April 2024’s Free Games for PlayStation Plus Members — Expect a Surprise!
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Sony dropped exciting news on March 27 , revealing 3 free games for April 2024’s PS Plus Essential lineup for PS4 and PS5 users. The roster includes Immortals Of Aveum , Minecraft Legends , and Skul The Hero Slayer . All PS Plus members can play these 3 games starting Tuesday, April 2nd until Monday, May 6.
We won’t know about the April PS Plus Extra or Premium games yet; it could be a couple more weeks before Sony announces them, according to Forbes . The blog post also mentions that the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog lineup might vary by region. It advises checking the PlayStation Store on launch day for the specific lineup available in your area.
Let’s take a closer look at the free titles.
Immortals Of Aveum (PS5 Only)
Players will find themselves in a magic-filled world as Jak, a new recruit in an order of battlemages fighting to save their world. This is a single-player game where the player is a first-person shooter who focuses on spell-based combat, with over 25 spells and 80 talents to unlock and upgrade.
Players can craft and enhance a vast array of magical gear, customizing their approach to combat across three magic forces. They can become the ultimate Triarch Magnus by mastering fast, fluid combat, and strategic magic use.
Minecraft Legends (PS4 and PS5)
Minecraft Legends combines action and strategy in the iconic Minecraft universe. Players willl venture into a world on the verge of destruction by the invading piglins, rich with resources and diverse biomes.
Player can rally new allies and familiar mobs to fend off the piglin threat in monumental battles to save the Overworld. It’s a multi-player game where players ca njoin forces or compete with up to eight players, as they protect their village and lead units to conquer enemy settlements.
Skul: The Hero Slayer (PS4 Only)
The Hero Slayer is a 2D action platformer with rogue-like elements. Following a heroic attack, all but one demon in the Demon King’s castle are imprisoned. As Skul, the sole free skeleton, player’s mission is to rescue their allies.
The game features a dynamic map and a diverse range of abilities, each with unique attributes.
Players can carry two abilities at once, and swap them in battle to discover the most effective strategy against their enemies.
Also, today (1st April) is the last day for PlayStation Plus members to add March’s Monthly Games – EA Sports F1 23, Sifu, Hello Neighbor 2, and Destiny 2: Witch Queen – to their game library.
New Push Bombing Attack Targets Apple Device Owners
- Written by Shipra Sanganeria Cybersecurity & Tech Writer
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Apple device owners appear to be targets of a new elaborate phishing scam that appears to exploit a flaw in its password reset feature.
The campaign was first reported by information security journalist, Brian Krebs, and involved Apple users being inundated with incessant password reset notifications in an intent to steal user data.
These push notifications or multi-factor authentication prompts enable the scammers to reset a victim’s Apple credentials and take over their iCloud accounts if approved (clicking the “Allow” option).
According to Krebs, the alerts themselves were not used to gain device access, rather the goal was to access the one-time verification code.
“Assuming the user manages not to fat-finger the wrong button on the umpteenth password reset request, the scammers will then call the victim while spoofing Apple support in the caller ID, saying the user’s account is under attack and that Apple support needs to “verify” a one-time code,” Kerb stated in the blog.
The blog shared several recent incidents where business and tech executives reported being targets of this campaign.
One of the potential targets, tech entrepreneur, Parth Patel in a thread on X (formerly Twitter) documented his experience of this “push bombing” or “MFA fatigue” (multi-factor authentication) attack.
He revealed that suddenly on March 23, his Apple devices (iPhone, Watch, and Mac) were bombarded with hundreds of password-reset notifications.
These system-generated prompts prevent Apple users from using the device unless it is dealt with. Parth, being wary of these alerts chose to dismiss them, which led to a fraudulent call by the scammers.
Claiming to be from Apple support team, the attackers in a failed attempt tried to trick him into sharing the one-time “verify” code, by using his information from a people-search website.
Kerb’s blog also cited few other instances where Apple owners recounted their experiences with similar phishing attempts.
Apple hasn’t issued any statements about the vulnerability, nor the number of users impacted by the incident. However, it does have a support article about protecting Apple account and devices from phishing attacks.
