Category Archives: Computering

Hardware manufacturer MSI might be preparing to release new RTX 3060 Ti graphics cards specifically designed for cryptocurrency mining, which could possibly alleviate the ongoing shortage of the new Nvidia RTX 3000 series cards. The card SKU, first flagged by Twitter user harukaze5719, showed up in the Eurasian Economic Commission database this week under the […]

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An Israeli cybersecurity firm has discovered some serious security flaws affecting a piece of popular Domain Name System (DNS) software. Jerusalem-based JSOF has disclosed seven vulnerabilities affecting dnsmasq, an open-source DNS forwarding program, that the firm has collectively called DNSpooq. “The Dnspooq vulnerabilities include DNS cache poisoning vulnerabilities as well as a potential remote code […]

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If you’re hunting for gaming laptop deals on a budget, we reckon this Dell G5 15 for $656.99 is an absolutely solid buy today at the official Dell store. Alongside a huge $257.99 price cut, this machine rocks a GTX 1650 Ti graphics card, 8GB of RAM, 256GB SSD, and an Intel Core i5-10300H processor […]

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Microsoft has announced that it now boasts more than 200 million teachers, students, and faculty leaders using Microsoft Education products with its video collaboration tool, Microsoft Teams, helping lead the way. Although much of the focus regarding the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has been around workplaces, students have also seen their daily lives […]

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Windows 10X was recently leaked in the form of what’s apparently a near-final build, and enterprising developers have already got that version of Microsoft’s lightweight OS running on a MacBook (with M1 chip) and a Lumia smartphone, as well as the Surface Go. Windows 10X is the inbound spin on Microsoft’s desktop operating system which […]

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In one of his final acts before leaving office, US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order designed to prevent foreign actors from using cloud computing services to launch attacks against the country. As per the order, the Commerce Department will be given six months to establish new rules for US-based Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) providers, […]

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Antivirus firm Malwarebytes has confirmed that it has been hacked by the group responsible for the SolarWinds breach. The admission means that Malwarebytes joins Microsoft, FireEye, and CrowdStrike in the list of security providers to be targeted by the attackers. The hack was initially discovered during a Microsoft audit of Office 365 and Azure infrastructures, […]

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Windows 10’s latest cumulative updates are causing problems for some people, including what seems to be a nasty boot loop bug that stops the PC from starting up. January’s patches, which are KB4598242 and KB4598229 for the most recent versions of Windows 10 – the former covers last year’s two versions, and the latter the […]

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Security researchers report on a new malware that targets poorly configured machines to tie them into a botnet, which can then be used for nefarious purposes. According to a report from Check Point Research (CPR), the malware variant, named FreakOut, specifically targets Linux devices that run unpatched versions of certain software. The group writes that […]

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Cyberattackers are continuing to leverage the COVID-19 pandemic in their exploits, with new research indicating that the number of phishing campaigns centered on the vaccine roll-out has risen significantly of late. The Real-Time Anti-Phishing protection system developed by cybersecurity firm Webroot has found an increase in the number of malicious URLs using subjects like vaccines, […]

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