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Fictional K-pop bands zoom to top 10 of US music charts
Songs from the film KPop Demon Hunter have rivalled the success of real-life K-pop bands BTS and Blackpink.

Viral band finds itself at the centre of AI claims and hoaxes
Velvet Sundown has racked up hundreds of thousands of streams on Spotify - without anyone even being sure if it's real.

SOCRadar debuts MCP Server for secure AI threat intel access
SOCRadar has launched its MCP Server, enabling secure AI access to real-time threat intelligence and simplifying cybersecurity teams' workflows globally.

Windows 11 update chaos: Another patch brings more bugs and issues
June’s big Patch Tuesday update for Windows 11 has caused a bit of a mess for users, so much so that Microsoft had to briefly pause the update and issue an emergency patch… that ended up causing even more issues. Microsoft now admits that the problems don’t end there. Subsequent issues that have surfaced include a bug where the Print to PDF feature no longer works, which occurs specifically on systems with Windows 11 24H2 and, according to Microsoft, isn’t dramatic because it mainly affects corporate customers. The problem occurs as follows: if you search for the “Print to PDF” option in the Settings app, you’ll no longer be able to find it. It’s normally found under the options for printers and scanners, but it’s no longer there. The option can also no longer be activated via PowerShell. Microsoft is already working on a solution for this with optional preview update KB5060829, intended to resolve PDF problems in Windows 11. However, this preview update is also raising more problems. More problems with update KB5060829 Let’s recap. On June 10th, Microsoft released Patch Tuesday update KB5060842, which caused issues. On June 11th, we got the out-of-band emergency update KB5063060, which caused more issues. Now, optional preview update KB5060829 is causing still more issues. Some users have been complaining about Windows 11 performance problems after installing the update. Others are running into cursor delays when certain key combinations are used in games. Yet others are saying it causes the Windows Firewall to go haywire, with one Reddit user reporting that they’re seeing Firewall-related system events. It appears as if Firewall is no longer working properly or trying to fend off an attack. Microsoft, however, says there’s no cause for concern. It’s a known problem that can be safely ignored by users who are getting it. Whenever the system is restarted, new Firewall-related system events are logged even without there being any real incidents. According to Microsoft, it’s due to a new feature that’s still under development, so the issue should resolve itself once the feature is fully implemented. If you don’t want to risk these problems, you should hold off on installing the optional KB5060829 update and instead wait for Microsoft’s big Patch Tuesday update in July. If you’ve already installed it, you might be able to resolve any issues by rolling back the Windows update.

‘That real hard edge’: Dual-code prodigy leads Queensland’s new era of NRLW stars
This will be the third code an 18-year-old Broncos star is poised to conquer, as she leads Queensland’s next generation of stars to watch in 2025.

Firefox is being flooded with crypto wallet scam extensions
Crytocurrency hasn’t just ruined the hunt for an affordable graphics card, or the conversation at that little bar you used to like. Now it’s come for everyone’s favorite alt browser, too. Dozens of fake cryptocurrency wallet extensions—indistinguishable from their nominally legitimate counterparts—are flooding Firefox’s add-on repository. It’s a problem. Koi Security researchers report that a coordinated campaign has been going on since April of this year, posting fake versions of popular crypto wallets like Coinbase, Ethereum, and MetaMask, making copies of the open-source wallet programs and inserting malicious code. The fake versions of the wallets will steal user data—primarily the access to real cryptocurrency—allowing the allegedly Russian-speaking hackers to drain the legitimate crypto accounts. Copied names and logos, fake reviews, and the usual spammy nonsense are being used to impersonate the real versions of the cryptocurrency wallets. Though Mozilla has automated systems in place to prevent malicious extensions from getting into the repository, these systems seem to be overwhelmed, with at least 40 fakes making it through (most subsequently removed) as of this week. BleepingComputer was given an official comment on the situation, but it seems fairly boilerplate. Even well after the crypto and NFT boom has died down, there are still hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of value tied up in Bitcoin and its many alternatives. If you need access to these systems, double- and triple-check your sources for software and tools, going directly to the necessary URLs if possible. Once “anonymous” cryptocurrency gets stolen, especially across international borders, it’s all but impossible to recover.