Tag: Editor’s Pick
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Fedora Linux 45 Blocks Unsigned Packages and Changes Five Things Upgraders Will Notice
Fedora Linux 45 is out, and the most visible change for many users is a refusal. RPM, the low-level package tool, now rejects packages that lack a verified digital signature. Fedora published the release on November 3, 2026, in its official Fedora Linux 45 announcement on Fedora Magazine. Most release coverage lists the new version…
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Google Bans TV Box Maker Videostrong Over XCPE Botnet on 1.3 Million Devices
A TV box maker built the botnet, Google says More than 1.3 million Android devices, mostly TV set-top boxes, shipped with a backdoor run by their own maker. That is the finding of the Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) report on the XCPE botnet. GTIG says it dismantled the XCPE botnet last week with industry…
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Photos Show a Four-GPU Radeon RX 470 Board With 32GB of Memory, Likely Built for Mining
An oversized circuit board with four AMD Radeon RX 470 graphics chips and 32GB of GDDR5 memory has appeared in photos on X. It plugs into a single PCIe slot. It is most likely a custom mining card, not a lost AMD gaming product. The images came from X user GOK, who posted them as…
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Apple Spyware Alerts Reach 99 Countries: How to Check Yours and What to Do Next
Apple has sent a new round of spyware threat notifications to targeted iPhone users in 99 countries. Recipients include journalists and several members of Germany’s parliament. This is the second wave in less than three months, after an August round reached users in 110 countries. The alerts began arriving on October 29, 2026. Apple has…
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Critical VMware vCenter Vulnerabilities Exploited by Hackers
Critical VMware Vulnerabilities Demand Immediate Action Cyber security professionals have discovered five vulnerabilities within VMware products. Two of these flaws received a critical severity score of 9.8 out of 10. One vulnerability allows attackers to bypass authentication mechanisms in the virtual machine management system. The second critical flaw enables unauthorized actors to execute arbitrary code.…
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Android SMS of Death: Zero-Click Flaw Crashes Calls
Android SMS of Death: Zero-Click Flaw Crashes Calls According to a recent report by technology outlet Gigazine on October 30, security researcher Mark Blaschczyk has uncovered a severe flaw. He discovered a formidable zero-click denial-of-service vulnerability within the Android operating system. Experts ominously dubbed this exploit the “SMS of Death”. How the Zero-Click Exploit Works…
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Polymarket Breach Freezes Trading Following Third-Party Hack
Polymarket Halts Operations After Supply Chain Attack On October 29, the prominent cryptocurrency prediction platform Polymarket fell victim to a devastating cyberattack, leading to significant financial losses for its user base. The company officially confirmed that a sophisticated breach compromised a third-party service provider, forcing an immediate, temporary suspension of all trading activities. While Polymarket…
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Binance Investigates Potential Billion-Dollar Crypto Exploit
Binance Investigates Colossal Cryptocurrency Outflow Binance, the premier global cryptocurrency exchange, has launched an urgent investigation into potential hot wallet compromises following a series of highly suspicious, multi-billion-dollar financial transfers. Independent blockchain analysts currently estimate that the total financial hemorrhaging could reach a staggering $5.8 billion. In swift response, stablecoin issuers Tether and Circle have…
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Stack Overflow Questions Decline Below 1000 Monthly
Stack Overflow Monthly Questions Plunge Below 1000 A recent discussion on Hacker News highlighted a shocking trend. Stack Overflow faces a severe decline in user engagement following the advent of generative AI tools. Currently, the world’s largest programming Q&A platform receives fewer than 1000 new questions per month. At first glance, this figure seems almost…
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Apple Fixes CoreGraphics Zero-Day Flaw on Older iPhones
Apple Issues Critical Security Patch for Older iPhones Apple recently deployed a vital security patch for older smartphone models, including the iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR. Curiously, newer devices received this exact protection an entire month ago. The update addresses a severe vulnerability within the CoreGraphics framework. This specific flaw allows malicious files to…
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