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China-Linked Attack Hits 260,000 Devices, FBI Confirms
A new joint cybersecurity advisory from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Cyber National Mission Force, and National Security Agency exposes new activity from the Flax Typhoon threat actor. The cyberattackers have compromised more than 260,000 Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) routers, firewalls, Network-attached Storage, and Internet of Things devices to create a botnet capable of launching Distributed Denial of Service attacks…
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NCSC identifies China-linked botnets targeting thousands of devices worldwide
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), along with its Five Eyes allies, are warning organizations to protect themselves from a massive China-backed botnet. A company with links to the Chinese government has, it said, been running a global botnet consisting of over 260,000 compromised devices in North America, Europe, Africa, and Southeast Asia. The devices, according to the US…
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All iPadOS 18 Supported Devices: Is Your iPad Compatible with iPadOS 18 Update?
Announced at WWDC in June 2024, the new iPadOS 18 brings some much-awaited and exciting features for iPad users. The latest version gets all the major changes from iOS 18 and then some interesting Apple Intelligence features. These include on-device and cloud AI support, new ways to interact with Siri, a new Passwords app, a Photos app redesign, and finally,…
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Windows 11 KB5041587 update adds sharing to Android devices
Microsoft has released the optional KB5041587 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 23H2 and 22H2, which adds sharing to Android devices and fixes multiple File Explorer issues. The August 2024 non-security preview update improves Windows sharing capabilities, enabling users to easily share content with their Android devices using the Windows share window. “To do this, you must pair your Android…
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Xbox Cloud Gaming Expands to More Fire TV Devices
Amazon has announced that Microsoft’s cloud gaming service is now available on more Fire TV streaming devices with an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription. Microsoft collaborated with Amazon to let Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members in 25+ countries play games from the Xbox app on select Fire TV devices via cloud gaming. You’ve been able to stream Xbox games on…
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Google responds to #TeamPixel controversy that would ‘cease relationship’ with creators that preferred other devices
Google is coming under fire after warning tech influencers their relationship with the brand would be terminated if they didn’t agree to showcase the new Pixel 9 over competitors in their content. Those in the Team Pixel influencer program were asked to “acknowledge that you are expected to feature the Google Pixel device in place of any competitor mobile devices,”…
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New Windows vulnerability could repeatedly trigger the blue screen of death on millions of devices
A new Windows vulnerability could be exploited by attackers to generate an unrecoverable inconsistency and repeatedly crash affected systems, researchers have warned. Ricardo Narvaja, principal exploit writer at cybersecurity and automation software company Fortra, uncovered a vulnerability in the common log file system (CLFS.sys) driver of Windows. Disclosed by Fortra on 12 August, CVE-2024-6768 is said to have been caused…
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