Why Linux Saw A Massive Rise In Malware Attacks Last Year

Hot Headlines In Tech For Today [HotHardware.com]( Here Are Today's Hot Headlines In Tech [Why Linux Saw A Massive Rise In Malware Attacks Last Year]( By Jeff Butts on Jan 17, 2022 02:25 pm [Why Linux Saw A Massive Rise In Malware Attacks Last Year]( Linux used to be considered fairly safe from malware. Few, if any, threat actors targeted the Unix-based operating system. That’s changing rapidly, though, as reports indicate malware for Linux increased by 35 percent in 2021, compared to the previous year. Linux is commonly used for Internet of Things (IoT) devices. With more people adopting [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Modder Ports PS1 Classic Tomb Raider To Game Boy Advance Handheld, See It In Action]( By Paul Lilly on Jan 17, 2022 02:01 pm [Modder Ports PS1 Classic Tomb Raider To Game Boy Advance Handheld, See It In Action]( Lara Croft has been on her fair share of adventures over the past two and a half decades. It all started with the original Tomb Raider game released in 1996 for the Sega Saturn, followed by several other platforms, including Sony's very first PlayStation console. It never did see a release for Nintendo's Game Boy Advance...until now. Yay for [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Locked Intel Core i5-12400 Gets Overclocked To 5.2GHz For A Huge Gain In Performance]( By Zak Killian on Jan 17, 2022 01:41 pm [Locked Intel Core i5-12400 Gets Overclocked To 5.2GHz For A Huge Gain In Performance]( Once upon a time, there were two ways to overclock a CPU. Raising the multiplier has been the simplest and easiest option since it came to be, but old hardware nerds like this author will recall the days of raising motherboard front-side bus (FSB) clocks to accelerate memory accesses, as well as goosing the CPU clock rate. That technique more-or-less [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [FedEx Wants To Put Fricken Lasers On Its Planes To Defend Against Missile Attacks]( By Lane Babuder on Jan 17, 2022 12:55 pm [FedEx Wants To Put Fricken Lasers On Its Planes To Defend Against Missile Attacks]( Quick! You're a multinational shipping conglomerate, what is something that stays in the forefront of your mind on the regular? Apparently, if you are FedEx then missile defense systems are exactly what's on your mind. In what seems like a scene from an Austin Powers movie a recent proposal to the US Federal Aviation Administration has [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [God Of War Dev Says Game Studios Are Pressuring Sony To Embrace The PC Master Race]( By Zak Killian on Jan 17, 2022 12:24 pm [God Of War Dev Says Game Studios Are Pressuring Sony To Embrace The PC Master Race ]( The 2018 unsubtitled God of War game is out on PC, and we've been testing it to see how it runs. We'll have that article for you sooner than later, but in the meantime we've been checking out all the chatter surrounding the game. Among that noise is a brief interview with two lead developers from the game's creator Santa Monica Studios, Cory [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Allegedly Delayed And Could Cost $4,000 When It Does Arrive]( By Paul Lilly on Jan 17, 2022 12:16 pm [GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Allegedly Delayed And Could Cost $4,000 When It Does Arrive]( One of the many announcements NVIDIA during its CES event was the crowning of a new flagship graphics card, the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti. Not that the regular GeForce RTX 3090 we reviewed last year is long in the tooth by any stretch, but for those who want the fastest consumer GPU on the planet, the Ti model will soon occupy that space. As to [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [God Of War Nears 75K Concurrent Steam Users, Here's How To Play It On Windows 7 And 8]( By Tim Sweezy on Jan 17, 2022 12:11 pm [God Of War Nears 75K Concurrent Steam Users, Here's How To Play It On Windows 7 And 8]( There may still be some of you who own a PC that still runs Windows 7 or 8. If you were wondering if you could still bask in the glory of being able to play God of War, you are in luck as a mod has been created to do just that. The one time Sony exclusive has been a fan favorite since its release back in 2018 on the PlayStation 4. Santa [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Even A 16MHz Laptop From 1989 Can Mine Bitcoin But It Takes 584M Years To Earn $1]( By Paul Lilly on Jan 17, 2022 11:22 am [Even A 16MHz Laptop From 1989 Can Mine Bitcoin But It Takes 584M Years To Earn $1]( If you even owned a laptop from over 30 years ago, it's probably long-since been retired. Laptops did actually exist in the 1980s, though, and while mainly (not solely) built for word processing chores, an owner of a Toshiba T3200SX laptop from 1989 held onto his all these years and has put it to work mining Bitcoin. That's right, you can [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Sony May Have Just Confirmed PlayStation 5 Backwards Combability With PS3 Games]( By Tim Sweezy on Jan 17, 2022 11:00 am [Sony May Have Just Confirmed PlayStation 5 Backwards Combability With PS3 Games]( PlayStation 3 games have been seen in the PlayStation 5 store, and they have some wondering if their presence is a hint at things to come. People were taking to social media and saying they hoped it meant that Sony would soon be making PS3 games backwards compatible with the PS5 console. PlayStation fans may not have been excited about [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [AMD Might Refresh Its Radeon RX 6000 Series Graphics Cards With Upgraded Memory Too]( By Paul Lilly on Jan 17, 2022 10:24 am [AMD Might Refresh Its Radeon RX 6000 Series Graphics Cards With Upgraded Memory Too]( A refresh might be in store for AMD's Radeon RX 6000 series graphics cards as we wait for next-generation RDNA 3 parts to arrive. If so, AMD would be taking a similar approach as NVIDIA, the latter of which has introduced an upgraded GeForce RTX 3080 with more memory, and is rumored to be doing the same to its GeForce RTX 3070 Ti. NVIDIA [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [How A Freaky Levitating Frog Gave China The Idea To Build An Artificial Moon]( By Brittany Goetting on Jan 17, 2022 10:14 am [How A Freaky Levitating Frog Gave China The Idea To Build An Artificial Moon]( A frog, astronaut, and physicist walk into a… low-gravity research facility? Chinese scientists have recently developed an artificial moon setting that will be used to test technology and train astronauts in a low-gravity environment. The facility is already unique, but its origins make it even more so. The Chinese artificial moon setting [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Nintendo Warns Of Switch Scammers Using Fake Websites To Swindle Customers]( By Paul Lilly on Jan 17, 2022 09:24 am [Nintendo Warns Of Switch Scammers Using Fake Websites To Swindle Customers]( This really should go without saying, but for the benefit of anyone who needs reminding, be extra cautious about where you buy items online. That also means double and even triple checking the URL. 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