U.S. law enforcement seized the main domain of Virtualine, a bulletproof hosting provider that also operated under names like Secury, Massgod, and Spamhouse. The DOJ says the service advertised protection from legal and law enforcement scrutiny while enabling phishing, spamming, carding, and port scanning, and that its operator continued hosting a forum tied to child abuse material despite repeated takedown notices. The operator has disputed the allegations in an open letter published on a new site.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-10-28
Discord is rolling out tools letting admins control whether their 'Discoverable' servers (those with over 1,000 members, open to join without invite) get indexed by search engines. Starting November 16, these servers will get public web description pages by default, and from mid-December, question-and-answer exchanges in designated channels will also appear in search results, with usernames and avatars hidden. Admins and users can opt out via new settings.
techspot.com
· 2026-10-28
Threat intelligence firm Positive Technologies found that the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Iran accounted for about 67% of Middle East cyberattacks detected via open-source monitoring of Dark Web forums and Telegram channels. Check Point Software Technologies data cited separately shows organizations in the UAE and Saudi Arabia faced roughly 2,700 attacks per week over the past six months, versus a global average of about 2,300.
darkreading.com
· 2026-09-23
A build guide for retro arcade cabinets advises starting not with hardware choices like the Raspberry Pi, but with deciding which games you want to play, since that determines control layout needs. It recommends mocking up control panels on cardboard before cutting wood, and outlines three paths for the cabinet body itself: building from plywood or MDF, buying a flat-pack kit, or repurposing an existing cabinet.
engadget.com
· 2026-08-28
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