AI-assisted hacking group hits targets with a complicated ‘social engineering’ scam that involves deepfaked CEOs, spoofed Zoom calls and a malicious troubleshooting program

A hacking group reportedly based out of North Korea has come up with a “new tooling and AI-enabled social engineering” scam, according to Google, and it’s pretty complicated. Effectively, it uses a hacked account to send a Zoom link via a calendar invite to an uncompromised account. That version of Zoom is, in fact, a…

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‘We knew we had a golden nugget in our hands… so we took all the shortcuts we could’: Logitech’s new wonder-mouse looks very similar to the Superlight 2 for good reason

I’ve been spending a ton of time with Logitech’s new gaming mouse, the G Pro X2 Superstrike, and if I hadn’t pressed those new rapid trigger buttons, I’d likely have assumed it was just a G Pro X Superlight 2 with a new and very appealing colour scheme. In fact, Logitech expressed as much to…

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Cult of the Lamb’s Woolhaven is inspired by the likes of The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine and Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree: ‘We wanted to make it a real chunky experience’

I’m a huge fan of Cult of the Lamb, and even still, Woolhaven managed to exceed my expectations. Providing two new dungeons, a massive cult expansion, and a gripping story. There’s a lot on offer here, more than most players expected to have. But it’s something that Massive Monster has planned to do for quite…

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I am once again tapping my ‘Todd Howard genuinely loves Fallout’ sign: He’s an OG Fallout 1 fan and still hasn’t given back the disc he nicked from his brother

The cross I bear—probably the heaviest burden borne by a human being in history—is that I’m doomed to annoy basically all the loudest segments of the Fallout fan community. Do I love the direction Bethesda took the series in with FO3 and FO4? Not really. Do I think the studio—and especially FO3 and 4 director…

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Crypto scammer who reportedly stole at least $73 million through social media, calls, and dating services sentenced to a ‘statutory maximum of 20 years in prison’

A crypto scammer who is accused (alongside his co-conspirators) of stealing at least $73.6 million has been sentenced to “the statutory maximum of 20 years in prison and three years of supervised release for his role in an international cryptocurrency investment conspiracy carried out from scam centers in the Kingdom of Cambodia”. 42-year old Daren…

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