A threat actor irretrievably destroyed its own botnet with nothing more than a typo. Cybersecurity firm Akamai spotted the blunder in KmsdBot, a cryptomining botnet that also had distributed denial of service (DDoS) capabilities, before recently crashing and reporting an “index out of range” error. Akamai’s researchers were monitoring the botnet while an attack on…
Monthly Archives: December 2022
When Dead Island 2 remerged earlier this year after a lengthy absence, publisher Deep Silver announced it would be the first title to support Amazon’s Alexa Game Control, a feature that allows you to use your voice to play a game. On Tuesday, the company shared a trailer showcasing the functionality, albeit one that offers…
Eight years since its initial unveiling and multiple delays later, Dead Island 2 is finally almost upon us – and ahead of its launch next April, publisher Deep Silver has shared more of its open-world, zombie-pulverising antics in a new digital showcase. Those with itchy fast-forward fingers will be pleased to know the vast majority…
Apple has announced a massive revamp of App Store pricing with 700 new price points ranging up to £10,000. The new pricing tools will allow developers much more flexibility when setting the prices for apps, in-app purchases (IAPs) and subscriptions, which could provide more value for consumers where prices would otherwise be rounded-up. The lowest…
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McKinsey has released its State of AI 2022 report, revealing key findings on AI’s use and adoption globally over the past five years.Read More Read More
Enlarge / An iPhone and Apple Watch showing the crash detection feature. (credit: Apple) Apple released a minor software update for iPhones today. Unlike many of its other iOS updates, the new iOS 16.1.2 was not released in tandem with updates to Apple’s other operating systems like macOS or watchOS. iOS 16.1.2 primarily does two…
Enlarge (credit: Winamp/Andrew Cunningham) If you’d asked me in January to make some predictions about what 2022 would bring, I don’t think “multiple significant updates to the Winamp player” would have been on the list. But the release candidate for version 5.9.1 of the software builds on the groundwork laid by August’s 5.9 update to…