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Drivers Hardware

Nvidia releases a critical GPU driver update to fix multiple security vulnerabilities

Nvidia has released a critical GPU driver update to address eight security flaws that could allow attackers with local access to execute malicious code. The vulnerabilities affect consumer GeForce GPUs as well as Nvidia RTX, Quadro, NVS, and Tesla products. The latest driver updates resolve all of these issues, any updates version 553.62 or newer, or 539.19 and above are good to go, depending on the driver branch you are using.
By Ivan Franco,
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Mobile Security

Mobile apps exploited to harvest location data on massive scale, hacked files reveal

"There's some company out there acting like a global honey badger, doing whatever it pleases with every piece of data that comes its way"
A hot potato: Thousands of popular mobile apps across Android and iOS are allegedly being exploited to harvest sensitive location data on an unprecedented scale. This data collection, occurring through the advertising ecosystem, is likely happening without the knowledge of users or even app developers themselves.
Full story By Skye Jacobs, 7 comments
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Security Apple

Apple denies using Siri recordings to serve targeted ads

Rumors resurface following Apple's $95 million lawsuit settlement
In context: It's a phenomenon that has been around since the dawn of the modern tech age: seeing an advertisement for an item, usually on social media, that you'd recently been talking about. It's often blamed on companies recording conversations and sending them to advertisers. Now, Apple has refuted rumors that this is something it does using Siri.
Full story By Rob Thubron,
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Security Software

Major cybersecurity breach hits US Treasury, linked to Chinese hackers

The hack highlights the growing threat of supply chain attacks
What just happened? The U.S. Treasury Department has fallen victim to a significant cybersecurity breach that it has attributed to Chinese state-sponsored hackers. The hack, described as a "major incident" by Treasury officials, involved the compromise of a third-party cybersecurity service provider, BeyondTrust, and resulted in the theft of unclassified documents.
Full story By Skye Jacobs,
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Software Microsoft

Microsoft faces FTC scrutiny over alleged antitrust practices in federal cybersecurity deals

Using free trials to lock government and military into expensive subscriptions?
In brief: The US Federal Trade Commission has spent weeks investigating Microsoft's cybersecurity deals with the federal government. Although the case's fate under the incoming Trump administration remains uncertain, the Commission continues to pursue it, illuminating the tech giant's alleged strategy of locking government customers into its products to block competition.
Full story By Daniel Sims,
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Software Security

Asus holiday popup sparks malware scare among users

Christmas.exe isn't what you think it is
Facepalm: Oh dear, Asus. By trying to get into the holiday season, the company has managed to annoy a number of its customers by making them believe they'd been infected with malware. The end result of the alarmingly named Christmas.exe is a desktop banner that takes up a third of the screen – and it can even crash apps.
Full story By Rob Thubron, 8 comments
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