Hackers Are Selling Off Stolen Roku Accounts With Credit Card Details For 50 Cents Each

Hot Headlines In Tech For Today [HotHardware.com]( Here Are Today's Hot Headlines In Tech [View this email in your browser]( [Hackers Are Selling Off Stolen Roku Accounts With Credit Card Details For 50 Cents Each]( By Nathan Ord on Mar 12, 2024 02:13 pm [Hackers Are Selling Off Stolen Roku Accounts With Credit Card Details For 50 Cents Each]( Account credentials and personal data are hot commodities online, which often going up for sale at low prices so shady characters can move thousands of accounts quickly. This is reportedly what has happened to just over 15,000 Roku customers who had their accounts compromised due to credential stuffing attacks that occurred from December 28th, [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [WhatsApp Clears Up Confusion Over Encryption With A Handy New Chat Label]( By Tim Sweezy on Mar 12, 2024 12:04 pm [WhatsApp Clears Up Confusion Over Encryption With A Handy New Chat Label]( A new feature in the latest beta for WhatsApp gives users more peace of mind that their messages and calls made within the app are end-to-end encrypted. The latest enhancement provides a visual confirmation that their chats are indeed securely encrypted using the Signal protocol. 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With the eventual release of its GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs, information is slowly emerging as to what we can expect. According [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Samsung Galaxy A55 And A35 Midrange Phones Pack OLED Displays And Better Security]( By Aaron Leong on Mar 12, 2024 10:15 am [Samsung Galaxy A55 And A35 Midrange Phones Pack OLED Displays And Better Security]( Two of the darlings in Samsung's smartphone portfolio—the Galaxy A35 and A55—have arrived, bringing some serious game to the midrange arena, including an upgrade to an aluminum chassis, some meaningful camera upgrades, and the company's Knox Vault built-in security solution once found on higher-end models. 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