Confirmed: Over 800 Xbox discs are supported by the disc-to-digital program, and growing. Here's the list.
A new database tracking Xbox’s new disc-to-digital program shows just how big the scale of the operation really is.
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Extradited Russian Hacker Faces Charges Over Excel Malware Campaign That Infected Thousands
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has charged a Russian national, extradited from Cyprus on August 28, with using roughly 255 fake accounts on a freelance platform to send malware-laced Excel attachments to about 80,000 of its users in 2016 and 2017. Searzhudin Tamirlanovich Aktulaev, 40, was arrested in Cyprus in May 2025, the U.S.…
GeoNetwork Fixes Unauthenticated RCE Chain Affecting Government Geoportal Backends
Two vulnerabilities in GeoNetwork can be chained to achieve unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) on the open-source geospatial metadata catalog, which sits behind many government and agency geoportals. The project shipped fixes in versions 4.4.12 and 4.2.17 on July 8, 2026, and published the vulnerability details on August 31. GeoNetwork originated at the United Nations…
Is this the future of America?
In 2007, the US was on the cusp of an economic recession, and Buddy Rizer was tasked with finding Loudoun County, Virginia, a new way to make money. Rizer’s earlier career as a radio DJ didn’t exactly make him an obvious candidate to find a solution, but he was looking for what he called a…
Acer’s new concept hardware is a gaming handheld with a keyboard
For the last few years, PC gamers on the go have had a choice: Buy a gaming laptop, or pick up one of the many Steam Deck-inspired handhelds that are a fraction of the size but a lot less versatile. Acer’s latest concept device, Project DualPlay Mini, is an attempt to upend that dichotomy by…
Acer’s new MacBook Air rival is nearly a pound lighter than Apple’s laptop
Acer is announcing a new laptop poised to rival the MacBook Air’s thinness and lightness – and in the process, it cops another laptop’s name. The Acer Swift Blade 14 (not to be confused with the Razer Blade 14) is a productivity machine weighing just 1.76 pounds / 799g and measuring as little as 0.51…
A Prop 65 Crash Course: What You Need to Know (2026)
If you see a Prop 65 warning, don’t fret. Here’s what you need to know.
Chrome and Firefox Updates Patch Dozens of Vulnerabilities
The browser refreshes fix multiple use-after-free, sandbox escape, and privilege escalation bugs. The post Chrome and Firefox Updates Patch Dozens of Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.
23-Year-Old Sality P2P Botnet Disrupted
The shutdown operation involved peer list manipulation and Sality payload URL takedown. The post 23-Year-Old Sality P2P Botnet Disrupted appeared first on SecurityWeek.
How to Run a Vulnerability Scan: 12 Steps, 90 Min [2026]
The National Vulnerability Database entered September 2026 carrying more than 27,000 unprocessed CVEs, a backlog that grew from roughly 13,000 in mid-2024, according to a June 2026 inspector general report from the US Commerce Department. In April 2026, NIST reclassified close to 29,000 of those backlogged entries as “Not Scheduled,” meaning they get no automatic…