Threats

With their comic Minor Threats, actor and comedian Patton Oswalt and TV writer Jordan Blum found unexpected success with their title focused on the travails of underappreciated and overlooked D-list villains. Now, a background character in the comic that is about background villains is getting his moment in the spotlight. From the World of Minor Threats: Barfly teams up the duo, who created Hulu’s stop-motion Marvel series M.O.D.O.K., with comics author Kyle Starks and artist Ryan Browne, the…

Posted in: Comics, Marvel Comics, Preview | Tagged: black widow, hawkeyeGet ready for trust issues and a symbiote twist in this week's Black Widow and Hawkeye #1. Old partnerships never die, they just get more complicated.Published Sun, 10 Mar 2024 23:27:06 -0500 by Jude Terror | Article Summary Marvel releases Black Widow and Hawkeye #1, grappling with trust and a rogue assassination plot. Stephanie Phillips & Paolo Villanelli celebrate 60 years of the characters with a fresh twist. Available on Mar…

Vishing, a fusion of "voice" and "phishing," represents a sophisticated social engineering tactic that leverages telephonic communication to extract sensitive personal or administrative information. Though not a novel concept, historical instances underscore the enduring efficacy of vishing in breaching security barriers. MGM Cyber Attack Analysis Against the backdrop of historical precedents, the MGM Resorts cyberattack in September 2023, orchestrated by the Scattered Spider group utilizing ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware,…

Institutional investors investing in Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs helped to push prices to a new all-time high (ATH) of $70,130 on March 8. The most popular cryptocurrency ever launched has doubled its market cap in the last month and over $1.2 trillion is now invested in BTC.  Prices have pulled back to $68,430 since this historic moment as some investors sold for profits. It’s an expected turn given data from CryptoQuant recently showed that 95% of holders were in profit. Some investors are now exploring that option…

A sprawling international study of humpback whales in the northern Pacific has found their population has shrunk significantly since 2012 — despite the once-endangered species' remarkable comeback from the brink of extinction. The new research, published in Royal Society Open Science journal on Wednesday, estimated a roughly 20 per cent drop in the cetacean species' numbers over a decade.But despite that, one of the study's nearly 75 listed authors said the findings are not yet cause for alarm.Thomas Doniol-Valcroze is…

An Israeli film-maker who won one of the top prizes at the Berlin film festival has said German officials’ description of the awards ceremony as “antisemitic” has led to death threats and the physical intimidation of family members, causing him to hold off plans to return to Israel.Yuval Abraham, 29, was on Saturday awarded the Berlinale’s best documentary award for No Other Land, which charts the eradication of Palestinian villages in Masafer Yatta in the West Bank.Abraham’s acceptance speech, in which he decried a…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeAn Israeli filmmaker said he has been receiving death threats after decrying a "situation of apartheid" in Gaza and calling for a ceasefire during the closing ceremony of the Berlin Film Festival.Yuval Abraham, a 29-year-old journalist and filmmaker, said the threats prompted him to cancel his return to Israel and his family to flee overnight due to right-wing intimidation.Abraham and…

It looks like Larian Studios has landed a critical hit, as Baldur's Gate 3 has far surpassed 10 million players. The director of publishing for the developer revealed the major milestone for the RPG over the weekend, as well as warned against "threats toxicity" toward his team.Spotted by VGC, Larian executive Michael Douse mentioned the dramatic player base increase on X (formerly known as Twitter) while talking about how mod support is coming to consoles for Baldur's Gate 3. "This is a game that went…

Larian Studios has spoken out against the “threats and toxicity” developers have received following a mod-breaking patch for Baldur’s Gate 3. Last week, Larian announced it was working on “robust” official mod support after a hotfix disrupted the script editor that many mods are built around. Director of publishing Michael Douse confirmed a new system was in place, but it would require testing and Larian wanted the modding communities as involved as possible in the update. “We know this sucks, we know you want to play…

Maria Diaz/ZDNETQuantum computing may still be an emerging technology, but Apple is two steps ahead of other tech giants by releasing quantum-secure messaging. The company introduced PQ3 for iMessage, bringing the iOS messaging app up to level 3 of cryptographic security, the highest level applied to a messaging app. Most other messaging apps are between levels 0 and 1, including WhatsApp, which offers end-to-end encryption without quantum security. iMessage with PQ3 is designed to withstand quantum attacks that may…