TechCapsules

Kaspersky researchers have uncovered a sophisticated infection chain that targets a custom Windows 10 build used exclusively by Asian government agencies. The campaign deploys an undocumented .NET assembly‑loading framework, dubbed NetamLoader, delivered inside a Windows cabinet (CAB) archive placed in the system’s SoftwareDistribution folder. The archive contains a “.config” file that leverages AppDomainManager injection to load arbitrary .NET assemblies, effectively sideloading malicious code into legitimate processes. Four of the seven files in the archive belong to Patch My PC, an [...]

HBO Max released a surprise 30‑minute episode of It: Welcome to Derry titled “A Story of Derry” on Halloween, October 31, 2026. The short film is set centuries before the series’ Season 1, following three youths who encounter an ancient spirit in the Western Wood, offering a pre‑historical glimpse of the town’s horror legacy. The drop was unannounced, catching fans off guard after rumors of a hidden bonus episode circulated earlier in the month. Directed by Tazbah Chavez and written by producer Cherie Dimaline [...]

The FBI announced that the North Korean‑aligned hacking collective known as TraderTraitor, also identified as Jade Sleet, Pressure Chollima, PUKCHONG, Slow Pisces and UNC4899, stole more than $6.43 billion in cryptocurrency across 11 blockchains. investigators from the FBI, U.S. Secret Service and IRS‑CI said the group primarily converted the loot into Ethereum before moving it through decentralized‑finance swaps and instant‑swap services for further laundering. Binance resumed phase‑one withdrawals after pausing them following the breach, noting that deposits remain unaffected. The theft [...]

Joe Manganiello, a Hollywood Dungeons & Dragons enthusiast, told IGN at Lucca Comics & Games 2026 that he still hopes to see a Dragonlance series despite its 2024 cancellation. Manganiello was hired years earlier by former HBO executive Michael Lombardo to serve as showrunner and screenwriter, promising an adaptation of the beloved fantasy saga that first introduced him to tabletop gaming. After five years of development, a leadership shuffle at Entertainment One left both the Dragonlance series [...]

On October 29, malicious code injected into Polymarket’s website hijacked a third‑party DebugBear page‑speed script and used signed‑in traders’ credentials to transfer their positions and funds to a hacker‑controlled wallet. The attack moved roughly $2.64 million worth of POL tokens from 33 wallets in under an hour, after which the funds were quickly split among three addresses. Polymarket identified the breach, removed the compromised script within an hour, cleared caches, reset sessions and paused trading. The company is refunding [...]

A surprise announcement in September 2026 revealed that a 23rd Redwall novel, Orphans of Mossflower, will be released in September 2027, marking the first posthumous work by Brian Jacques, who died in 2011. The new title will conclude the long‑running fantasy series that began with Redwall in 1986 and grew to 22 books spanning over four decades. The article outlines both the chronological and publication orders for the existing titles, noting that most readers prefer publication order to avoid spoilers, [...]

A critical vulnerability identified as CVE‑2026‑112816 allows attackers to impersonate trusted clients in Canonical’s LXD and MicroCloud containers without possessing the client’s private key. The flaw stems from improper verification of certificate chains during mutual TLS authentication: the server validates every certificate presented against its trust store, but only the leaf certificate’s private key is proven, enabling an attacker to attach a trusted client’s public certificate behind their own. Exploitation requires network access to the HTTPS API [...]

November offers an exceptional planet‑watching window for Northern‑hemisphere observers, with five bright worlds prominently displayed in the evening and pre‑dawn skies. Saturn dominates the southern evening sky, its rings tilted about 6½° toward Earth, while Mars and Jupiter rise together around midnight in the east‑northeast and drift eastward after Mars overtakes Jupiter on Nov. 16. Venus climbs higher each morning, reaching a peak magnitude of –4.9 near the end of the month and aligning closely with the star [...]