🔒 Meta under fire (again): The 2018 Facebook breach has just cost the company €251 million—and exposed 29 million accounts worldwide, including sensitive data such as emails, phone numbers, and even children’s information.

A flaw in the 👀 “View As” feature allowed attackers to steal access tokens and compromise user accounts.

👉 Learn more about the case: https://thehackernews.com/2024/12/meta-fined-251-million-for-2018-data.html

🔒 “Words matter,” says INTERPOL.

Shifting from "pig butchering" to "romance baiting" shifts the narrative to support victims, not shame them.

Victims are not just losing money—they're trapped in emotional manipulation by transnational organized crime groups.

Read to know how these scams operate and how to defend against them 👉 https://thehackernews.com/2024/12/interpol-pushes-for-romance-baiting-to.html

FilmSimulator

FilmSimulator is a cross-platform mobile app built with Kotlin Multiplatform and Compose UI Multiplatform, designed for Android and iOS. It lets users apply film-like LUTs (Look-Up Tables) to images, creating a classic film-style aesthetic.

🔗 Links:
- Download
- Screenshots
- Features
- Source code
Developer: YahiaAngelo

🏷️ Tags: #Android #iOS #Media

Xiaomi HyperOS 3 rumored to bring a new feature for the first time
https://www.gizchina.com/2024/12/18/xiaomi-hyperos-3-rumored-to-bring-a-new-feature-for-the-first-time/

Google Brings Advanced Lock Screen Customizations to Pixel Devices
https://www.gizchina.com/2024/12/18/google-brings-advanced-lock-screen-customizations-to-pixel-devices/

Redmi Turbo 4 to arrive with a 1.5K display and 12GB of RAM!
https://www.gizchina.com/2024/12/18/redmi-turbo-4-to-arrive-with-a-1-5k-display-and-12gb-of-ram/

No Pegasus? No Problem:
With israeli Tool, Serbia Uses Homemade Spyware Against Activists, Journalists '
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2024-12-16/ty-article/.premium/no-pegasus-no-problem-with-israeli-tool-serbia-brews-homemade-spyware/00000193-cfde-d0f8-afbb-effed2f60000

HRW Among Pegasus Israeli Spyware Targets

Governments Should Urgently Halt Trade in Surveillance Technology

Human Rights Watch
#WakeUp

@No_BS_News

israeli Pegasus software. .
Who is watching the watchers?

I wouldn't take him too seriously. It is only one service. And he ran on a promise of free speech which, I can say, still exists on twitter. I mean, I don't have a FB account and I don't know if what we post on X would be allowed on FB but I guess not? Yeah, he has to pay lip service but if you look at it, it's pretty wild for a big platform.
I think he just wants the best business models, which includes interoperability.
On the other hand, PayPal did grow too big and did cancel people during corona.

This is an interesting PoV that says that the AI age is inevitable and Elon perhaps wants to enable everyone to have an AI as opposed to only a few large state controlled AIs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SMbvhXI6wk

Dline: A tool that presents important data in the form of a calendar in terminal
Article, Comments

Show HN: ImPlot3D – A 3D Plotting Library for Dear ImGui
Article, Comments

uBlockOrigin & uBlacklist Huge AI Blocklist

A huge blocklist of sites (~850) that contain AI generated content, for the purposes of cleaning image search engines (Google Search, DuckDuckGo, and Bing) with uBlock Origin or uBlacklist.

One-click filter import:

If you have uBlock Origin installed, click this link to import the filter list in just a click! Quick and simple.

https://github.com/laylavish/uBlockOrigin-HUGE-AI-Blocklist

#lifehack #AI #github

APT29, a Russia-linked threat group, is repurposing legitimate red team tools for cyberespionage:

» Targeting: Governments, researchers, and think tanks
» Scale: 200 victims hit in just one day
» Method: Malicious RDP files that bypass malware defenses

Why should you care? These attacks silently steal data like credentials and sensitive documents—without leaving a trace.

🔗 Stay informed. Details here: https://thehackernews.com/2024/12/apt29-hackers-target-high-value-victims.html

🔒 2024’s Cybersecurity Benchmark is Here! Cynet just achieved 100% Detection Visibility and 100% Protection in the 2024 MITRE ATT&CK Evaluation.

Here’s why this matters:

🛡️ 100% Detection across every test.
🚫 No false positives, no delays.
🔒 Protection on every attack step executed.

Evaluate how your current vendor compares. Read more about Cynet’s performance: https://thehackernews.com/2024/12/only-cynet-delivers-100-protection-and.html

Fedora Asahi Remix 41 features many notable improvements.

https://news.itsfoss.com/fedora-asahi-remix-41-release/

600% Sound Volume

600% Sound Volume Firefox extension is designed to significantly enhance your audio experience by allowing users to boost the volume of any tab up to 600%. It's specially useful for Linux desktops.

🔗 Links:
- Add it to your Firefox
- Screenshot
- Features

🏷️ Tags: #Extension #Tools

MediaTek to Launch New Dimensity Chips on December 23
https://www.gizchina.com/2024/12/18/mediatek-dimensity-8400-launch-december/

🚨 A critical flaw (CVE-2024-12356, CVSS score: 9.8) has been discovered in BeyondTrust's Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) products.

An unauthenticated attacker could exploit this to inject commands and execute arbitrary OS actions, posing a serious security risk.

Learn more: https://thehackernews.com/2024/12/beyondtrust-issues-urgent-patch-for.html

No reason to leave Linux for Windows in 2025.

https://itsfoss.com/not-switching-to-windows/