Microsoft and cloud gaming provider Boosteroid have entered into a 10-year agreement to bring Xbox PC games to Boosteroid’s cloud gaming platform. The partnership will enable Boosteroid customers to stream Activision Blizzard PC titles after Microsoft’s acquisition of the company closes. As a result of the partnership and other recent collaborations, popular franchises such as […]
Following the arrest of Breached’s founder and owner, Pompompurin, the remaining administrator, Baphomet, took the site offline and planned to migrate it to a new, untraceable infrastructure. However, Baphomet disclosed in a series of updates that law enforcement likely had access to Pompompurin’s machine, leaving the site’s data and users vulnerable. In response to this […]
In 2020, experts predicted the evolution of the cloud for the next decade, but no one could have foreseen the rapid arrival of digital transformation and the cloud explosion. Some of the predicted trends are here to stay, such as cloud computing shaping the trajectory of major business operations. As we move into 2023, Gartner […]
ChatGPT, which was launched in November 2022 and is built on OpenAI’s GPT-3 family of large language models, has garnered attention for its potential to be used for malicious purposes such as creating malware and phishing emails. However, it can also bring significant benefits to the cybersecurity industry, and several companies have already integrated it […]
A group of hackers suspected to be from North Korea has been identified targeting media organizations and security researchers in Europe and the US. The attackers have been using fake job offers to lure their victims, initially on LinkedIn before moving to WhatsApp, where they send Word documents containing malicious macros. The macros fetch a […]
A local expert in cyber security is cautioning the public about a concerning online service that facilitates swatting incidents. This service, called the “Swatting and Bomb Threat Service” on the dark web, allows buyers to pay a small fee to have a caller falsely report a bomb or active-shooter threat to homes, businesses, or schools. […]
Lansing Community College has announced the cancellation of classes on Thursday and Friday due to a cybersecurity threat, as stated in their Facebook and Twitter posts. The college acknowledges that they do not have complete information about the situation and communication will be difficult once they disconnect from the network. The cancellation includes both online […]
In recent times, the US has added an increasing number of Chinese companies to a blacklist that restricts their ability to engage in certain types of business with the US. Although many of these sanctions include a prohibition on purchasing technology, it appears that certain Chinese firms have discovered a way to circumvent them by […]
The global financial system is in turmoil after the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapsed on March 10, 2023. Hackers, scammers, and phishing campaigns are taking advantage of the situation, registering suspicious domains and conducting attacks to steal money, account data, or infect targets with malware. SVB was the 16th largest commercial bank in the US […]
The data of millions of AT&T customers has been stolen as a result of a hack on a marketing vendor used by the US telecom giant. While AT&T did not suffer a direct breach, it is sending emails to around nine million customers to alert them of the theft of their data. The compromised customer […]