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Citing economic instability, especially around the cryptocurrency, OpenSea is cutting 20% off its workforce. This was officially noted by the platform’s CEO, whom he initially shared on the company’s Slack channel. He further stated that the company would go through a prolonged downturn like this; thus, cutting a few people would make it prepare for it. Letting Go Of Employees With the global economy falling apart gradually, many tech companies are cutting jobs as one of the measures to save up on costs....

The first day of Pwn2Own 2021 isn’t dull at all. We’ve seen contestants pulling various bugs in platforms like Microsoft Exchange server, Teams, Ubuntu, Windows 10, macOS, etc. Winners of the first day have earned more than half a million already and will be targeting more software tomorrow like Zoom, Safari, Firefox, Chrome, etc. Hacking Most Used Software To the unknown, Pwn2Own is a hacking event held every year, twice since recently, to surface bugs in popular user-facing software....

Observing the recent hijacking of several python projects, the Python Package Index (PyPI) is mandating two-factor authentication for the accounts of critical projects. Certain projects with significant downloads in the past six months and others that are tagged as critical will soon be forced to secure, says PyPI. While it’s a good move, few developers are against it. Extra Security For Critical Python Projects Last year, we’ve seen popular npm packages like ‘ ua-parser-js ,’ ‘ coa ‘ and ‘ rc ‘ were modified with malware to compromise the dependent software, triggering the community to push for more security measures....

From the latest rankings of the TIOBE index , it’s found that Java and C are declining in their popularity . Also, the next big thing, Python is becoming more popular and is expected to cross Java to become the second most popular programming language soon . While this may harm Java’s position, it remains strong with over 69% of full-time developers using today. Python May Rank About Java Soon Python Programming Language (Image via Pexels)...

Researchers at Flashpoint and Sekoia have discovered a new malware named RisePro, that can steal various information elements from a compromised system. It’s spread through PrivateLoader – a pay-per-install malware distribution platform – to which the researchers have linked RisePro to. They also noted that the threat actors have already started selling thousands of RisePro logs in Russian forums. RisePro Data Stealer Analysis As discovered by Flashpoint and Sekoia cybersecurity firms, a new data-stealing malware named RisePro is in the wild – spread through the PrivateLoader network....

Lapsus$, a cybercriminal gang that earlier dumped the senstive data of Nvidia, has now published Samsung’s too! As per reports, the Lapsus$ group initially posted screenshots of what data it had and then published source code belonging to Samsung’s biometric unlocking technologies and other algorithms. This is said to affect Galaxy devices seriously if exploited. Currently, the senstive data leaks are available in torrents too, with over 400 peers actively sharing them....

The US SEC and Binance have reached a deal to let the latter run its operations in the country while the former continues investigating its claims. As mediated by the Court, SEC forces Binance.US to send funds into a special digital repository and make them inaccessible to the Binance parent company or its CEO, CZ. This would ensure the company does not pull the rug one day while SEC investigates the fraud charges it accused the exchange of....

Showbox is one of the most powerful streaming applications for smart devices, and you can use Showbox on Android, Showbox for PC, or now you can also access Showbox on your iPad Pro & Air 2 Without Jailbreak. But first, you need to follow some steps to install vShare and get Showbox on your iPad. You can use many more applications to install Showbox on Apple devices, such as Zestia Installer, Othman, and vshare ....

SitePoint, a platform having learning tools for web developers, has disclosed a data breach officially. In the emails it sent to some of its customers, SitePoint described that the threat actor had accessed its database by affecting a third-party tool, which is now disabled. For safety, it had reset all user passwords and asked them to set new and strong ones. SitePoint Data Breach SitePoint is a famous site among budding developers since they can learn about web development through books, tutorials, and courses....

The South Korean IT Ministry has today released the speed scores of its 5G connectivity across the nation. Based on the three major telecoms networks over seven cities, South Korean 5G speed has averaged about 656.6Mpbs. These readings are from the country’s NSA networks, that are based on the 3.5GHz spectrum laid last year. South Korea Reveals its 5G Speed Scores On Wednesday, the Ministry of Science and ICT of South Korea has released its test scores made on the country’s 5G connectivity....

After a long wait, Twitter finally confirmed that it’s working on an edit tweet button, and plans to test it in the coming months. The platform said it’s been working on this support since last year and will be rolling out to Twitter Blue users soon. Also, Twitter confirmed that adding this edit tweet option is not a result of Musk’s recent poll, asking his followers whether they want an edit button or not....

Twitter finally got a date to pursue legal action against Elon Musk, who announced withdrawing from the acquisition deal over a spam bot count issue. The Delaware Court of Chancery Judge has affixed a date as October 17th for this trial and will come up to a conclusion within just five days. This may seem more favorable to Twitter, as they pushed the court to be as early as possible, while Musk’s team asked it to be in February next year....

As confirmed earlier, Twitter began rolling out the Podcasts on the Spaces tab – expanding the scope of audio conversations on its platform. This is available to Twitter Blue users on iOS, with Android users getting Podcasts later. Twitter fitted Podcasts in the redesigned Spaces tab, where it’ll automatically categorize the content according to their nature. Users will be suggested both Spaces and Podcasts based on their interests and can be tuned by liking or disliking them....

The US Cyber Command ‘s Cyber National Mission Force has uploaded eight malware samples to its VirusTotal account, linking them to Russian espionage groups. While six out of those samples belong to ComRAT malware, the rest two belong to Zebrocy malware. These have victims mostly in Europe and Central Asia. Also, the FBI and CISA have published advisories regarding these. The US Links Malwares to Russian State-backed Hackers The US Cybersecurity agencies are so active to track and report about external groups, that are attacking their infrastructure in several ways....

Virgin Media has just disclosed a data breach incident into one of its servers. The incident occurred due to improper configuration as not setting a password to access the server, which led around 900,000 customers data being exposed. Initial investigations revealed that data was being accessed at least once by someone, but have not been exploited in any way yet. Virgin Media is one of the UK’s largest network of telephone, internet and television provider....

A hacker impersonating a famous cybersecurity writer is now selling Wattpad’s database for free! The database containing 271 million user records was previously been traded for 10 Bitcoins, but now being sold for free in a hacker’s forum. Wattpad says sensitive data other than encrypted passwords aren’t breached. Wattpad Database of 271 Million Records Sold For Free! Wattpad is a notepad application, but for everyone. This user-generated platform contains stories of several genres....

WhatsApp users sharing copyrighted content without permission are considered pirates and should have their accounts suspended, ordered Delhi High Court recently. This judgment came after a lawsuit filed by Zee Entertainment, who identified that parts of their movie Radhe have been shared among WhatsApp users. WhatsApp Users Sharing Pirated Content Will be Banned With movie pirating becoming so usual, copyright holders are finding new ways to contain the spread of it....

As per reports, WhatsApp is gearing up to release new features to the platform like self-destructive messages, a mute always option, integrating Messenger Rooms and supporting Dark Mode to the WhatsApp Web. While some are immediate, some are still in development. WhatsApp New Features in August 2020 WhatsApp has long been criticised for delaying important features to the platform. Thus, the world’s largest instant messenger has now brought some of the most requested features soon....

Elon Musk Against Facebook and Co. Musk has a typical relationship with Facebook ever since it removed his personal page, and also Tesla’s and SpaceX’s Facebook pages in 2018. That’s not it. Musk has long been advocating that Facebook is sucking user data that should be kept private, and banking it for business. While this caused Facebook to face lawsuits for years, the community is at least happy with WhatsApp since it’s not much like Facebook....

May the Windows 7 was officially dead now, but it’s still a preferred choice of most of the users of all the Windows versions till date. The OS is so loved that, it’s still active on at least 400 million PCs even today! Yet, Microsoft decided to stop developing it and led everyone to turn onto their new version, Windows 10. List of Windows 7 Alternatives You Can Use in 2020:- Best Windows 7 Alternatives You Can Use...