Macworld Podcast: Tuning in to Apple TV+
It’s awards season in Hollywood, so we thought we’d take this opportunity to talk about Apple TV+. What are currently our favorite shows? What are we looking forward to this year? And what shows did we…
New Malware Emerges in Attacks Exploiting Ivanti VPN Vulnerabilities
?Feb 01, 2024?NewsroomNetwork Security / Malware Google-owned Mandiant said it identified new malware employed by a China-nexus espionage threat actor known as UNC5221 and other threat groups during post-exploitation activity targeting Ivanti Connect Secure VPN…
Best USB-C PD laptop chargers 2023: More portable power
“The best charger is the one that shipped with your laptop” is old advice that needs updating because there are often superior options available either as your principal laptop charger, as a spare, or as…
CISA Warns of Active Exploitation of Critical Vulnerability in iOS, iPadOS, and macOS
?Feb 01, 2024?NewsroomVulnerability / Software Update The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added a high-severity flaw impacting iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based…
Chinese malware removed from SOHO routers after FBI issues covert commands
Enlarge / A Wi-Fi router. The US Justice Department said Wednesday that the FBI surreptitiously sent commands to hundreds of infected small office and home office routers to remove malware China state-sponsored hackers were using…
ChatGPT’s new @-mentions bring multiple personalities into your AI convo
Enlarge / With so many choices, selecting the perfect GPT can be confusing. On Tuesday, OpenAI announced a new feature in ChatGPT that allows users to pull custom personalities called “GPTs” into any ChatGPT conversation…
Europcar says someone likely used ChatGPT to promote a fake data breach
On Sunday, a user in a well-known hacking forum advertised what they claimed was a cache of stolen data from the rental car giant Europcar. The user claimed to have stolen the personal information of…
RunC Flaws Enable Container Escapes, Granting Attackers Host Access
?Jan 31, 2024?NewsroomSoftware Security / Linux Multiple security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the runC command line tool that could be exploited by threat actors to escape the bounds of the container and stage follow-on…
Apple fixes zero-day bug in Apple Vision Pro that ‘may have been exploited’
A day after reporters published their first hands-on review of Apple’s Vision Pro, the technology giant released its first security patch for the mixed reality headset to fix a vulnerability that “may have been exploited”…
You can now take Webex calls from your couch with an Apple TV 4K
Update 1/31/24: The Webex app for Apple TV 4K (2nd generation) is now available. The rest of this article originally posted on October 24, 2023. Cisco kicked off its WebexOne conference on Tuesday with some big…