Security Google Google Play Store plans to hide neglected apps New users won't be able to see apps that haven't been updated in two years By Daniel Sims, April 7, 2022, 5:14 PM
Mobile Google Antivirus apps downloaded thousands of times from Google Play Store contained password-stealing malware Define irony By Rob Thubron, April 7, 2022, 9:59 AM 14 comments
Apple Security Survey of police records show one-third of AirTag incidents involve stalking But surely the problem is not exclusive to Apple, is it? By Cal Jeffrey, April 7, 2022, 8:54 AM 13 comments
Security Microsoft New Windows 11 security feature requires a clean install An AI-based malware blocker with no whitelist By Daniel Sims, April 6, 2022, 4:46 PM 29 comments
Security Mobile Block says 8.2 million US Cash App customers affected by data breach A former employee was responsible By Rob Thubron, April 6, 2022, 11:05 AM
Microsoft Google Google-commissioned survey claims Microsoft tech makes governments less secure Microsoft's 'legacy software' dominance may be promoting shadow IT practices among government workers, Google says By Humza Aamir, April 4, 2022, 7:52 AM
Security UK police charge two teens with multiple counts related to hacking group Are minors responsible for the Lapsus$ hacks? By Shawn Knight, April 1, 2022, 1:31 PM
Tech Culture Security Celebrate World Backup Day by checking your backup storage and strategy March 31 is here again as a useful reminder for keeping our data backed up at all times By Humza Aamir, March 31, 2022, 7:22 AM 18 comments
Security Apple Apple and Meta reportedly handed user data to hackers masquerading as law enforcement One of criminals was allegedly the teenage mastermind behind Lapsus$ By Rob Thubron, March 31, 2022, 6:45 AM 7 comments
Security Electronics Wyze knew about camera vulnerabilities that let strangers watch your feeds and recordings The issues were present for years By Rob Thubron, March 31, 2022, 5:14 AM
Security Ukraine shuts down five bot farms spreading panic and misinformation among its citizens Security services seized 100,000 SIM cards, computer equipment, and weapons By Rob Thubron, March 29, 2022, 11:19 AM 14 comments
Google Software You should update Google Chrome now A Type Confusion vulnerability was discovered By Daniel Sims, March 28, 2022, 2:34 PM 17 comments
Security Kaspersky Lab becomes first Russian company added to US "national security threat" blacklist After Germany issued a warning to Kaspersky antivirus users By Rob Thubron, March 28, 2022, 8:16 AM 61 comments
Tech Culture Security Fastest ransomware found to encrypt 53GB of data in just over four minutes A sample from the LockBit ransomware family is really quick at locking up files By Humza Aamir, March 28, 2022, 7:37 AM 9 comments
Security Arrests made by UK police in hacking group investigation Is this the beginning of the end for Lapsus? By Shawn Knight, March 24, 2022, 12:34 PM
Security Investigators say the mastermind behind Lapsus$ hacking group is a UK teen who lives with his mother He's so skilled and fast that they thought his hacks were automated By Rob Thubron, March 24, 2022, 9:22 AM 12 comments
Microsoft Security Microsoft confirms hacking group stole source code via 'limited access' Microsoft doesn't appear too concerned By Shawn Knight, March 23, 2022, 3:36 PM
Security Microsoft Third party security group patches a Windows vulnerability Microsoft couldn't, yet again Recent official patch undid previous unofficial protection By Daniel Sims, March 22, 2022, 5:19 PM 20 comments
Security Mobile Malware-loaded Google Play app with 100,000 downloads caught stealing Facebook passwords Another malicious app slipped onto Google's store By Rob Thubron, March 22, 2022, 8:47 AM 15 comments
Security Tech Culture Biden warns US companies to bolster their cyber defenses in preparation for Russian attacks "The magnitude of Russia's cyber capacity is fairly consequential and it's coming" By Rob Thubron, March 22, 2022, 7:45 AM 23 comments
Security Microsoft Hacking group behind Nvidia and Samsung attacks now appears to have leaked Microsoft source code Did Lapsus$ expose the inner workings of Cortana and Bing? By Rob Thubron, March 22, 2022, 5:15 AM
Hardware Security Cyclops Blink botnet is attacking and actively exploiting Asus routers Russia is hijacking Asus routers By Sayak Biswas, March 20, 2022, 11:48 AM 10 comments
Security The Web Facebook locked out users for failing to enable Facebook Protect "Please click this link by [date] or you will be locked out of your account" is a common email phishing ploy By Cal Jeffrey, March 18, 2022, 4:04 PM 18 comments
Electronics Security Meta to introduce parental controls for Quest VR Part of a larger introduction of parental controls across the company's products By Daniel Sims, March 17, 2022, 6:53 AM 12 comments
Security Kaspersky Lab says German warning to stop using its software is politically motivated The advisory followed Russia's invasion of Ukraine By Rob Thubron, March 16, 2022, 7:22 AM 13 comments