Monthly Archives: September 2022

This brutal hacking tool could steal virtually all of your logins

A new hacking tool can supposedly beat any security protections set up to prevent cyberattacks, and gain access to some of the world’s most popular websites, reports suggest. The operator behind the EvilProxy tool says it is able to steal the authentication tokens needed to bypass the multi-factor authentication (MFA) systems used by the likes…

Bill Barr says a judge was wrong in ruling to appoint a special master in the Mar-a-Lago investigation, as Trump requested, and urges the government to appeal the decision

Former Attorney General William Barr and former President Donald Trump. MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images Former AG Bill Barr called a Trump-appointed judge’s decision in the Mar-a-Lago investigation “wrong.” A federal judge ruled to appoint a special master to review evidence the FBI seized from Mar-a-Lago. “I think the government should appeal it,” Barr told…

A hacker says they breached TikTok and accessed personal data, including PayPal information, from more than 1 billion users. TikTok says a breach never happened.

TikTok. Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images. A hacker claimed to have stolen data from billions of TikTok users, including payment information.  TikTok says it has seen no evidence of a security breach and that the data was taken from third-party sources. The alleged breach comes during a period of scrutiny for TikTok as it…

Manchin says it was ‘excessive’ for Biden to cancel up to $20,000 in student debt per borrower

Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Biden announced up to $20,000 in student-loan forgiveness for some federal borrowers in August. Sen. Joe Manchin called the relief “excessive.” “I just think there’s a better way to do it,” Manchin said, suggesting relief should be further targeted. Sen. Joe Manchin has weighed in…

How Biden’s Education Department will apply up to $20,000 in student-loan forgiveness to borrowers with multiple debt balances

George Washington University student Kai Nilsen and other student loan debt activists rally outside the White House a day after President Biden announced a plan that would cancel $10,000 in student loan debt for those making less than $125,000 a year in Washington, DC, on August 25, 2022. Photo by Craig Hudson for The Washington…

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Trump-backed Mehmet Oz says he would have certified Biden’s presidential victory in 2020: ‘I would not have objected to it’

Mehmet Oz, the Pennsylvania Republican Senate nominee, campaigns in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on September 3, 2022. AP Photo/Mary Altaffer Oz said he would not have objected to certifying Biden’s win if he’d been in the Senate at the time. “By the time the delegates and those reports were sent to the US Senate, our job was…

PlayStation 5 and PS4 hardware designer Masayasu Ito is retiring from Sony

Masayasu Ito – Sony Interactive Entertainment’s executive vice president of hardware engineering and operation, as well as lead engineer on both the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 – is retiring on 1st October after 36 years with the company. Ito first joined Sony in 1986, where he initially worked on in-car audio equipment before joining…