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Romanian cybersecurity firm Bitdefender has released a free decryption tool for MortalKombat, a months-old strain of ransomware targeting predominantly cryptocurrency users. MortalKombat, named after the popular video game franchise, was first observed by Cisco Talos researchers in January. The researchers said that the financially motivated gang had been deploying the ransomware to steal cryptocurrency from […]

MortalKombat ransomware victims can now decrypt their files for free by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

When you name your company Boston Dynamics, certain geographical constraints are inserted into the operation. While the Spot-maker is, by many accounts, a global brand, it’s one that remains deeply tied to Massachusetts, even as it’s changed hands between owners in California, Japan and, most recently, South Korea. Headquarter a dozen miles outside of downtown […]

Putting the Boston in Boston Dynamics by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

Klarna has had a publicly difficult few quarters. Now that we have its 2022 financial data, we can look more closely at how it performed amid all the noise.

How much progress is Klarna making toward profitability? by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch

A popular first-person shooter game has significant vulnerabilities that allow malicious hackers to take over other players’ computers, as long as they are in the same online match. The situation is so dire that some streamers have urged people not to play the game, as they have declared it “completely unplayable” because hackers have “taken […]

Gamers are fixing a video game ‘taken over’ by hackers by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai originally published on TechCrunch