How to digitize VHS tapes the cheap way
Good news, everyone: My bar mitzvah videos from the mid-1990s are now digitized for the ages. While I have no intention of actually watching them — oy, the embarrassment — I recently received the original…
April 2024
April 2024
FTC Fines Mental Health Startup Cerebral $7 Million for Major Privacy Violations
Apr 16, 2024NewsroomPrivacy Breach / Regulatory Compliance The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has ordered the mental telehealth company Cerebral from using or disclosing personal data for advertising purposes. It has also been fined more…
Hive RAT Creators and $3.5M Cryptojacking Mastermind Arrested in Global Crackdown
Two individuals have been arrested in Australia and the U.S. in connection with an alleged scheme to develop and distribute a remote access trojan called Hive RAT (previously Firebird). The U.S. Justice Department (DoJ) said…
Alleged cryptojacking scheme consumed $3.5M of stolen computing to make just $1M
Getty Images Federal prosecutors indicted a Nebraska man on charges he perpetrated a cryptojacking scheme that defrauded two cloud providers—one based in Seattle and the other in Redmond, Washington—out of $3.5 million. The indictment, filed…
Change Healthcare stolen patient data leaked by ransomware gang
An extortion group has published a portion of what it says are the private and sensitive patient records on millions of Americans stolen during the ransomware attack on Change Healthcare in February. On Monday, a…
A ransomware gang is leaking Change Healthcare’s stolen patient data
An extortion group has published a portion of what it says are the private and sensitive patient records on millions of Americans stolen during the ransomware attack on Change Healthcare in February. On Monday, a…
DuckDuckGo launches Privacy Pro bundle with VPN included
DuckDuckGo announced its new Privacy Pro bundled service in an effort to provide more comprehensive privacy tools for users. The Privacy Pro bundle will include a VPN, personal data removal service, and 24/7 identify theft…
Intel and Lenovo BMCs Contain Unpatched Lighttpd Server Flaw
Apr 15, 2024NewsroomFirmware Security / Vulnerability A security flaw impacting the Lighttpd web server used in baseboard management controllers (BMCs) has remained unpatched by device vendors like Intel and Lenovo, new findings from Binarly reveal.…
AI video is heading to Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe is ushering in the next generation of AI art with an upcoming version of Premiere Pro. It’s been about two years since Midjourney ushered in AI art, consisting of art generated entirely from scratch…
Apple is planning to update every Mac to the M4 processor starting this year
While Apple silicon has done great things for the Mac, Apple has yet to settle on a predictable update cycle for its Mac lineup. Along with shifting release schedules, each generation of chips has skipped…