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| Jonathan Greig / The Record: |
Amazon, Google, and Cloudflare say a DDoS attack hit 398M RPS in August 2023, ~8x larger than the prior record, due to a new flaw; Google mitigated the attack — Amazon, Google and Cloudflare said they detected the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on record in August due to a newly discovered vulnerability.
More: Google Cloud Blog, The Cloudflare Blog, Google Cloud Blog, Amazon Web Services, The Verge, The Register, PCMag, BleepingComputer, SecurityWeek, Cybersecurity Dive, Dark Reading, eSecurity Planet, Microsoft Security …, The Hacker News, Security Boulevard, and Phoronix
Mastodon: @Tarah@infosec.exchange and @briankrebs@infosec.exchange
X: @nixcraft, @menscher, @johnhultquist, @ryanaraine, @cloudflare, @rseroter, @eastdakota, @lukolejnik, and @menscher
LinkedIn: Carlos Henrique Silva Santana, Gianluca Varisco, Gianluca Varisco, Grant Bourzikas, and Taylor Lehmann. Forums: Hacker News
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Adobe debuts Firefly Image 2 Model in Firefly for the web; the model is larger than its predecessor, better at rendering humans, and coming to Creative Cloud — At MAX, its annual conference for creatives, Adobe today announced that it has updated the models that power Firefly, its generative AI image creation service.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Sony announces a new $500 PS5 model with a detachable disc drive, 1TB of internal storage, and a slightly slimmer and shorter design, shipping in November — Sony officially announced a new PS5 model with a detachable disc drive and 1TB of internal storage.
More: PlayStation.Blog, Engadget, PCMag, Gizmodo, Android Authority, Thurrott, Decrypt, GamesIndustry.biz, The Messenger, IGN, VideoCardz.com, Stevivor, ExtremeTech, Game Developer, Mashable, Video Games Chronicle, Lifewire, Destructoid, MSPoweruser, iPhone in Canada Blog, Neowin, Tom's Guide, MobileSyrup, Redmond Pie, GSMArena.com, GamingBolt, TechPowerUp, IGN, Metro, Polygon, Wccftech, Pocket-lint, Eurogamer.net, GameSpot, Push Square, Kotaku, 9to5Toys, KitGuru, Gamereactor UK, BGR, Dot Esports, Gameranx, and TechRadar
Threads: @parkerortolani. X: @snazzylabs, @stevemoser, and @tomwarren. LinkedIn: Piers Harding-Rolls
Forums: r/TwoBestFriendsPlay, r/VideoGameDealsCanada, r/kindafunny, r/gadgets, and r/gamernews
| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
As X fails to moderate Israel-Hamas misinformation, Meta has an opportunity to make real-time news a pillar of Threads and give the app an existential purpose — Three months into its existence, the app's purpose may be coming into focus — if Meta will embrace it
More: Wired, The Verge, The Guardian, CNN, TechCrunch, Mashable, Bloomberg, The i Paper, Media Matters for America, The Guardian, Engadget, Livemint, The Messenger, Hindustan Times, The Information, CNBC, Morning Brew, Telegraph, and Variety
Threads: @alex.stamos, @cwarzel, @mcuban, @vocino, @oliverdarcy, @parkert, @taylorlorenz, @carnage4life, @renee.diresta, @renee.diresta, @parkert, @technicallymims, @jaketapper, @drewharwell, @exhaustedfemalefounder, @reporterzoe, @azdataguru, @jason_whitman, @mollyjongfast, @alex.stamos, @mattbinder, @carnage4life, @mattbinder, @therealhoarse, @davidfrenchjag, @andykaczynski, @oliverdarcy, @freedom_official_p, @buccocapital, @timothyjchambers, @crumbler, @reporterzoe, @robertgarcialb, @malcontentmenttango, @ianbremmer, and @matthewfacciani
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X: @shayan86, @shayan86, @shayan86, @shayan86, @shayan86, @oneunderscore__, @shayan86, @mattbinder, @stevanzetti, @shayan86, @daveyalba, @shayan86, @oneunderscore__, @daveyalba, @oneunderscore__, @shayan86, @kevinmkruse, @benedictevans, @rakeshlobster, @clarajeffery, @shayan86, @ianbremmer, @shayan86, @shayan86, @kevinmkruse, @shayan86, @shayan86, @shayan86, @rothschildmd, @shayan86, @dnvolz, @daithaigilbert, @edzitron, @anneapplebaum, @onthemedia, @jakemgrumbach, @nxthompson, @penamerica, and @shayan86
LinkedIn: Mark Little and Tomer Poran
Forums: r/technology, r/technology, and r/TheMajorityReport
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More: The Guardian, The Verge, Bloomberg, The Messenger, Los Angeles Times, Reuters, CNBC, and Tech Xplore
Threads: @mattnavarra. X: @elonmusk, @thierrybreton, @zamaan_qureshi, @guyverhofstadt, @zsk, @alextaylornews, @ianbremmer, @elonmusk, @ggreenwald, and @jason_kint
| Erin Woo / The Information: |
More: Ars Technica, Bloomberg, NBC News, The Hill, The Record, Los Angeles Times, Fast Company, Insider, and Silicon Republic
X: @safety, @taliaotg, @chrisharihar, @oalexanderdk, and @erinkwoo
| Wired: |
As the Israel-Hamas war escalates, a look at the role of hacktivism on both sides, supported by groups globally, including DDoSing Israeli government websites — Since the conflict escalated, hackers have targeted dozens of government websites and media outlets with defacements and DDoS attacks …
More: TechCrunch, Security Affairs, The Record, The White House, Security Affairs, Times of India, Dark Reading, Washington Post, SecurityWeek, Hackread, Analytics India Magazine, New York Times, CircleID, Cybernews.com, Cointelegraph, and Reuters
Mastodon: @mattburgess@infosec.exchange. X: @bushidotoken, @jerusalem_post, @bushidotoken, @aejleslie, and @bushidotoken
Forums: r/InfoSecNews, r/2ndYomKippurWar, and Ars OpenForum
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Google starts prompting users to create a passkey to use as their account default, but says passwords will “still remain part of our lives as we make the pivot” — Google is making it easier for users to ditch passwords on their Google accounts in favor of passkeys — a fast …
More: BleepingComputer, Wired, PYMNTS.com, Ars Technica, CNN, TechCrunch, ZDNet, The Hacker News, The Messenger, Gizmodo, Biometric Update, PCMag, Lifewire, 9to5Google, Social Media Today, Tom's Guide, The Keyword, PhoneArena, Ghacks, MobileSyrup, NBC 7 San Diego, Droid Life, How-To Geek, Infosecurity, NewsBytes, SiliconANGLE, Neowin, iPhone in Canada Blog, Thurrott, SlashGear, Android Authority, Android Central, and OnMSFT.com
LinkedIn: Jonathan Bellack, Aaron Lax, and Gianluca Varisco
| New York Times: |
Caroline Ellison testifies that SBF “directed” her to commit crimes, like using FTX client funds for Alameda Research's venture investments and loan repayments — Ms. Ellison, who also dated Mr. Bankman-Fried, is the government's star witness in the criminal fraud trial of the founder of the FTX crypto exchange.
More: Insider, DL News, TechCrunch, Decrypt, CNBC, CoinDesk, CryptoSlate, Cointelegraph, The Messenger, Cryptonews, The Verge, Financial Times, Crypto Briefing, Tech Xplore, NBC News, Washington Post, Watcher Guru, Coinpedia Fintech News, Protos, and Bloomberg
Mastodon: @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io and @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io
| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Microsoft rolls out new tools in preview for health care organizations, including three new AI models for Azure AI Health Insights and an Azure AI Health Bot — - Microsoft introduced new tools in Microsoft Fabric and Azure AI for health-care organizations.| IDC: |
Global PC shipments fell 7.6% YoY to 68.2M in Q3 2023; among the top five vendors, Apple experienced the largest decline, down 23.1%, and only HP grew, up 6.4% — The downward spiral for PC shipments continued during the third quarter of 2023 (3Q23) as global volumes declined 7.6% year …
More: Gartner, Computerworld, Canalys, The Messenger, Ghacks, ComputerWeekly.com, MSPoweruser, WRAL TechWire, TechCrunch, Tom's Hardware, TechRadar, Tech Monitor, Neowin, Dow Jones Newswires, InfotechLead, channelweb.co.uk, PYMNTS.com, MacDailyNews, Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance, AppleInsider, Cult of Mac, and Barron's Online
X: @ldignan, @bryanbma, @wolfofharcourt, and @idc
| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
X now lets users “limit replies to verified users” — The latest turn in the Elon Musk-directed platform X, previously known as Twitter, is that users can now block unverified accounts from replying to their posts. — This change arrives about 11 months after Musk launched paid verification …
More: Mashable, Fortune, Gizmodo, and Memeburn
Mastodon: @Wikisteff@mastodon.social and @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
X: @x, @elonmusk, @agoldmund, @zhugeex, @jarvis, @eve6, @mnateshyamalan, @ggooooddddoogg, and @tomwarren. Forums: r/Twitter
| Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch: |
California Governor Newsom signs a bill forcing VC firms to share the diversity of founders they back; some worry about liability from releasing sensitive info — Last night, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 54, which will require venture capital firms in the state …
More: Fortune, AfroTech, Tech.eu, and Courthouse News Service
X: @cailen, @quinnypig, @natfriedman, @saranormous, and @seehafer
LinkedIn: LinkedIn, Masha Liberman, Lysanne Currie, Olga V. Mack, Masha Liberman, Dominic-Madori Davis, and Edrizio De La Cruz
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: the US SEC is investigating a Twitter security lapse in 2018 that exposed users' email addresses and whether executives adequately informed investors — - Agency scrutinizes how former leadership managed security flaw — Security flaw exposed user information on the platform
More: Engadget, The Messenger, Reuters, CoinGape, and Watcher Guru
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