Website owners are being targeted with fake copyright infringement complaints that utilize Yandex Forms to distribute the IcedID banking malware. For over a year, threat actors tracked as TA578 have been conducting these attacks where they use a website’s contact page to send legal threats to convince recipients to download a report of the offending material. These reports allegedly contain proof of DDoS attacks or copyrighted material used without permission but instead infect a target’s… Source link
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Freeport student a finalist in National Doodle for Google contest
FREEPORT, Ill. (WIFR) – Freeport School District Student Amelia Winter is a finalist in Google’s national Doodle for Google contest. This contest is open to students in grades K-12 all around the country, with just one drawing picked for each state per category. Students are invited to create their own Google Doodle for the chance to have it featured on Google.com. Amelia is representing the Land of Lincoln in the K-3rd grade category. Amelia’s fantastic drawing was selected from… Source link
Read More »When it Comes to Patent Reform, Watch What Google Does – Not What it Says
“The system has given big players like Google a host of tools to delay justice and inflict pain on smaller competitors at little risk to their deep pockets.” The debate over patent reform is heating up again. Last month, Google published a blog post on patent reform, purportedly aimed at promoting American innovation. In it, Google decried the rising tide of “wasteful patent litigation,” railed against the disfavored practice of “forum shopping” and advocated for… Source link
Read More »Raiders hire Sandra Douglass Morgan as president in landmark hire
The Las Vegas Raiders have made a landmark hiring by naming Sandra Douglass Morgan as team president. The team announced the hiring in a news conference on Thursday shortly after a report from the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s Mick Akers. She is the first Black woman to serve as a team president in NFL history. “It’s my honor to be here today as the newest member of the Raiders family,” Douglass Morgan said while sitting alongside team owner Mark Davis. “It’s the honor of a lifetime to serve as… Source link
Read More »S&P notches 4th straight day of gains, Nasdaq up 2.3%
U.S. stocks pushed higher for a fourth straight session on Thursday, led by broad-based gains across all sectors. Investors look ahead to the all-important June jobs report due out before Friday’s opening bell. The S&P 500 rallied 1.5% and the Nasdaq gained 2.3%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 246 points, or roughly 1.1%. The Labor Department is set to release its latest monthly employment data at 8:30 a.m. ET on Friday. Figures are expected to show a payroll gain of 268,000 — the… Source link
Read More »Jim Cramer believes that the market will soon bounce. Here’s what he likes to ‘protect you’ while the Fed keeps tightening
‘I’m betting the second half turns out better’: Jim Cramer believes that the market will soon bounce. Here’s what he likes to ‘protect you’ while the Fed keeps tightening The S&P 500 has plunged nearly 21% in the first six months of 2022, marking its worst first-half performance since 1970. But not everyone is bearish. CNBC’s Jim Cramer, for instance, still sees opportunity in the months ahead — particularly in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. “These tend to be boring, mature… Source link
Read More »Why Roblox stock is on fire
The weather isn’t the only thing warming up in July. Roblox stock is surging as well. Roblox stock is up 25% over the last month, including a 14% move higher on strong volume on Tuesday despite a broader market pullback, and have continued to trek higher as the week has raged on. The metaverse gaming play has been one of the hottest tickers on the Yahoo Finance platform. Analysts pin the move on a few factors. “I think that part of it is that the third-party data that we have been hearing about… Source link
Read More »Rafael Nadal withdraws from Wimbledon with injury
Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from his Wimbledon semifinal match versus Nick Kyrgios with an abdominal tear. Nadal announced the decision in a news conference Thursday. Kyrgios will advance to the Wimbledon championship match in a walkover. “Unfortunately, as you can imagine, if I am here, I have to pull out from the tournament,” Nadal said. “As everybody saw yesterday, I had been suffering with pain in the abdominal. I was not OK there, as yesterday I said. That’s confirmed. I have a tear in the… Source link
Read More »Filipino champion Mark Magsayo out to blaze his own trail in boxing
Though the comparisons to Manny Pacquiao are inevitable, Mark Magsayo (L) is out to chart his own course in boxing. (AP Photo/John Locher) Mark Magsayo is the first one to quash the comparisons. He’s Filipino, he boxes, he can punch and he’s strung together a long winning streak. But Magsayo, who defends his WBC featherweight title against Rey Vargas on Saturday at the Alamodome in San Antonio, doesn’t need a positive comparison with Manny Pacquiao from anyone in order to make himself… Source link
Read More »Yahoo DFS Baseball: Thursday Picks
This article is part of our Yahoo DFS Baseball series. Thursday is set up to be a loaded slate in terms of top-tier starting pitchers. Things will start off with Justin Verlander taking the mound for the Astros in what could be an epic mismatch against the Royals. Gerrit Cole is also scheduled to start in the first game of a marquee series between the Yankees and Red Sox. One of the top pitcher’s duels could come from San Diego when Joe Musgrove and the Padres host Logan Webb and the… Source link
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