Sometimes you just need a portable SSD. That happened to me recently when building a desktop PC from scratch. After assembling the system, installing all the components, and wiring everything up, I found I needed to install not only Windows 11, but also new networking drivers and a BIOS update, all of which were much […]
Gamescom 2024 flew by too quickly, but now that it has ended, the official awards for the titles that made their way onto the stage have been announced and the results are quite interesting. We did make some great memories at Gamescom 2024, not to mention all the announcements and updates we received around existing titles. Regarding […]
An audit from the Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) identified “significant weaknesses” in FBI’s inventory management and disposal of electronic storage media containing sensitive and classified information. The report highlights multiple issues with policies and procedures or controls for tracking storage media extracted from devices, and significant physical security gaps in the […]
Today is August 25th, which means that Linux turns 33 years old. Grab a glass of your favorite beverage and join me in celebrating the 33rd birthday of Linux! On August 25th, 1991, the 21-year-old Finnish student Linus Benedict Torvalds made his now-famous announcement on the comp.os.minix newsgroup that he’s working on a free operating system for 386(486) […]
After a long wait, the GNOME Project released today the beta version of the upcoming GNOME 47 desktop environment series, due out on September 18th, 2024. There’s been a lot of changes added since the alpha version of the GNOME 47 desktop series, and the beta release is packed with lots of goodies, including support for hardware […]
The existence of the PS5 Pro was long discussed throughout 2024 thanks to various leaks and rumors, but the latest State of Play that aired in late May didn’t feature any announcement for the new hardware. With Summer drawing to a close soon, some fans wondered whether the more powerful PlayStation 5 iteration had been […]
The Qilin ransomware group has been using a new tactic and deploys a custom stealer to steal account credentials stored in Google Chrome browser. The credential-harvesting techniques has been observed by the Sophos X-Ops team during incident response engagements and marks an alarming change on the ransomware scene. Attack overview The attack that Sophos researchers analyzed […]
A new Android malware named NGate can steal money from payment cards by relaying to an attacker’s device the data read by the near-field communication (NFC) chip. Specifically, NGate enables attackers to emulate victims’ cards and make unauthorized payments or withdrawal cash from ATMs.. The campaign has been active since November 2023 and is linked to a recent report […]
A developer that researchers now track as Greasy Opal, operating as a seemingly legitimate business, has been fueling the cybercrime-as-a-service industry with a tool that bypasses account security solutions and allows bot-led CAPTCHA solving at scale. Greasy Opal has been active for more nearly two decades and tailors its tools based on customers’ targeting needs. […]
A wave of attacks that started in July 2024 rely on a less common technique called AppDomain Manager Injection, which can weaponize any Microsoft .NET application on Windows. The technique has been around since 2017, and multiple proof-of-concept apps have been released over the years. However, it is typically used in red team engagements and seldomly observed in […]
