Unspecific Yet The accounting firm has detected an unauthorized person accessing one of their employee’s email account on October 10, 2019. As the account is containing some sensitive details like Social Security Numbers and other personal information, it’s supposed that an unauthorized third party could have accessed it. This revelation was stated in the California Attorney General’s website and is accessible now. The company haven’t revelled the belonging of the breached data, of their employees or customers or both....

Netflix Down Right Now: Users getting NSES-500 & MSL 5003 Due to Outage Some of the people face a ui-800-3 error on their desktops. People are worried about this error because Netflix not announce about maintenance and upgrade. How to Solve Netflix 3-5003 & MSL 5003 Error ? There is no way to fix this error because Netflix is fixing their site or they made major changes in it. So That’s why people facing Netflix these errors world wide in the UK and US....

Netflix Now Let’s You Set Desired Playback Speeds The new feature has been in testing since last year and now rolled out officially to everyone around the world. In this, users can set the playback speed to 0.5x or 0.75x slow, or 1.25x or 1.5x in fast mode. This is still limited when compared to YouTube’s offering, where users can set between 0.25x to 2x speeds. Yet, it’s still praised by the community as it gives them flexibility....

A Blockchain Abusing Botnet Botnets are often used for various purposes like deploying DDoS attacks or mining cryptocurrencies, and they need to be connected to the hacker’s C2 for receiving commands for performing the desired action as above. These connections are crucial, as they’re the major vectors of target by the security professionals and law enforcement to take down the botnet networks. Tracking them is possible through the IP addresses they have, which eventually shows the server’s location and sometimes the transmission data and commands....

Vulnerable Linux Softwares Exploited With FreakOut Malware Researchers at Check Point have discovered a new botnet campaign, where the threat actors are abusing the bugs in web applications and NAS device software of Linux. These include the Zend Framework, Liferay Portal, and TerraMaster. Defining more, the TerraMaster is an OS for the NAS devices, where the software’s v4.2.06 and below have an RCE bug that allows remote controlling the device. Zend Framework is a package of professional PHP software having over 570 million downloads....

Well, there’s good news now that both Microsoft and Nvidia acknowledged the issue and that’s why Nvidia has already sent out a graphic driver update that fixes the Nvidia GPU performance issues with the Windows 11 22H2 update. Nvidia Latest Graphics Driver Update Just a few days after hundreds of thousands of Nvidia GPU users reported lower FPS due to the BSOD issue, Nvidia finally released the update dubbed the Nvidia GeForce Driver 517....

Once official, it marks the first new phone launch of 2022. The all-new OnePlus 10 series will initially launch in China and gradually come to other nations. It’s a curved display, premium processor and triple camera setup in the rear. OnePlus 10 Series OnePlus is ready to put an end to all the rumors and leaks of its upcoming handset – The OnePlus 10 series. The Chinese company will initially announce this premium smartphone line-up in its home country on January 11th and gradually bring it to other nations....

Database Exposing Over 10 Million User Records Companies that host their data on AWS have a fair advantage but are often reported to be making common mistakes like leaving in default passwords or not setting anything at all! Such misconfigurations can let attackers access it and exfiltrate in some cases, using it for other exploitations. One such company is Prestige Software, an online hospitality firm managing the online reservations of hotels....

This was officially noted by the platform’s CEO, whom he initially shared on the company’s Slack channel. He further stated that the company would go through a prolonged downturn like this; thus, cutting a few people would make it prepare for it. Letting Go Of Employees With the global economy falling apart gradually, many tech companies are cutting jobs as one of the measures to save up on costs. We’ve seen Meta, Google, Uber, Spotify, Snap, Twitter, Netflix, etc....

Checkout With Cryptos in PayPal PayPal has announced last year that it will support cryptocurrencies on its platform. This precedented move has pushed the cryptocurrency market to flourish, with Bitcoin skyrocketing in value of more than $30,000. Further, it’s known that PayPal and other institutional cryptocurrency firms are buying large amounts of virgin Bitcoins. This bought more volatility in the market and even enlarged most cryptocurrencies’ market capitalization, including Bitcoin, which is now valued at near $60,000....

However, the PlayStation 4 of Sony was dropped first in North America on November 15th 2013, and after that, it was released on November 29th in Europe. So, it is estimated that European has their hands on the upcoming PlayStation 5 by the end of the month. Along with this latest news, it is also reported that the launch date will be 20th November 2020 in North America. Now, the die-hard players have to wait for a whole year, and more details will be shared by the conference that will be taken place in July....

This new attack was named PlunderVolt (CVE-2019-11157) and relies on the Bit Flipping mechanism to attack systems. As the new generation CPUs are able to adjust the voltage and frequency passing through, bit flipping attack operates by altering the amount of voltage that’s been supplied to the system. If that’s able to be controlled, inducing errors into memory would be easy. PlunderVolt aims to affect Intel’s most secured part SGX to exploit the crucial data....

ProctorU Confirmed Data Breach ProctorU is an invigilation software that checks for cheating in an online exam. It’s used by several universities and companies around the world for conducting online exams and uses the test taker’s system microphone, webcam, and its installed software for monitoring his behavior throughout the session. It may ask for looking at your surroundings and desk in case of any suspicious behavior. The company has recently confirmed a data breach into its systems, after being asked by a student newspaper group from Australia’s University of Sydney....

PUBG Mobile has made enough news in the past two years. It’s so popular that, it has overgrown Call of Duty and Fortinite in most of the countries, which are the best and most played games since long. While launching it on mobile-first gave the game a big push initially, developing it periodically with the community’s best interests helped it to stay at the top of its industry. Ever since it’s been deployed, many fans have criticized it for copying some of the features of other peer Battle Royale games....

Telemetry Data Transmitted by Android and iOS. While it’s well-known that device OEMs suck device data from users in the name of advertising, what data specifically being collected is rarely known. This was decoded by Professor Douglas J. Leith from Trinity College at the University of Dublin, who analyzed the traffic sent by Android and iOS to Google and Apple servers in various stages and intervals. The results are astonishing! Leith discovered that both Google and Apple collect several types of telemetry data from their users’ handsets, despite most of them denying permission to do so....

As several cybersecurity experts warn, online scammers ramp up their activity on special occasions like this – when people are relaxing! This would help them focus on special techniques to hit your digital accounts and loot your money in many ways. One among them is Facebook, and here’s how to secure it. Secure Your Digital Accounts Now Several Cyber-experts talking to The Sun have warned that Facebook users should be careful over the festive season....

Scripps Ransomware Attack Based in California, US, Scripps is a nonprofit healthcare provider that’s having 5 hospitals and 2,600 affiliate physicians. Treating over half a million patients every year and having quarterly revenues in millions, Scripps is a lucrative target for hackers. — Scripps Health (@ScrippsHealth) May 2, 2021 Yesterday, Scripps disclosed an IT security incident that was detected late on May 1st, 2021. This forced them to restrict patients the access to some of its IT applications like MyScripps and Scripps....

Though they won’t be able to see the chat content, parents can report someone from their children’s friends list if they deem it harmful or against Snap policies. Over time, Snapchat intends to add more parental controls to the new Family Centre. Snapchat Family Centre One of the most popular social media platforms among youngsters – Snapchat is subject to online safety rules as any other platform. Alongside TikTok, Facebook and Instagram, lawmakers often call Snapchat to introduce rules for improving the safety of underaged people on their platform....

Things do happen as such. Here are a few incidents where some premium Spotify users got their accounts hacked and had experienced their hacker’s taste. Connor Ball, a musician from the British band explained his experience of encountering his music partner while he was in the shower. As he was enjoying his music while bathing, the song got stopped all in sudden with an odd one playing instead. He said as, He checked this later and resulted that the song was playing on Google Chrome, a web browser he wasn’t using, thus hacked....

This update brings the adaptive brightness back, scheduled night mode, temperature notification, etc., to Steam devices. Aside from this, Valve updated the drivers and firmware to improve the security and performance of Steam devices using SteamOS 3.3. SteamOS 3.3 in Stable Channel Valve is already doing great with the launch of Steam Deck earlier this year. The handheld device is as robust as Nintendo Switch and has been applauded by many prominent reviewers already....