 minutes after exploits are made publicly available. That is according to Cloudflare’s Application Security report for 2024, which covers activity between May 2023 and March 2024 and highlights emerging threat trends. Cloudflare, which currently processes an average […]

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Fallout: London won’t be available for Epic Games Store players initially thanks to Bethesda’s mod-breaking update

Bethesda’s “next gen” update for Fallout 4 continues to cause problems. Released in April, two years after it was announced, the 14GB patch was impressive due to how little it actually changed, aside from breaking everyone’s precious mods. The timing couldn’t have been worse, either, coinciding as it did with the planned arrival of the […]

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Netgear warns users to patch auth bypass, XSS router flaws

Netgear warned customers to update their devices to the latest available firmware, which patches stored cross-site scripting (XSS) and authentication bypass vulnerabilities in several WiFi 6 router models. The stored XSS security flaw (fixed in firmware version 1.0.0.72 and tracked as PSV-2023-0122) impacts the XR1000 Nighthawk gaming router. While the company didn’t disclose any details regarding […]

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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 […]

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