Tech Meme

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: Microsoft says the Clop ransomware group is exploiting a zero-day in IT support tool SysAid in “limited” attacks to access corporate servers and deploy Clop  —  Threat actors are exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the service management software SysAid to gain access … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Experts say LockBit is behind the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China hack, a “ransomware as a service” group that hacked the UK’s Royal Mail, among others  —  – LockBit is what’s known as a ‘ransomware as a service’ group  — It is one of the most prolific ransomware attackers in world Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: Apple plans to file an EU DMA challenge, disputing the inclusion of all of the App Store on DMA’s list, and arguing that DMA doesn’t cover iMessage  —  – EU’s Digital Markets Act lays out dos and dont’s for Big Tech  — Apple’s focus on how App Store and iMessage are impacted Lees verder op Tech Meme

NBC News: Sources: FBI has suspended briefings to social media companies about Russian, Iranian and Chinese influence campaigns, due to GOP attacks on information sharing  —  The FBI put a pause on briefings with tech companies due to an ongoing lawsuit, adding to a broader breakdown in a system meant … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Decrypt: Justin Sun’s crypto exchange Poloniex says hackers stole $126M+ worth of crypto assets and that the company is working with other exchanges to recover the funds  —  Poloniex, a crypto exchange owned by Tron founder Justin Sun, has seen more than $126 million worth of crypto assets exit … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Amanda Hoover / Wired: Omegle was forced to shut down as part of a settlement of a user’s lawsuit claiming its design enabled her to be sexually abused since when she was 11  —  Omegle connected strangers to one another and had a long-standing problem of pairing minors with sexual predators.  A legal settlement took it down. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: After critics pan Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, sources blame the game’s rushed 16-month development, compared to three years for other titles  —  Game is the first in the series after Microsoft’s big acquisition.  —  The latest entry in Activision Blizzard’s popular Call … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Helen Partz / Cointelegraph: Binance plans to stop accepting deposits in Russian rubles on November 15, 2023, and withdrawals on January 31, 2024, and advises its users to withdraw rubles  —  Binance Russia users will have slightly more than two months to withdraw their rubles from the exchange or until Jan. 31, 2024. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sean Hollister / The Verge: Epic v. Google: internal documents show that Google offered to only take a 10% cut of Netflix’s in-app payments on Android in 2017; Netflix didn’t take the deal  —  Netflix did, too.  —  In 2017, Google offered Netflix a special discounted rate of 10 percent of its in-app payments on Android … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chris Welch / The Verge: Samsung Galaxy Buds FE review: good sound and impressive noise cancellation for the $100 price tag but no wireless charging nor multipoint Bluetooth  —  These $100 earbuds offer good sound and impressive noise cancellation for the price, and they bring back the wing tip design of the Galaxy Buds Plus. Lees verder op Tech Meme