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Getty Images Federal prosecutors indicted a Nebraska man on charges he perpetrated a cryptojacking scheme that defrauded two cloud providers—one based in Seattle and the other in Redmond, Washington—out of $3.5 million. The indictment, filed in US District Court for the Eastern District of New York and unsealed on Monday, charges Charles O. Parks III—45…

On Friday, Roku confirmed a cyberattack compromised roughly 576,000 accounts. It marks the second such cyberattack to affect the company, which compromised a smaller number of accounts earlier this year.What's going on at Roku?Roku says it detected an "increase in unusual account activity" earlier this year. After checking into it, the company found that bad…

Enlarge / The Framework Laptop 13.Andrew Cunningham Since Framework showed off its first prototypes in February 2021, we've generally been fans of the company's modular, repairable, upgradeable laptops. Not that the company's hardware releases to date have been perfect—each Framework Laptop 13 model has had quirks and flaws that range from minor to quite significant, and…

For months, Change Healthcare has faced an immensely messy ransomware debacle that has left hundreds of pharmacies and medical practices across the United States unable to process claims. Now, thanks to an apparent dispute within the ransomware criminal ecosystem, it may have just become far messier still. In March, the ransomware group AlphV, which had…

Eufy's cam can keep an eye on large spaces. CNET/Tyler LacomaLightingWhat sort of lighting do you want? We prefer to see long-lasting LEDs (a norm in home security these days), and broader panels or bright spotlights with well over 1,000 combined lumens to really light an area up. Some may prefer a more direct light…

Highly capable hackers are rooting multiple corporate networks by exploiting a maximum-severity zero-day vulnerability in a firewall product from Palo Alto Networks, researchers said Friday. The vulnerability, which has been under active exploitation for at least two weeks now, allows the hackers with no authentication to execute malicious code with root privileges, the highest possible…

If you own an LG smart TV, you need to update your device's software—now. Security research firm Bitdefender recently discovered vulnerabilities in LG's webOS that open the door for hackers to take over your TV. That in itself is a problem, but the potentially worse consequences are that access to your smart TV could open…

Intel Hardware sold for years by the likes of Intel and Lenovo contains a remotely exploitable vulnerability that will never be fixed. The cause: a supply chain snafu involving an open source software package and hardware from multiple manufacturers that directly or indirectly incorporated it into their products. Researchers from security firm Binarly have confirmed…

Getty Images AT&T is notifying millions of current or former customers that their account data has been compromised and published last month on the dark web. Just how many millions, the company isn't saying. In a mandatory filing with the Maine Attorney General’s office, the telecommunications company said 51.2 million account holders were affected. On…

Your PC needs another update. Microsoft just released its April 2024 patch for Windows, which contains fixes for a whopping 149 flaws. While all of these vulnerabilities are important to patch as soon as possible, this update is particularly critical, as two of the 149 flaws are zero-days. Zero-day vulnerabilities are security flaws that have…