Insurance companies seeks to cut ties with companies linked to FTX
The repercussions of FTX’s demise continue to persist throughout the cryptocurrency market, with insurance companies being the most recent group to minimize their business with cryptocurrency firms and traders who had relationships with FTX. Many digital currency traders and exchanges are now uninsured against losses caused by hacks, theft, or lawsuits, as insurers propose new […]
Google, Mozilla, and Apple announce collaboration on fresh Webkit browser benchmark
With their latest move to develop a new version of the Speedometer browser benchmark dubbed Speedometer 3 to better represent modern browser tasks, Apple, Google, and Mozilla have transitioned from rivals to collaborators. The new version is still in beta, but users can begin testing it right away. To share work, the three major browser […]
Malicious PyPI package disguised as SentinelOne SDK to deliver info-stealing malware
An unknown threat actor created a malicious Python package on PyPI that appears to be a software development kit (SDK) for a well-known SentinelOne security client but steals data from developers in the latest supply chain attack. The Python package was initially uploaded on December 11 and received approximately 20 updates over the next two […]
Google’s efforts to stop the Glupteba botnet fail
Despite Google’s announcement in 2021 that it had taken down the infrastructure used by the Glupteba botnet and sued Russian nationals Dmitry Starovikov and Alexander Filippov for creating and operating the botnet, the Glupteba botnet remains active. A large number of compromised Windows devices power the Glupteba botnet. The malware is capable of stealing user […]
Microsoft discovers bug in macOS that allows malware to circumvent Apple’s security
After Jonathan Bar Or, a Microsoft security researcher, discovered the Achilles CVE-2022-42821 macOS flaw, which allowed hackers to deploy malware to vulnerable macOS devices via untrusted apps and circumvent application execution restrictions imposed by Apple’s Gatekeeper security mechanism. Apple fixed the bug in macOS 13 (Ventura), macOS 12.6.2 (Monterey), and macOS 1.7.2 (Big Sur). The […]
Google reveals how much water its datacenter at Oregon gulps
A new information then reveals that Google consumed 274.5 million gallons (about 1.2 billion liters) of water in The Dalles alone in 2021. While Google’s water consumption in the United States totaled 3.3 billion gallons (12.4 billion liters) in 2021, with the rest of the world accounting for an additional 971 million gallons (4.4 billion […]
FTC fines Fortnite maker Epic Games $520M
Epic Games, the creator of the popular Fortnite video game, will pay $520 million in fines and refunds to resolve grievances about children’s privacy after it breached the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and used design gimmicks known as dark patterns to trick millions of players into making unintentional purchases, according to U.S. federal […]
Gartner report favors Human-centric work environment
According to Gartner’s recent 2022 Future of Work Reinvented Implementation Survey, organizations that adopt a human-centric work conceptual framework that incentivizes people at work rather than treating them as secondary components of the work environment will see improved employee performance, longer spans, and much less fatigue. According to Gartner, when human-centered design practices are implemented, […]
Twitter users vote out Musk after controversial policy
Over 10 million Twitter users voted in favor of Elon Musk standing aside as Twitter’s CEO. This was the outcome of a Twitter poll conducted by Elon Musk himself. Musk stated that he would abide by the results of the poll, as he has done with some of his decisions since taking over Twitter but […]
