Over 70 million PowerSchool records stolen in massive educational data breach
Some records date back to 1985
PSA: 7-Zip vulnerability bypasses Windows security - update now
A high-severity vulnerability in 7-Zip has been discovered, allowing attackers to bypass Windows' Mark-of-the-Web (MotW) security feature and execute malicious code during file extraction. 7-Zip lacks an auto-update function, requiring users to manually update the software.
Buffalo's latest USB stick features hardware-level antivirus security
On-board malware scanning keeps viruses from hitching a ride
World's fastest supercomputer, "El Capitan," goes online to safeguard US nuclear weapons
Featuring AMD EPYC Genoa CPUs and CDNA3 GPUs
Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht given full pardon by Donald Trump
"He was given two life sentences, plus 40 years. Ridiculous"
A Colorado police department is giving away Apple AirTags to fight car theft
AirTags, loved by law enforcement and criminals alike
JavaScript now mandatory for Google Search, Google confirms
Static pages are gone, and SEO checking tools don't seem to work anymore
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.
A floppy disk in the mail launched the world's first ransomware attack 35 years ago
The perpetrator managed to avoid prison after exhibiting a series of bizarre behaviors
Microsoft finally patches serious UEFI Secure Boot flaw after seven-month delay
Vulnerability could have allowed hackers to run malware during the boot process
FBI triggers self-destruction of China-backed malware infecting US computers
Command-and-control servers can also be useful to law enforcement agencies
UK could ban ransomware payments by the public sector and critical infrastructure companies
Would a ban really deter hackers?
iPhone USB-C is hackable, but users don't need to worry yet
Code execution, electromagnetic fault injection, and firmware dumping are possible
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.
Chrome extensions are abusing Google's lousy security policies to come first in search results
Leveraging manipulative tactics to push extensions
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.
Telegram's pivot to a law-abiding platform: fulfilled requests of user data have skyrocketed
Arrest of CEO Pavel Durov has clearly had an impact on Telegram's modus operandi
End of Windows 10 support this year threatens over 60% of active Windows PCs
More than 3 years after launch, Windows 11 remains a minority
Widespread cyberattack targets Google Chrome extensions, compromises 2.6 million devices
The incident highlights the often overlooked security risks associated with browser extensions
Google searches for "free VPN" skyrocket in Florida after porn ban goes live
As expected, the ban seems easy to bypass
Chrome Manifest V3 blamed for security risks as EditThisCookie extension becomes a victim
Google removed the EditThisCookie Chrome extension, but this malicious copycat remains
US Army soldier accused of selling stolen AT&T and Verizon customer data
The sensitive data came from the Snowflake hack
Old BitLocker vulnerability exploited to bypass encryption on updated Windows 11
Secure Boot? TPM? Full-disk encryption? All useless against resourceful hackers