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How Lazarus? This technique of dumping and executing the malware directly into the root (memory) is art done only by state-sponsored attackers. Lazarus Group has previously known for such niche. So, with this modus operandi, its resembled to be of Lazarus Groups. Lazarus is also known for AppleJeus, a similar executing malware. macOS researcher, Patrick Wardle assumes these footprints are to be of North Korean’s Lazarus. The Process Below is the step-by-step process this malware does;...

The date is fixed to sometime in March next year, with the ability to add funds and redeem them stopping even early. Then, users can only redownload pre-owned games and receive software updates. Nintendo is reportedly focusing more on Switch, as it’s the best-selling console it produced. eShops Shutdown in 3DS and Wii U Nintendo, the Japanese gaming console giant has just made an announcement that intrigues 3DS and Wii U fans....

Noting that a specific path in the registry is left black for an unknown reason, Microsoft shared a few workarounds until it came up with a fix. Also, the company pulled out the latest Microsoft 365 update after users reported crashes on Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook. An Unknown Bug in Microsoft Microsoft’s native email client – Outlook, has been a daily driver for many people around the world. Since it comes along in the Microsoft 365 suite, most corporates have adopted it as an official email client too....

PlayStation Now Bug Leading to RCE Attacks Competing against Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass, Sony has introduced a similar cloud gaming subscription service called PlayStation Now in 2014, which has more than 2.2 million subscribers now. Since popular, it could become one of the favorite targets for hackers. Also, Read- Sony Announces Bug Bounty Program For PlayStation 4 Worth $50,000 Thus, PlayStation has set up a bug bounty program on HackerOne earlier this year in hopes of rewarding bug hunters who privately disclose critical bugs in their network and gadgets....

Python May Rank About Java Soon For long, C and Java have been the most popular programming languages, settling in first and second positions. These two are followed by C++, C#, Visual Basic, JavaScript, PHP, R, and SQL, as per TIOBE’s Index in October 2020. The TIOBE Index ranks the programming languages’ popularity by surveying from various courses, software engineers, and third-party vendors worldwide. Under this, the latest rankings reveal that Java has declined in its popularity by 4....

A New World Record Internet speeds like 44.2 Tbps are astronomical, at least to this generation. We’ve stuck between Megabits and Gigabits of speeds, but the new record by Australian researchers pumps Terabits! This Terabit per second is the next level of Gigabits, used for important tech-related stuff and Megabits, used by home consumers like us. And we have a long time to experience them as the general public. Researchers from Swinburne, Monash and RMIT have tested this fiber connection laid between RMIT’s Melbourne City campus and Monash University’s Clayton campus....

Announcing so, Samsung said it cleared all the hurdles faced throughout the making of 3nm and is ambitious to be the best in the world. It highlighted the use of GAA technology in its 3nm process node, which results in low power consumption and better performance. Samsung 3nm Chip Technology Taking the lead in the chip-making industry, Samsung last month announced to commence the mass production of chips based on a 3nm process node....

The company has already negotiated these prices with some clients and is in talks with the rest. The changed prices could be seen from the second half of this year, just like the rivals TSMC are doing. This is an industry-wide push of prices, triggered due to chip shortage. Samsung to Increase Chip-Making Prices Though TSMC is the world leader in producing sophisticated chips, Samsung too is catching up lately with its advanced technology set up exclusively for this....

Some of the vulnerabilities are given a severity score of 9.8/10 and said to have let attackers set backdoors, steal data, and more. Though Insyde has released updates to fix the noted firmware problems, it’s the duty of the vendors to patch their existing products using it, to safeguard the end-users. Firmware Level Issue in Insyde Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) is an interface between a hardware’s firmware and the system’s OS and works on booting process, repairs and system diagnostics....

Hackers Hijacking Bitcoins through SSL Stripping The Tor browser is meant to be a haven for browsing the internet securely. To make users connections private, Tor network uses a series of nodes (servers) to form a network, and relay the user’s traffic over several nodes until the final destination to make it harder to track. Though this process makes the connections slower, it’s fairly secure than browning in the open internet we all do every day....

The 3nm standard in the chip industry is the most advanced one, and Samsung started producing these chips ahead of TSMC. Yet, TSMC is all set to make them in the Arizona plant from 2024 onwards when the plant is ready. 3nm Chips at Arizona Plant The semiconductor industry is one of the most highly demanding ones at this time. While some of it was driven by the pandemic over the last couple of years, some has been due to growth in the tech industry....

Suspicious Emails From Twitter As phishing emails are a successful vector for stealing credentials, cybersecurity experts warn users and employees to be aware of such emails all the time. These could be impersonating official brands and come with luring offers, all aimed at pushing the target to click on a link, open a fake website and log in their credentials. Unsuspecting users have high chances of falling prey to a carefully crafted phishing campaign, so should cautious dealing with unknown e-mails....

This was revealed by the Indian IT ministry in yesterday’s court documents, mentioning the American microblogging platform’s failure and loss of immunity. It will now be responsible for any objectionable content by users on its platform. Holding Twitter India Responsible The new IT rules for social media platforms in India were announced in February this year, by the Indian government, and are life since May. According to them, all the social media platforms with over 5 million users should have a chief compliant officer, a resident grievance officer, and a nodal contact person appointed to respond and solve the complaints posed by stakeholders....

Further, Musk has detailed his plans to all the remaining employees while also talking about the new Blue subscription. Regarding the new hires, Musk noted that people who are good at writing software are a high priority. Musk Meeting With Twitter Employees After firing thousands of employees, including those from critical top roles like the sales and partnerships teams, Elon Musk is now hiring new people for Twitter. This comes from The Verge, which heard a partial hearing of the company’s meeting....

vBulletin Zero-day Vulnerability Exploited! vBulletin is one of the largest online forum softwares used today by many companies. It lets you create simple and resourceful discussion boards for a topic or a group. These are lucrative targets, as they hold extensive information about users’ personal data, their messages, and even financial information if transacted for a paid online forum. Even the smallest of forums have hundreds or thousands of users, making it a useful target over other content management sites like WordPress or Joomla....

The company has found a compatibility issue with the antivirus software and is not allowed to update the windows. It is also suggested to the user not to give a single try to sidestep the block by installing the recent update manually. The version 19.5.4444.567 of Antivirus or earlier is affected. Avast and AVG have likewise released support news [Avast, AVG] with similar data as the one published by Microsoft....

Since the beginning of this year, all Windows cumulative updates released monthly are daunting to Microsoft. Almost every update had more bugs rather than intended patches. Though this heated the community, Microsoft just rolled out the May’s Update for gaining the lost trust. This one’s having a lot of improvements besides cleaning up bugs. Windows 10 May Update 2020 New and Improved Features Microsoft Edge Browser It’s now passed to all Windows users who update the system to the latest version....

This is similar to the Xbox Game Bar where having now, but with more options and seems like a widget. As it’s predominantly built for gamers using keyboard and mouse, rather than plugin joysticks like the Xbox Game Controller, Microsoft brought a dedicated tool widget called the Controller Bar. Controller Bar For Gamers in Windows 11 Observing that Windows users playing video games are forced to install third-party apps for additional tools – like taking a screenshot, screen recording, etc....

Users can search processes with relevant keywords like name, process ID, or the publisher name in a new search box at the top. Further, the Task Manager also added a new color theme and the ability to opt out of future confirmations when enabling the ‘Efficiency mode’ on a process. New Windows 11 Task Manager With every new Windows update, Microsoft adds a number of new processes to the system, which keeps running in the background for most of the time....

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