Day: September 1, 2021

BrakTooth vulnerabilities put Bluetooth users at risk – and some devices are going unpatched

Qualcomm, Texas Instruments alleged to be leaving Bluetooth chips open to attack White-hat hackers have disclosed a bunch of security vulnerabilities, dubbed BrakTooth, affecting commercial Bluetooth devices – and are raising red flags about some vendors’ unwillingness to patch the flaws.… …read more Source:: Register


Big ‘F’ Key to Pay Big Respects

So your ally was slain. Your comrade has fallen. And somehow, that capital F coming from that tiny key is supposed to convey your respect? Please. What you need is a giant, dedicated F key that matches the size of your respect. And [Jaryd_Giesen] is gonna teach you how to build your own. Well, kind…


The Original ‘Doge’ Meme Sold as an NFT for $4 Million

The legendary “Doge” meme from 2010, which portrays a shiba inu dog named Kabosu and inspired the creation of cryptocurrency dogecoin, sold for $4 million as an NFT, or non-fungible token, in June. From a report: To some, that may seem like a lot of money to pay to own a jpeg, but the “Doge”…


Microsoft announces its fall Surface event for September 22

Microsoft is ready to take the wraps off new Surface hardware, likely including its Surface Duo 2 Android device, on September 22, just ahead of the launch of Windows 11. …read more Source:: ZDNet


This Is Why The Mozi Botnet Will Linger On

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Fake Banksy NFT Sold Through Artist’s Website For £244k

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Cream Finance Platform Pilfered For Over $34 Million In Cryptocurrency

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Feds Warn Of Ransomware Attacks Ahead Of Labor Day

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Microsoft Previews Free Visual Studio Code for the Web

Microsoft is previewing Visual Studio Code for the Web, a code editor that runs entirely in the browser. The Register: The post introducing the new service was put up yesterday but is returning “page not found” at the time of writing, so possibly was published prematurely. But it is expected to return soon, since the…


The Postmortem Password Problem

Death and passwords: two things we just can’t avoid. With so much of our lives tied up in cloud services nowadays, there’s good reason to worry about what happens to these accounts if we drop dead tomorrow. For many of us, important documents, photos, financial information and other data will be locked behind a login…