Two Windows vulnerabilities—one a zero-day that has been known to attackers since 2017 and the other a critical flaw that Microsoft initially tried and failed to patch recently—are under active exploitation in widespread attacks targeting…
On Friday morning, University of Pennsylvania alumni, students, staff, and community affiliates received several emails from hackers purporting to represent the university’s Graduate School of Education (GSE). “We have terrible security practices and are completely…
Oct 31, 2025Ravie LakshmananArtificial Intelligence / Code Security OpenAI has announced the launch of an “agentic security researcher” that’s powered by its GPT-5 large language model (LLM) and is programmed to emulate a human expert…
Minisforum, a manufacturer of desktop mini PCs, said that it’s raising prices due to an increase in “raw material” component costs. The culprits appear to be rising DRAM and flash memory prices, where the market…
U.S. telecommunications giant Ribbon has confirmed that government-backed hackers had access to its network for almost a year before getting caught, according to a public filing. The telco giant said in a 10-Q disclosure last…
Handheld gaming PCs are impressive, but at the end of the day, they’re running integrated graphics originally meant for laptops and cheaper PCs. That means they have some fairly hard limits in terms of graphical…
Oct 31, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Browser Security A suspected nation-state threat actor has been linked to the distribution of a new malware called Airstalk as part of a likely supply chain attack. Palo Alto Networks…
There’s nothing more frustrating than hearing the familiar ding of a dying battery. This scenario always seems to happen when there’s zero outlets in sight. Bummer, man. Nowadays, laptops are lasting longer than ever thanks…
“There’s nothing new under the sun,” said a wise guy a while back. Consider those words if you’re looking for Disney-owned channels like ABC and ESPN on your YouTube TV live service today. They’re gone,…
When you’re shopping for a new mouse for your Mac, the temptation is to get something flashy. I know because I bought Apple’s own Magic Mouse almost as soon as I saw its beautiful design…