New evidence suggests that there has been a significant increase in the number of ransom-related DDoS (RDDoS) attacks during the COVID-19 crisis. A report by US tech firm Neustar found that RDDoS attacks rose by 154% across 2020. RDDoS attacks involve a threat actor attempting to extort money from an individual or organization by threatening […]
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Cybercriminals are selling stolen data pertaining to UK consumers on the dark web, according to new research by Which? An investigation by the consumer choice brand has found that account details acquired from data breaches are being offered cheaply online. Among the personal data up for sale on the dark web are thousands of stolen […]
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Most new C++ programming students are taught to add “using namespace stdâ€� in the global scope after introducing the headers needed for their programs to compile successfully. As a result, students grow accustomed to engaging in this practice without realizing how bad it is. Including ‘using namespace std’ in the global scope is bad practice. […]
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The stock trading app and FCA-regulated broker Trading 212 is no longer taking on new users after retail investors began signing up for the service in droves. The London-based firm said that it would once again allow new accounts to be created only after it had processed all of the existing applications in its queue. […]
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Profiteers resold nearly 50,000 Nvidia Ampere graphics cards in the past several months on sites like eBay and StockX, raking in roughly $61.5 million in sales and a profit of $15.2 million. Oracle data engineer Michael Driscoll wrote up a web script that scraped data from eBay and StockX – a resale site normally used […]
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Digital Trends may earn a commission when you buy through links on our site. This is a great time to invest in a new tablet or perhaps switch out your laptop for one. You can browse these Microsoft Surface Pro deals to find the one that’s right for you. Or you can head over to […]
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The terminal is the beating heart of Linux, no matter how hard today’s user-friendly graphical distros might try to push it into the background. Best Linux terminal emulators of 2021 If you need something done quickly and efficiently, it’s likely that the best way to do it is with some complex keyboard wrangling. Exactly what […]
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The best stock trading apps make it simple and easy for you to invest money simply by using your smartphone or tablet, allowing for trades at home, in the office, and on the go. The best stock trading apps Over the past few years, apps have revolutionized the way people interact with the world’s financial […]
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One of the original co-founders of CentOS has launched a new company that is hoped to support the development of a CentOS-fork. Gregory Kurtzer announced Rocky Linux last year in response to the premature demise of the CentOS distro. The project received positive support from the community and also announced that it has received several […]
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The NetWalker ransomware network has been taken down as part of a coordinated international law enforcement campaign. The ransomware has previously been used to target schools, hospitals, private sector firms, and government agencies. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) confirmed that a Canadian national had been charged in connection with previous NetWalker attacks, approximately $454,530 […]
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