Tag: outs

06 DEC

Mastermind behind sophisticated, massive botnet outs himself

Enlarge (credit: Investigative Committee of Belarus) The mastermind behind some of the world’s biggest and longest-running botnets has been jailed and his vast criminal infrastructure taken down, in part because of a careless operational security blunder that allowed authorities to identify his anonymous online persona. Officials from the Republic of Belarus reported Monday they detained […]

31 OCT

On the outs with Qualcomm? Apple looking at Intel, MediaTek for modem silicon

Enlarge / The iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus. (credit: Samuel Axon) The latest news in the Apple-Qualcomm saga suggests that Apple may be trying to leave the chipmaker behind as soon as next year. A report by The Wall Street Journal states that Apple is designing iPhones and iPads that do not use Qualcomm […]

13 APR

Survivor Contestant Outs Tribemate as Transgender, Calls Him 'Deceitful'

Survivor might have just seen the biggest — and most unforgivable — blindside of all. Contestant Jeff Varner outed his tribemate Zeke Smith as transgender during a heated Tribal Council in Wednesday’s episode of the CBS reality show. And what’s more, Varner used that revelation to label Smith as “deceitful” in an attempt to get […]