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A hacker known as "urandom" created a custom build of the Linux-based Ubuntu operating system and loaded it on Nintendo's new NES Classic Edition console.
Sony's PlayStation 4 has been hacked once again, as a new video shows the console running an unsanctioned Linux build courtesy of a web browser exploit.
Krebs on Security reports "Russian hackers have for the past six months been siphoning credit card data from visitors to the web storefront of the NRSC."
One researcher has discovered a way to steal the login credentials of a locked Windows PC using a mini-computer on a USB stick. This method uses Responder.