SafeMoon ‘burn’ bug abused to drain $8.9 million from liquidity pool
The SafeMoon token liquidity pool lost $8.9 million after a hacker exploited a newly created ‘burn’ smart contract function that artificially inflated the price, allowing…
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Steam will drop support for Windows 7 and 8 in January 2024
Valve announced that its Steam online game platform will officially drop support for the Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 platforms starting January 1st,…
QNAP warns customers to patch Linux Sudo flaw in NAS devices
Taiwanese hardware vendor QNAP warns customers to secure their Linux-powered network-attached storage (NAS) devices against a high-severity Sudo privilege escalation vulnerability. The flaw (tracked as…
Microsoft Defender mistakenly tagging URLs as malicious
Microsoft Defender is mistakenly flagging legitimate links as malicious, and some customers have already received dozens of alert emails since the issues began over five…
Experts call for pause on AI training citing risks to humanity
Over a thousand people, including professors and AI developers, have co-signed an open letter to all artificial intelligence labs, calling them to pause the development…
Newly exposed APT43 hacking group targeting US orgs since 2018
A new North Korean hacking group has been revealed to be targeting government organizations, academics, and think tanks in the United States, Europe, Japan, and…
Microsoft brings GPT-4-powered Security Copilot to incident response
Microsoft today announced Security Copilot, a new ChatGPT-like assistant powered by artificial intelligence that takes advantage of Microsoft’s threat intelligence footprint to make faster decisions…
WiFi protocol flaw allows attackers to hijack network traffic
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a fundamental security flaw in the design of the IEEE 802.11 WiFi protocol standard, allowing attackers to trick access points into leaking…
Trojanized Tor browsers target Russians with crypto-stealing malware
A surge of trojanized Tor Browser installers targets Russians and Eastern Europeans with clipboard-hijacking malware that steals infected users’ cryptocurrency transactions. Kaspersky analysts warn that…
Windows 11 KB5023774 update causes Red Dead Redemption 2 launch issues
Microsoft is investigating a known issue triggered by the KB5023774 March 2023 preview update and causing Red Dead Redemption 2 to stop opening on some…
Windows 11 KB5023778 update adds promotions to the Start menu
Microsoft has released the optional March 2023 non-security preview update for Windows 11 with a search box that matches the current color scheme and a…
Crown Resorts confirms ransom demand after GoAnywhere breach
Crown Resorts, Australia’s largest gambling and entertainment company, has confirmed that it suffered a data breach after its GoAnywhere secure file-sharing server was breached using…