Articles by Bruno Ferreira, Contributor

Bruno Ferreira's journey kicked off with the venerable ZX Spectrum, a cassette player, and his hopes and dreams. He quickly realized he had more fun figuring out how computers work than he did actually using the things. Kicking off a developer career with C and Assembly before moving to scripting languages, he's worn many hats, including both database architect and systems administration. As a teen, Bruno co-founded a web development outfit where he was for 17 years before moving on to spend nearly a decade at The Tech Report as a writer, editor, and (of course) developer. In this decade, he's been at Asus, MLCommons, and HotHardware, among others. When not fiddling with computers and games, his love for music and production sends him off to live shows and festivals. Occasionally, he pretends he can play the guitar and bass.

Articles by: Bruno Ferreira

Go maintainer joins collective klaxon about encryption-breaking quantum computers — developer urges immediate switch to post-quantum methods to prevent worldwide disaster

By Bruno Ferreira Published 9 April 26

Go maintainer joins collective klaxon about encryption-breaking quantum computers and urges immediate switch to post-quantum methods to prevent disaster.

A brief history of Denuvo DRM and the new hypervisor bypass — inside the cat-and-mouse game between Denuvo and the piracy scene

By Bruno Ferreira Published 8 April 26

Premium A brief history of Denuvo DRM and the new hypervisor bypass.

A Mac laptop with a bandage, implying faulty operation

macOS has a 49.7-day networking time bomb built in that only a reboot fixes — comparison operation on unreliable time value stops machines dead in their tracks

By Bruno Ferreira Published 7 April 26

The macOS networking stack has a bug that creates a 49.7-day-long countdown to disaster that currently requires a reboot to fix, as discovered by AI service provider Photon.

Denuvo has been cracked, company promises countermeasures against new DRM bypasses — zero-day game releases become norm as security concerns mount over hypervisor-based bypass

By Bruno Ferreira Published 2 April 26

Denuvo promises countermeasures against the recent hypervisor-based DRM bypasses

Google research suggests encryption technique used by Bitcoin will be cracked by quantum computers around 2029 — search giant says quantum attacks need to be prepared for now

By Bruno Ferreira Published 1 April 26

Cryptocurrencies aren't the only application at risk.

Someone looking at a bitcoin mining rig.

Bitcoin network has its first quarterly hashrate drop since 2020 — Iran conflict spurs Bitcoin mining operators to accelerate pivot to AI infrastructure

By Bruno Ferreira Published 31 March 26

Bitcoin miners are pivoting to AI infrastructure amidst the conflict in Iran. The BTC network has seen its first quarterly hashrate drop in nearly six years.

TSMC industrial espionage saga heading to verdict next month in unprecedented Taiwan National Security Act case — former engineer accused of stealing 2nm technical info, faces a total of up to 20 years in prison if found guilty

By Bruno Ferreira Published 30 March 26

One of the three landmark cases involving the theft of trade secrets from TSMC has run through investigative and court proceedings, and a verdict is scheduled for April 27.

Hong Kong border agents and police can demand device passwords, including from US citizens, under penalty of imprisonment — border controls become more invasive worldwide

By Bruno Ferreira Published 28 March 26

Hong Kong border agents and police can demand device passwords under penalty of imprisonment

CanisterWorm malware wipes Iranian machines for no apparent reason — sophisticated attack spreads through npm packages and uses ICP canister as control surface

By Bruno Ferreira Published 26 March 26

CanisterWorm malware wipes Iranian machines for no apparent reason

Flipper Zero pen-testing tool gets an AI-powered companion app — natural language interface allows for faster, easier hacking

By Bruno Ferreira Published 25 March 26

If you have smart glasses, you can even pretend you're Case from Neuromancer.

MacBook Neo costs more in Portugal due to copyright levy for piracy compensation taxes — storage costs extra in multiple countries, thanks to draconian laws that pre-punish buyers

By Bruno Ferreira Published 23 March 26

Macbook Neo Portuguese copyright levy fee highlights draconian piracy compensation laws

Mad lad stores and loads Doom from within DNS — TXT record type abused to store game data

By Bruno Ferreira Published 23 March 26

Madlad twists DNS into storing and loading Doom

US Departments of Justice and Defense crush four massive botnets totaling 3,000,000 devices — botnets responsible for a combined 316,000 DDoS attacks globally

By Bruno Ferreira Published 21 March 26

U.S. Departments of Justice and Defense take out four gigantic botnets with 3 million devices

Microsoft promises major improvements to Windows 11 performance, reliability, and updates — lower RAM usage, fewer Copilot interactions, and enhanced File Explorer incoming

By Bruno Ferreira Published 21 March 26

Microsoft promises serious improvements to Windows 11 performance, reliability, and updates

North Korean fake IT army of 100,000 nets Kim Jong-Un a cool $500 million a year — NK-aligned workers infiltrated in IT companies worldwide, feeding the nation's revenue generation

By Bruno Ferreira Published 19 March 26

North Korean army of IT workers infiltrates western companies to make money for the nation.

Microsoft considering suing OpenAI over Altman's recent deal with Amazon, report claims — exclusivity dispute revolves around Frontier multi-agent service

By Bruno Ferreira Published 18 March 26

Microsoft ruminating on suing OpenAI over Altman's recent deal with Amazon

Tech hobbyist makes shoulder-mounted guided missile prototype with $96 in parts and a 3D printer — DIY MANPADS includes assisted targeting, ballistics calculations, optional camera for tracking

By Bruno Ferreira Published 18 March 26

Hobbyist makes a Stinger-like missile with $96 in parts and a 3D printer

DoJ dismantles botnet made of 360,000 infected routers and IOT devices spread across 163 countries that ran for 16 years — SocksEscort proxy network eliminated in joint operation with Europol

By Bruno Ferreira Published 14 March 26

Long-running SocksEscort proxy network brought down by US-EU operation

Silicon Power US RMA policy now hedges against AI-driven RAM and SSD shortages — company says it will refund the original purchase price 'if there is a shortage of replacement products'

By Bruno Ferreira Published 13 March 26

Most RAM and SSD manufacturers still offer in-warranty replacements as Silicon Power U.S. hedges policy against shortages

Zombie ZIP vulnerability lets compressed malware leisurely stroll past 95% of antivirus apps — security suites are blissfully unaware of security issue

By Bruno Ferreira Published 13 March 26

Zombie ZIP vulnerability lets malware stroll past gates of 95% of AV suites

Retailer denies memory replacement due to 4x increase in DDR5 pricing, says price increase would equate to an 'upgrade' for the customer — Australian retailer refuses to replace faulty Corsair kit

By Bruno Ferreira Published 12 March 26

Australian retailer refused to exchange a RAM kit under warranty and instead told the customer they needed to pay the difference in price.

Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads when switching inputs, visiting the home screen, or even changing channels — practice infuriates consumers, brand denies wrongdoing

By Bruno Ferreira Published 11 March 26

HiSense is forcing some owners of its smart TVs to watch ads when switching channels or inputs or going to the home screen.

Unpowered SSD data retention test shows promising results after six years — results show no data corruption on USB sticks, challenging conventional wisdom

By Bruno Ferreira Published 10 March 26

A long-term data retention test on unpowered flash drives shows promising results, with multiple drives of the same make showing no signs of corruption after six years.

EA lays off staff across Battlefield-related studios in "alignment" move as game bleeds players — billions in revenue and record sales figures not enough to save staff from the axe

By Bruno Ferreira Published 9 March 26

EA has laid off staff across Battlefield-related studios in "alignment" move as the game continues to lose players, despite the most recent Battlefield 6 topping an estimated 20 million copies sold.

Oracle reportedly set to axe thousands of jobs and freeze hiring as AI data center bets ignite financial perfect storm — cuts in cloud division to be backfilled with AI

By Bruno Ferreira Published 7 March 26

Oracle reportedly set to axe thousands of jobs, could freeze hiring for cloud division

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