Help! My iPhone 15 Pro Max’s battery health is suddenly fading fast
For the first six months of owning an iPhone 15 Pro Max, my battery health never dipped below 100 percent. That might not seem like a big deal, but when you consider my iPhone 14…
Chinese Cyber Espionage Targets Telecom Operators in Asia Since 2021
Jun 20, 2024NewsroomCyber Espionage / Critical Infrastructure Cyber espionage groups associated with China have been linked to a long-running campaign that has infiltrated several telecom operators located in a single Asian country at least since…
How to disable reading goals in the Books app
The notification was straightforward enough from the Books app on my iPhone: “Today’s reading goal achieved. Congratulations, you’ve reached your daily reading goal.” A big blue checkmark accompanied it. The only problem? I had never…
Macworld Podcast: iPadOS 18, watchOS 11, visionOS 2, and more from WWDC24
This week we continue our follow-up coverage of Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference with a discussion about iPadOS 18, watchOS 11, visionOS 2, and the stuff Apple didn’t tell us about! It’s all in this episode…
New Rust-based Fickle Malware Uses PowerShell for UAC Bypass and Data Exfiltration
Jun 20, 2024NewsroomThreat Intelligence / Cybercrime A new Rust-based information stealer malware called Fickle Stealer has been observed being delivered via multiple attack chains with the goal of harvesting sensitive information from compromised hosts. Fortinet…
PQShield secures $37M more for ‘quantum resistant’ cryptography
Malicious hacking is getting increasingly sophisticated, and that’s leading to a very clear trend in security technology. To keep people and organizations safe, security also has to continue advancing its own complexity. Security startup PQShield…
Experts Uncover New Evasive SquidLoader Malware Targeting Chinese Organizations
Jun 20, 2024NewsroomMalware / Cyber Attack Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new evasive malware loader named SquidLoader that spreads via phishing campaigns targeting Chinese organizations. AT&T LevelBlue Labs, which first observed the malware in late…
Kraken Crypto Exchange Hit by $3 Million Theft Exploiting Zero-Day Flaw
Jun 19, 2024NewsroomCybercrime / Crypto Security Crypto exchange Kraken revealed that an unnamed security researcher exploited an “extremely critical” zero-day flaw in its platform to steal $3 million in digital assets and refused to return…
UNC3886 Uses Fortinet, VMware 0-Days and Stealth Tactics in Long-Term Spying
Jun 19, 2024NewsroomZero-Day Exploits / Cyber Espionage The China-nexus cyber espionage actor linked to the zero-day exploitation of security flaws in Fortinet, Ivanti, and VMware devices has been observed utilizing multiple persistence mechanisms in order…
How to avoid plagiarism with a simple Word function
It’s actually really simple! Here’s how to use Microsoft Word to check if a document might’ve been copied from the internet: Load the document into Word and open the Review tab in the ribbon. On…