Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a nascent artificial intelligence (AI) assisted ransomware family called FunkSec that sprang forth in late 2024, and has claimed more than 85 victims to date. “The group uses double extortion tactics, combining data theft with encryption to pressure victims into paying ransoms,” Check Point Research said in a new […]
Monthly Archives: January 2025
If you’re looking to purchase an Asus ROG Ally handheld gaming device with an AMD Z1 Extreme chip, now is the best time. The post BestBuy slashes Asus ROG Ally with Z1 Extreme chip by $150 discount appeared first on MSPoweruser.
Want to know how to remove a song from a playlist on YouTube Music? I use the platform daily and listen to music while I work, so I’ve made a bunch of playlists. But from time to time I remove songs that I no longer like. Here’s how you can do it, as well! How […]
Lego and Nintendo are teaming up to launch a DIY set of the popular classic GameBoy console in October 2025. The post You can build a Lego set of Nintendo’s GameBoy console this year appeared first on MSPoweruser.
Google is planning to deprecate the compact mode on Chrome, its popular browser, not too long after testing it in Canary. The post Google wants to remove Chrome’s compact mode for good appeared first on MSPoweruser.
Network segmentation remains a critical security requirement, yet organizations struggle with traditional approaches that demand extensive hardware investments, complex policy management, and disruptive network changes. Healthcare and manufacturing sectors face particular challenges as they integrate diverse endpoints – from legacy medical devices to IoT sensors – onto their production networks.
Cybersecurity researchers have detailed a now-patched security flaw impacting Monkey’s Audio (APE) decoder on Samsung smartphones that could lead to code execution. The high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-49415 (CVSS score: 8.1), affects Samsung devices running Android versions 12, 13, and 14. “Out-of-bounds write in libsaped.so prior to SMR Dec-2024 Release 1 allows remote
A German citizen was awarded €400 in damages for uncertainty about their data transfer during registration for the EU’s “GoGreen” event. The post EU ironically violates its own GDPR law, awards €400 in damages to German citizen appeared first on MSPoweruser.
Mongolia, Taiwan, Myanmar, Vietnam, and Cambodia have been targeted by the China-nexus RedDelta threat actor to deliver a customized version of the PlugX backdoor between July 2023 and December 2024. “The group used lure documents themed around the 2024 Taiwanese presidential candidate Terry Gou, the Vietnamese National Holiday, flood protection in Mongolia, and meeting invitations, […]
Cybersecurity company CrowdStrike is alerting of a phishing campaign that exploits its own branding to distribute a cryptocurrency miner that’s disguised as an employee CRM application as part of a supposed recruitment process. “The attack begins with a phishing email impersonating CrowdStrike recruitment, directing recipients to a malicious website,” the company said. “Victims are prompted […]