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The US Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has warned criminals have created fraudulent apps that mimic real financial services brands to dupe investors into parting with $42.7 million over about six months. The FBI documents several fraudulent apps that defrauded 244 victims during the months leading up to the great crypto crash in June.It said cyber criminals are using the names, logos, and other identifying information of legitimate companies, including creating fake websites with this information, as part of…

Best BuyThe Prime Day sales event has finished, but that doesn't mean vendors aren't still offering great deals on laptops and Chromebooks -- and the Lenovo Chromebook Duet 5 is currently a bargain at Best Buy. When Chromebooks first appeared on the scene, there was potential for an alternative to traditional PC towers and laptops. However, it took several years for issues to be ironed out, including poor usability and low-power specifications. Now, Chromebooks offered by vendors including Lenovo are powerful enough…

Source: Luke Filipowicz / iMore When I took over as one of the hosts for the iMore Show, I realized that I would need a good-quality USB Microphone to record the audio for the show. Without hesitation, I turned to my HyperX QuadCast S. Over the years covering tech, I have tried multiple USB microphones, and no other one has the features, style, and sound quality that I trust to record the podcast. But here's the thing; it's an excellent accessory to have regardless of what you like to do because it has so many…

Photo: Anna Moneymaker (Getty Images)The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack gathered for its a seventh public hearing on Tuesday — this time to establish the existence of ties between the former president, Donald Trump, his closest advisors, and members of far-right militant groups who had gathered in Washington D.C. at his request to march on the Capitol. The committee, assembled publicly for the first time this month, asserted that, while violent organizations such as the Proud Boys and OathKeepers…

The hands of a computer hacker working on computer keyboard Image: Getty ImagesA newly uncovered form of Linux malware creates a backdoor into infected machines and servers, allowing cyber criminals to secretly steal sensitive information while also maintaining persistence on the network. Detailed by cybersecurity researchers at Intezer, the previously undetected malware has been called Orbit after filenames it used to temporarily store the output of executed commands. Linux is a popular operating system for servers…

In an unprecedented move, the heads of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the UK domestic security service MI5 jointly warned about imminent threats by the Chinese government's global espionage campaign.At a joint event at MI5 headquarters in London, FBI Director Christopher Wray and MI5 Director General Ken McCallum warned that the Chinese government is set on stealing your technology, reports the BBC."The Chinese government is set on stealing your technology -- whatever it is that makes your industry tick…

A data extortion group known as RansomHouse has asserted that it has stolen upwards of 450GB of sensitive data from AMD. Team Red has since confirmed that it launched an investigation into the matter after the situation came to light. Stock Depot/Getty Images As reported by Bleeping Computer and Tom’s Hardware, RansomHouse is not your regular hacking group that randomly targets whoever they can. They have a more specific methodology — infiltrate a specific corporate network in order to extract any data it can obtain,…

US crypto firm Harmony said that thieves stole around $100 million worth of digital coins from one of its key products, the latest in a string of cyber heists on a sector long targeted by hackers.Harmony develops blockchains for so-called decentralised finance-peer-to-peer sites that offer loans and other services without the traditional gatekeepers such as banks and non-fungible tokens (NFTs).The California-based company said the heist hit its Horizon "bridge", a tool for transferring crypto between different blockchains…

So-called blockchain bridges have become a prime target for hackers seeking to exploit vulnerabilities in the world of decentralized finance.Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty ImagesHackers have stolen $100 million in cryptocurrency from Horizon, a so-called blockchain bridge, in the latest major heist in the world of decentralized finance.Details of the attack are still slim, but Harmony, the developers behind Horizon, said they identified the theft Wednesday morning. Harmony singled out an individual account it believes…

This article was originally published on .cult by Yasas Sri Wickramasinge. .cult is a Berlin-based community platform for developers. We write about all things career-related, make original documentaries, and share heaps of other untold developer stories from around the world. All the successful product engineering teams have one common practice: a winning product development strategy. But, it is not realistic to find a universal product development strategy for different product teams. This…