Passkeys, bots, hotels, conning the con, TrendMicro, Pizza & Aaran Leyland – SWN #327

Doug White

1. Hotel hackers redirect guests to fake Booking.com to steal cards
2. GitHub passkeys generally available for passwordless sign-ins
3. Feds issue Snatch ransomware warning as gang claims latest victim
4. Vast majority of bot attacks emanate from China and Russia
5. Fake WinRAR exploit PoC drops VenomRAT malware
6. Trend Micro Patches Exploited Zero-Day Vulnerability in Endpoint Security Products
7. A flood of new AI products just arrived — whether we’re ready or not
8. Data breach reveals people who put pineapple on pizza

Aaran Leyland

1. The Fediverse: what is it, what’s it for, and how does it work?

   After Elon Musk “broke” his Twitter (now known as X) and Mark Zuckerberg released his Threads, there’s been a lot of talk on the internet about something called the Fediverse. Many see it as humanity’s last hope to escape the current social network mess.

   In this post, we take look at what this Fediverse is, how it works, what it offers users right now, and what it may change in the near future.