Watch out for this fake Windows BSOD - it's actually malware

The Windows Blue Screen (or Black Screen) of Death is typically a sign that some unrecoverable error or conflict has occurred. Now, cybercriminals are using the dreaded BSOD as a way to trick people ...
Daily Times

‘Pretty Woman’ sequel ‘early script in the works’ after fake poster: report

A Pretty Woman sequel is finally in the works after a fake AI poster sparked buzz earlier this year. Julia Roberts and Richard Gere are reportedly “on board” with returning to their iconic roles after ...
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'Rein in the president': Jasmine Crockett flips the script on GOP colleagues, calls them out on their fake outrage over 'fraud' in sham hearing

During a sham hearing on Obamacare subsidy "fraud" held by House Republicans in the Judiciary Committee last week, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) called out her Republican colleagues on their ...
Bangkok Post

Thai crackdown on fake goods nets results

The Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) has intensified a nationwide crackdown on intellectual property (IP) infringement, seizing more than 3.3 million counterfeit and pirated items with ...
Mashable

Fake AI-generated shops, ads flourish on Facebook

Now with some help from AI, scammers are still a big problem on Facebook's ad platform. Credit: Mateusz Slodkowski/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The new iPhone, the Nintendo Switch 2, ...
Dark Reading

Attackers Sell Turnkey Remote Access Trojan 'Atroposia'

Cybercriminals are selling a plug-and-play remote access Trojan (RAT) named "Atroposia," further lowering the bar for new threat actors to target enterprises. Data security vendor Varonis today ...
Nature

How to spot fake scientists and stop them from publishing papers

Beatriz Ychussie’s career in mathematics seemed to be going really well. She worked at Roskilde University in Denmark where, in 2015 and 2016 alone, she published four papers on mathematical formulae ...
IGN

Barking up the wrong tree?

The first draft of the script for the movie adaptation of Sleeping Dogs is "done." That's according to Marvel star Simu Liu, who revealed over the weekend that the script for the film was complete, ...
The Washington Post

‘It broke me’: Inside the FBI hunt for the online predators who persuaded a 13-year-old to die

GIG HARBOR, Wash. — The early-morning fog had yet to rise when police found the 13-year-old boy in a parking lot behind a grocery store. His body was illuminated only by the ambient glow of lights on ...
Penn Live

Student shot after mistaking officer for ‘threat’ during Naval Academy lockdown

An officer shot and injured a student at the United States Naval Academy in Maryland during a lockdown started by online threats from a former student. The midshipman had mistakenly attacked the ...
AppleInsider

This 'leaked' factory iPhone 17 Pro Max video is probably a fake

A video has been shared by a leaker allegedly showing an iPhone 17 Pro Max. It's almost guaranteed to be a fake. The closer Apple's launch of its new iPhones gets, the more wild the rumor mill can get ...