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Hackers Use Compromised ConnectWise Credential to Sign In to 173 Microsoft 365 Tenants

Cybersecurity researchers are sounding the alarm related to an active campaign in which unknown threat actors are abusing a compromised Microsoft 365 (M365) credential belonging to ConnectWise Cloud Backup (formerly SkyKick) to gain unauthorized access to customers' M365 environments. ConnectWise Cloud Backup is a cloud-based backup and recovery service built for managed service providers (MSPs

The Hacker News · October 17, 2026

North Korean Job Fraud Expands Beyond IT Into Healthcare and Sales

Threat actors with ties to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (aka DPRK or North Korea) have been observed seeking job opportunities beyond the information technology (IT) sector, with recent investigations identifying suspected workers employed in sales and marketing and the medical profession. The ongoing insider threat is part of what has been described as the IT worker scheme,

Learning Aug 31, 2026

Bloom Filters Explained: The Probabilistic Data Structure Powering Instagram, Google, and High-Scale Systems

Instagram has over 500 million registered usernames. When a new user tries to register, the platform needs to answer one question almost instantly: has this username already been taken? The naïve answ

Tech Aug 31, 2026

Pairing Google Antigravity with Gemini 3.7 Flash solves notable multi-agent math and engineering problems.

Gemini 3.7 Flash powers autonomous agent teams in Antigravity to solve open math problems, build CPU emulators, and optimize OSS.

Learning Aug 31, 2026

How Firestore Structures Data and How to Perform CRUD Operations With It

Most apps eventually need to store and manipulate data. And if you're building with Firebase, that data lives in Firestore, Google's flexible, scalable NoSQL document database. But before you can conf

Learning Aug 31, 2026

What Every Dev Should Know About Tracking Product Data

Product data is the record of what actually happens inside your app or website. It shows what your users do, how your system behaves, and how your business performs. In this article, you'll learn what

Security Aug 31, 2026

⚡ Weekly Recap: Chinese Spy Proxy, AI Agents Go Off-Task, Router Backdoors and More

The boring parts caused most of the trouble. A router shipped ready to listen. A fake check turned the user into the installer. Trusted systems collected traffic and passwords, then cleaned the logs. Old bugs formed new attack chains. Even an AI agent decided its assigned task was optional. Elsewhere, fake apps, helpful support calls, cheap banking kits, exposed systems, and weak defaults kept

Tech Aug 31, 2026

The Google TV Streamer now costs $50 more

Google raised the price of its 4K streaming box to $149, up $50 from its original $99 price. The new price is currently live at the Google Store and Best Buy, but Amazon appears to still be offering the original price. The price hike comes just a couple of weeks after Google launched its new […]

Tech Aug 31, 2026

JMGO’s very bright all-in-one projector looks ideal for gamers and sports

JMGO's 4K 120Hz Iris Ultra Max all-in-one Google TV projector is now available outside China. It gets its name from a new dual-iris system that lets it produce an impressive 10,000:1 native contrast, according to JMGO. It boosts the contrast - always an issue with projectors - by placing two separate physical apertures (irises) along […]

Security Aug 31, 2026

ValleyRAT Backdoor Hides in Signed Adware That Users Add to Antivirus Exclusions

The threat actor known as Silver Fox has been observed distributing the ValleyRAT backdoor disguised as a signed Chinese adware application, running the malware under a trusted process to slip past users who add such software to their antivirus exclusions. Russian cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky said the attackers built the disguise around QN Wallpaper, a genuine Chinese desktop-wallpaper tool

Tech Aug 31, 2026

FTC lawsuit alleges Amazon has been ‘secretly and systematically’ overcharging for ads

The FTC and 22 state attorneys general are suing Amazon for allegedly using a "secret ad surcharge" to drive up prices for ads on its website and app. FTC chairman Andrew Ferguson claims in a blog post on the lawsuit that the higher advertising prices "were largely passed on to American consumers." According to the […]

Tech Aug 31, 2026

I went to the loneliest baseball game on Apple Vision Pro

This weekend, I strapped on an Apple Vision Pro to watch a baseball game in immersive virtual reality for the first time. It was technically impressive, visually pretty remarkable, and also didn't make that much sense. Apple and Major League Baseball chose a classic match-up of the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees […]

Security Aug 31, 2026

Aurora Ransomware Operators Use Cursor AI in Attacks Against 10 Targets

Threat actors associated with Aurora (aka Aur0ra) ransomware have been observed using SpaceX's artificial intelligence (AI)-powered coding assistant Cursor to break into target networks, according to findings from CloudSEK and Gambit Security. The two independent analyses are based on exposed infrastructure associated with the Russian-speaking cybercrime group, leading to the discovery of its

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