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Microsoft’s Quiet Shift Ends Phone Activation, Leaving Offline Windows Users With Fewer Options
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (637+ words) The change came to light after YouTuber Ben Kleinberg documented his attempt to activate Windows 7 and Office 2010 using the traditional phone activation method. His experience highlights how Microsoft's licensing systems have evolved in ways that increasingly exclude offline workflows, particularly…...
Microsoft Quietly Ends Offline Activation for Windows 11/10
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (700+ words) The move appears to have occurred without formal announcement, leading to confusion among IT professionals, enthusiasts, and those who rely on offline setup workflows. While internet-based activation has been common for years, offline activation options particularly using phone or manual…...
Grok Bolsters Image Safeguards Following Reports of Deepfake Misuse
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (701+ words) Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok has temporarily disabled its image generation feature after widespread reports that users were exploiting the tool to make explicit and non-consensual content." It comes as activists and cyber-safety experts were raising alarm about a set…...
700Credit Data Breach Exposes Sensitive Information of Millions Through Third-Party Failure
6+ day, 6+ hour ago (685+ words) Crucially, the affected integration partner did not notify 700Credit about the compromise. As a result, unauthorized access continued unnoticed, allowing data to be copied long before safeguards were implemented. The lack of timely disclosure significantly expanded the scope of the breach…...
Former Cybersecurity Professionals Plead Guilty in BlackCat Ransomware Scheme Targeting U.S. Companies
6+ day, 10+ hour ago (709+ words) Two former employees of well-known cybersecurity incident response firms have admitted to participating in ransomware attacks against American companies, a case that has drawn attention for the way industry expertise was allegedly turned into a criminal tool. Federal prosecutors confirmed…...
A Critical MongoDB Flaw Leaks Secrets From Tens of Thousands of Servers
1+ week, 19+ hour ago (515+ words) Image Credits: Bleeping Computer Security researchers, cloud scanning platforms, and threat analysts are raising alarms and urging immediate patching, because this isn't just theoretical: exploit code is publicly available, and real exploitation has already been observed. An attacker can exploit…...
Trust Wallet Users Lose $7M to Malicious Browser Extension Update
1+ week, 3+ day ago (326+ words) For the cryptocurrency community, Christmas Day is usually a time for quiet markets and bullish reflection. But this year, it became the scene of a sophisticated supply-chain attack that siphoned approximately $7 million from unsuspecting users. The alarm was sounded early…...
Google Quietly Moves Toward Allowing Gmail Address Changes After Years of Restrictions
1+ week, 4+ day ago (591+ words) The support page outlining the new feature is currently available only in Hindi, strongly indicating that the rollout is limited to India for now. The document also notes that the feature will not appear immediately for all users, but will…...
North Korea’s $2 Billion Heist
2+ week, 1+ day ago (341+ words) Blockchain Analytics Company Chainalysis has released a new report detailing that the Crypto Industry has experienced one of the worst years on record and Stolen Funds continue to rise to alarming numbers. There are no signs to indicate that this…...
Hacking Group ShinyHunters Claims Theft of Pornhub Premium User Data
2+ week, 6+ day ago (674+ words) The compromised data comprises in excess of 200 million records with email addresses, geographical locations, extensive search queries, viewed video details, search keywords, time stamps, and download details from select Premium accounts." Currently, ShinyHunters is seeking a Bitcoin ransom in exchange…...