Snap! — Magnetic Mercury, Body Merge, Digital Trojan Horse, 2x File Copy – Spiceworks Originals

Welcome to today’s edition of the Spiceworks Snap! (Short version)

It’s, in short, your daily dose of security and tech news, along with a mix of other strange or interesting things that might come up. We’re glad you came.
Let’s jump right in now…

Review: October 7, 1954: IBM switches to transistors (Read more HERE.)

Review: October 7, 1988: The Computer Bowl begins (Read more HERE.)

Security News:

• Stealthy ‘Perfctl’ malware infects thousands of Linux servers (Read more HERE.)

• Comcast and Truist Bank customers involved in FBCS data breach (Read more HERE.)

• Okta tells users to check for possible exploitation of a newly patched vulnerability (Read more HERE.)

• Google Pay alerts users with accidentally ‘new card added’ emails (Read more HERE.)

• New Gorilla Botnet Launches More Than 300,000 DDoS Attacks in 100 Countries (Read more HERE.)

You need to hear this.

Space probe maps Mercury’s magnetic field

Learn more at ExtremeTech.

Here’s something strange…

2 comb jellies fuse into 1 functional organism after being injured

Read more at Interesting technology.

But there is more going on in the world than that.

Smart TVs are like “a digital Trojan horse”

More information can be found at Ars Technica.

And you can’t not know this.

The latest Windows 11 update doubles the file copy speed with support for the ReFS format

Learn more at TechSpot.

Did you know?

Blood donors in Sweden receive a thank you when their blood is used.

(Read more amazing facts HERE.)

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I really don’t know why everything has to be ‘smart’ these days. TVs, dishwashers, refrigerators, thermostats, water heaters, holiday lights…really? Why? Other than “Because I can,” I’ve never heard of a good reason.