It’s 2024 and Apple’s App Store review process is still broken
It is the year of our Lord 2024. Chappell Roan is taking the world by storm, everyone is trying to make that omelette from “The Bear,” and the App Store approval process is still a…
Kaspersky just slipped a different antivirus onto subscribers’ PCs
Kaspersky subscribers have known that they’re on borrowed time—the ban on the Russia-based company’s antivirus software takes full effect on September 29. But some paid users still got a surprise late last week. With days…
New Octo2 Android Banking Trojan Emerges with Device Takeover Capabilities
Sep 24, 2024Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Cybercrime Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new version of an Android banking trojan called Octo that comes with improved capabilities to conduct device takeover (DTO) and perform fraudulent transactions.…
Telegram Agrees to Share User Data With Authorities for Criminal Investigations
Sep 24, 2024Ravie LakshmananData Privacy / Cybercrime In a major policy reversal, the popular messaging app Telegram has announced it will give users’ IP addresses and phone numbers to authorities in response to valid legal…
Crypto scammers hack OpenAI’s press account on X
OpenAI’s official press account on X was compromised by cryptocurrency scammers. Or, at least that’s what appears to have happened. Late Monday afternoon, OpenAI Newsroom, an account OpenAI recently launched to spotlight product- and policy-related…
OpenAI CEO: We may have AI superintelligence in “a few thousand days”
On Monday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman outlined his vision for an AI-driven future of tech progress and global prosperity in a new personal blog post titled “The Intelligence Age.” The essay paints a picture of…
11 million devices infected with botnet malware hosted in Google Play
Five years ago, researchers made a grim discovery—a legitimate Android app in the Google Play market that was surreptitiously made malicious by a library the developers used to earn advertising revenue. With that, the app…
Best early USB flash drive deals for October Prime Day 2024
Every year, there are a few sale events that we simply cannot wait for—namely, Amazon’s Prime Day and Black Friday. Well, with October Prime Day on the horizon (Amazon calls it “Prime Big Deal Days”),…
Why wait for the M4 Mac Mini when the M2 Pro is $200 off right now
We all know that a new Mac mini is coming soon, but the current model is still a great option for anyone who wants a great computer without taking over a ton of space—especially when…
Some Kaspersky customers receive surprise forced-update to new antivirus software
Customers of Kaspersky antivirus in the United States found out in the last few days that their cybersecurity software was automatically replaced with a new one called UltraAV, according to several customers who posted on…