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Twitch faces a class action lawsuit over using streamers’ content to train Amazon’s AI

According to Courthouse News, plaintiff Warren Pandiscia – a Twitch creator with around 1000 followers – filed his 37-page complaint in the Northern District of California last week. It alleges Twitch and Amazon copied vast quantities of streamer footage without securing proper licences, a breach of creators’ implied agreements with the platform and a violation […]

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Microsoft blames Windows gaming issues on RGB lighting devices

Microsoft says ongoing issues causing games to crash or fail to launch after installing the August 2026 Windows updates may be caused by peripherals with RGB lighting. As Microsoft explained when it confirmed it’s investigating on Wednesday, this known issue affects games like ARC Raiders, MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls, and The Finals on systems running

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Hundreds of leaked AWS keys give full control over corporate accounts

More than 9,300 Amazon Web Services (AWS) access keys publicly exposed between August 2022 and August 2026 are still active and valid. Truffle Security has been tracking this exposure for the past four years and says that 817 of the exposed keys were linked to companies, 526 of them being AWS root keys. According to

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New SynkLoader malware pushed in Microsoft Teams phishing campaign

A previously unknown malware family dubbed SynkLoader is being distributed in Microsoft Teams phishing campaigns to steal credentials via a fake lock screen. The attacker impersonates the target company’s IT help desk, a tactic Microsoft highlighted earlier this year as increasingly common in multi-stage attacks. Expel’s security researcher Marcus Hutchins explains that the attacks direct

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Named Pipes Under Attack: Securing Windows Interprocess Communication

Written by: Farid Mustafayev, Cybersecurity Expert at ThreatLocker Named pipes are a common choice for communication between applications running on the same Windows computer. They are fast, supported directly by the operating system, and work well for communication between Windows services, desktop applications, tray processes, command-line utilities, and background agents. A typical design may include

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Hackers infect Android car head units with proxy botnet malware

A supply-chain attack targeting Android-based car head units is using a legitimate device-update app to spread malware that enlists compromised devices in a proxy botnet or uses them for ad fraud. Kaspersky researchers analyzed the malware and attributed the operation to the MoYu group, a threat actor previously associated with the BadBox malware botnet. The

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ToxicPanda Android malware uses VPN permissions to block Google Play

The ToxicPanda Android malware has evolved with new malicious functionality, expanding its targeting to 349 applications and adding support for 167 remote commands. The malware now requests VPN service permissions to create a local interface that allows it to control network traffic passing through it. The feature enables ToxicPanda 2.0 to block communication from Google

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Someone has managed to run Zork on the Steam Controller’s internal hardware, but it’s risky business

As we’ve reported on many times over the years, Valve’s hardware efforts attract the attention of the DIY project community like no other. The Steam Controller is no exception, as creator Owen Feldman has managed to get classic text adventure Zork running on its internal hardware. Feldman has documented the project on their blog, but

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