Month: August 2024
MacOS users of some of the biggest chat apps around are being hit with new malware scam
Hackers repurpose an old Windows backdoor for macOS to target chat app users.
Chinese macOS users who utilize the DingTalk and WeChat apps to communicate with others are being targeted with new infostealing malware, experts have warned.
Cybersecurity researchers at Kaspersky analyzed a new malware sample, recently uploaded to VirusTotal, to discover hackers have taken a known infostealer called HZ RAT, and repurposed it for macOS.
HZ RAT has been around for almost half a decade (since 2020), but was first identified by the German cybersecurity outlet DCSO in late 2022. For an infostealer, HZ RAT is relatively rudimentary and unsophisticated. It can connect to a command & control (C2) server, execute PowerShell commands and scripts, write arbitrary files to the target system, upload files, and send system information.
Chinese C2 servers
The Hacker News claims that given its limited functionality, HZ RAT is probably used for credential harvesting and system reconnaissance.
Now, someone took it and made an identical copy, just for macOS. “The samples we found almost exactly replicate the functionality of the Windows version of the backdoor and differ only in the payload, which is received in the form of shell scripts from the attackers’ server,” Kaspersky said.
Another aspect where Windows and macOS versions are similar is how they end up on the target endpoint to begin with. While Windows variants impersonated legitimate software such as OpenVPN, PuTTYgen, or EasyConnect, macOS versions so far impersonate the OpenVPN Connect client.
The files grabbed with HZ RAT differ, depending on the chat app in use, Kaspersky further explained: “The malware attempts to obtain the victim’s WeChatID, email, and phone number from WeChat,” they said. “As for DingTalk, attackers are interested in more detailed victim data: Name of the organization and department where the user works, username, corporate email address, [and] phone number.”
While the identity of the attackers is unknown, the researchers managed to determine where the C2 infrastructure is located. The majority of the servers are based in China, with two found in the US and the Netherlands.
Via The Hacker News
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Climate change feedbacks lead to surge in natural methane emissions
Attempts to cut greenhouse gases made tougher by increased emissions.
Enlarge / A view of the Pantanal wetlands in Brazil. New research shows a large chunk of global methane emissions are from rotting vegetation in tropical wetlands. (credit: Carl de Souza/AFP via Getty Images)
A 2021 pledge by more than 100 nations to cut methane emissions from anthropogenic sources 30 percent by 2030 might not slow global warming as much as projected, as new research shows that feedbacks in the climate system are boosting methane emissions from natural sources, especially tropical wetlands.
A new trouble spot is in the Arctic, where scientists recently found unexpectedly large methane emissions in winter. And globally, the increase in water vapor caused by global warming is slowing the rate at which methane breaks down in the atmosphere. If those feedbacks intensify, scientists said, it could outpace efforts to cut methane from fossil fuel and other human sources.
Methane traps about 80 times more heat than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period, and scientists estimate it’s responsible for 20 to 30 percent of climate warming since the start of the industrial age, when atmospheric methane was at a concentration of about 0.7 parts per million. It has zig-zagged upward since then, spiking with the first fossil gas boom in the 1980s, then leveling off slightly before a huge surge started in the early 2000s. The amount of methane in the atmosphere reached about 1.9 ppm in 2023, nearly three times the pre-industrial level.
Everything new on Prime Video in September 2024
Prime Video already boasts an impressive library of movies, but it’s about to get even bigger with September’s new additions.
Prime Video has one of the biggest TV show and movie libraries on offer when it comes to the best streaming services. And, in September, that roster is going to get even more impressive with a content drop of over 100 titles joining the platform on September 1 alone.
The first day of the month is notorious for Prime Video’s largest offering – just look at everything new on Prime Video in August – but that doesn’t mean the rest of the month is sparse. There’s the highly-anticipated final road trip of The Grand Tour, there’s exclusive sports throughout the month, and all seven seasons of Elementary are available to add to your watchlist.
With each new drop comes fresh opportunity to update our best Prime Video movies list, so be sure to check out the new recommendations from us as the month rolls out.
Everything new on Prime Video in September 2024
Arriving on September 1
21 Grams (movie)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (movie)
Angela’s Ashes (movie)
Army of Darkness (movie)
Basic Instinct (movie)
Beatriz at Dinner (movie)
Before I Go to Sleep (movie)
Bram Stoker’s Dracula (movie)
Brides of Dracula (movie)
Bubba Ho-Tep (movie)
Cape Fear (movie)
CB4 (movie)
Chasing Amy (movie)
Child’s Play (movie)
Constantine (movie)
Continental Divide (movie)
Coogan’s Bluff (movie)
Crimson Peak (movie)
Cyborg (movie)
Devil (movie)
Disturbing Behavior (movie)
Dracula (movie)
Drag Me to Hell (movie)
Dredd (movie)
Dressed to Kill (movie)
Duck Soup (movie)
Election (movie)
For Love of the Game (movie)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (movie)
Forces of Nature (movie)
Frida (movie)
Galaxy Quest (movie)
Gambit (movie)
Ghost Story (movie)
Hotel Artemis (movie)
I Am Durán (movie)
In The Heights (movie)
In the Name of the Father (movie)
Jeepers Creepers (movie)
Jeepers Creepers 2 (movie)
Jonah Hex (movie)
Killer Klowns From Outer Space (movie)
Lifeforce (movie)
Madagascar (movie)
Meet Joe Black (movie)
Megamind (movie)
Mirror Mirror (movie)
Nerve (movie)
Night Creatures (movie)
Nocturnal Animals (movie)
Overboard (movie)
Penguins of Madagascar (movie)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (movie)
Red Eye (movie)
Revolutionary Road (movie)
Roman J. Israel, Esq. (movie)
Roxanne (movie)
Rumble Fish (movie)
Runaway Train (movie)
Saturday Night Fever (movie)
Sinister 2 (movie)
Son of Dracula (movie)
Species (movie)
Species II (movie)
Species III (movie)
Species: The Awakening (movie)
Steel (movie)
Stigmata (movie)
Super 8 (movie)
Swingers (movie)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (movie)
The Big Lebowski (movie)
The Black Dahlia (movie)
The Cold Light of Day (movie)
The Core (movie)
The Doors (movie)
The Egg And I (movie)
The First Purge (movie)
The General’s Daughter (movie)
The Grey (movie)
The Invisible Man (movie)
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (movie)
The Misfits (movie)
The Motorcycle Diaries (movie)
The Mummy (movie)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre II (movie)
The Usual Suspects (movie)
The Vampire Lovers (movie)
The Wolf Man (movie)
Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral (movie)
Tyler Perry’s Acrimony (movie)
V for Vendetta (movie)
Where the Buffalo Roam (movie)
Winchester (movie)
The Wolfman (movie)
Arriving on September 3
Snack Shack (movie)
The American Society of Magical Negroes (movie)
Arriving on September 5
WNBA on Prime Video (TV show)
Arriving on September 6
ONE Fight Night on Prime Video (TV show)
NWSL on Prime Video (TV show)
Arriving on September 10
The Money Game (TV show)
Arriving on September 11
Colette (movie)
Arriving on September 12
Around the World in 80 Days (movie)
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (movie)
Thursday Night Football (TV show)
WNBA on Prime Video (TV show)
Arriving on September 13
The Grand Tour: One For The Road (TV show)
NWSL on Prime Video (TV show)
Arriving on September 14
Elementary seasons 1-7 (TV show)
PBC on Prime Video (TV show)
Spark: A Space Tail (movie)
Arriving on September 15
Everybody Wants Some!! (movie)
Arriving on September 19
Thursday Night Football (TV show)
WNBA on Prime Video (TV show)
Words on Bathroom Walls (movie)
Arriving on September 20
Jason Bourne (movie)
NWSL on Prime Video (TV show)
Arriving on September 23
What If (movie)
Arriving on September 24
Evolution of the Black Quarterback (TV show)
Arriving on September 26
Paddington 2 (movie)
Thursday Night Football (TV show)
Arriving on September 27
NWSL on Prime Video (TV show)
Arriving on September 29
Felix and the Hidden Treasure (movie)
Arriving on September 30
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (movie)
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Sketchy Rumor Claims iPhone 16 Pre-Orders Could Begin on a Thursday Instead of Usual Friday
Apple’s annual iPhone event is scheduled to take place on Monday, September 9. Typically, this would suggest that iPhone 16 pre-orders would begin on Friday, September 13, but German blog Macerkopf this week claimed it heard that the pre-orders could instead begin on Thursday, September 12. The report did not elaborate on the source of this information, nor did it provide a reason for this potential change, so skepticism is warranted.
It is worth noting that Apple’s annual iPhone event most often takes place on a Tuesday, but the upcoming event on September 9 will be the first-ever iPhone event to be held on a Monday. It is unclear if the event being held one day earlier than expected has any relation to pre-orders potentially starting one day earlier as well.
In any case, Apple will reveal when iPhone 16 pre-orders will actually begin during its event. Will it be a Thursday or a Friday? Place your bets.Related Roundups: iPhone 16, iPhone 16 ProTag: MacerkopfThis article, “Sketchy Rumor Claims iPhone 16 Pre-Orders Could Begin on a Thursday Instead of Usual Friday” first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums
Apple’s annual iPhone event is scheduled to take place on Monday, September 9. Typically, this would suggest that iPhone 16 pre-orders would begin on Friday, September 13, but German blog Macerkopf this week claimed it heard that the pre-orders could instead begin on Thursday, September 12. The report did not elaborate on the source of this information, nor did it provide a reason for this potential change, so skepticism is warranted.
It is worth noting that Apple’s annual iPhone event most often takes place on a Tuesday, but the upcoming event on September 9 will be the first-ever iPhone event to be held on a Monday. It is unclear if the event being held one day earlier than expected has any relation to pre-orders potentially starting one day earlier as well.
In any case, Apple will reveal when iPhone 16 pre-orders will actually begin during its event. Will it be a Thursday or a Friday? Place your bets.
This article, “Sketchy Rumor Claims iPhone 16 Pre-Orders Could Begin on a Thursday Instead of Usual Friday” first appeared on MacRumors.com
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AMD Ryzen 7600X3D could be imminent and temptingly cheap – but the catch might be you’ll struggle to buy the CPU
AMD’s Ryzen 7600X3D might be on sale in a couple of weeks, and possibly priced to impress PC gamers.
AMD’s purported Ryzen 5 7600X3D has again been mentioned on the rumor mill, and the theoretical 3D V-Cache addition to what’s now Team Red’s last-gen CPU range has been given a potential price that sounds tempting – but there’s also some disappointing news for would-be buyers.
In the latest ‘Broken Silicon’ episode from Moore’s Law is Dead (MLID), the YouTuber backs up a previous rumor aired on X last week that the Ryzen 7600X3D (six-core CPU) is due in early September. (As an interesting sidenote, the 7600X3D was bubbling around the grapevine as far back as 2022 – so it may have been in the works for a long time, and we’ll come back to that).
MLID believes (add salt now) that the Ryzen 7600X3D is set to release inside a month, probably in the first half of September, and a source at a distributor indicated that it’ll have a 65W TDP and a price tag of $249 in the US (and presumably in line with that elsewhere).
However, there are a couple of things to note here, the first of which is that price is not yet finalized – this is just what AMD is planning at the moment. So, it could be subject to some last-minute tuning, by the sound of things – and the MSRP might end up higher, but it’s likely to come in under $300, whatever happens.
The second point of interest is the source suggests that, at least initially, the Ryzen 7600X3D will be mostly supplied to PC makers, rather than sold directly to consumers as a standalone chip (referred to as the DIY market). So, if you’re hoping to buy one as an upgrade – and not part of a new PC – then stock might be thin on the ground, but as ever, sprinkle seasoning aplenty with everything we’re talking about here.
A bucketful of (plausible) theorizing
The fact that two leakers have suggested AMD is about to spring the Ryzen 5 7600X3D on us lends weight to this speculation, and MLID seems fairly convinced based on talking to that source at a distributor. A further notion advanced is that the plan may be to discontinue the Ryzen 5800X3D, so the 7600X3D would be a replacement, perhaps, with production of the 5800X3D possibly winding down already, paving the way for a budget Zen 4 X3D chip instead.
As the YouTuber also acknowledges, this brings up another possibility here. Remember that Ryzen 9000X3D processors were rumored to be coming out early, maybe in September 2024? Well, the latest gossip on that front is AMD has pushed back these 9000X3D chips to early 2025, and so – theorizing cap on again – the result of this ‘delay’ of Ryzen 9000X3D silicon may be the need to push something 3D V-Cache-related out, so that might be said Ryzen 7600X3D.
To extend the theorizing, a temptingly affordable price point is being mulled as a kind of ‘peace offering’ to placate those disappointed with Ryzen 9000’s gaming performance, which is plenty of folks. (Although a freshly arrived patch for Windows 11 does help with this – just not with Zen 5’s generational uplift for frame rates in PC games, where it barely moves the needle).
Furthermore, we must remember Intel’s Arrow Lake launch is coming soon, as these next-gen desktop processors are rumored for October, and so AMD might feel it must counter that in another way, if not 9000X3D. (Also note that Team Blue has its own problems with placating consumers right now – much bigger ones it has to be said).
Ryzen 9000X3D may have been delayed to give Team Red more time to ensure it offers enough of a generational uplift for gaming, in order to remove any bad taste left in the mouths of PC gamers after the vanilla Ryzen 9000 launch. This seems a distinct possibility, particularly considering that X3D chips are all about gaming, and specifically designed to be performant in PC games – so the importance of the 9800X3D in particular can’t be understated.
The worry is that the Ryzen 9000X3D delay may be more substantial, given the need to draft in the Ryzen 7600X3D – possibly from off the backburner from way back, as we mentioned before – as a kind of emergency measure, to keep things ticking over after the Ryzen 9000 launch stumbled and fell (certainly for gamers). However, it’ll be a real shame if the 7600X3D is mostly OEM-only, and the average consumer struggles to find one on the shelves – but we’re getting ahead of ourselves.
Time’s going to tell pretty swiftly if these leakers are right, as we’ll be hearing about the Ryzen 7600X3D in the next couple of weeks if it’s real – and finding out if this really will be one of the best gaming CPUs you can (hopefully) buy in 2024.
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Uber teen accounts 2.0 revealed with more convenience and safety features
Uber has updated its teen accounts with new and improved features primarily designed for convenience and security. Besides previous functions like tracking trip progress and Uber Eats connectivity, the rideshare company is now announcing several additional features. Parents in charge of teen accounts, which are available in all 50 states and 250+ cities can apply them to their teens’ accounts.
Previously, teen accounts did not support parents booking trips using their own phones, but the new guardian booking feature now allows this. Parents using guardian booking will have access to the same security features a teen account will use. Parents with an Uber One membership can also now share the benefits with teens, such as free delivery and cash back trips. Any cash back funds go to the teen’s account for future use.
Teen accounts can also now use Uber Reserve to request rides up to 90 days ahead. Reserve trips can be at least booked with as little as 30 minutes of advance notice, too. Finally, teen accounts can now use Uber Cash if they receive Uber gift cards. They can use the money on their own for future rides or food.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/apps/uber-teen-accounts-20-revealed-with-more-convenience-and-safety-features-142209566.html?src=rss
Uber has updated its teen accounts with new and improved features primarily designed for convenience and security. Besides previous functions like tracking trip progress and Uber Eats connectivity, the rideshare company is now announcing several additional features. Parents in charge of teen accounts, which are available in all 50 states and 250+ cities can apply them to their teens’ accounts.
Previously, teen accounts did not support parents booking trips using their own phones, but the new guardian booking feature now allows this. Parents using guardian booking will have access to the same security features a teen account will use. Parents with an Uber One membership can also now share the benefits with teens, such as free delivery and cash back trips. Any cash back funds go to the teen’s account for future use.
Teen accounts can also now use Uber Reserve to request rides up to 90 days ahead. Reserve trips can be at least booked with as little as 30 minutes of advance notice, too. Finally, teen accounts can now use Uber Cash if they receive Uber gift cards. They can use the money on their own for future rides or food.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/apps/uber-teen-accounts-20-revealed-with-more-convenience-and-safety-features-142209566.html?src=rss
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