Dec 16, 2025Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Vulnerability Amazon’s threat intelligence team has disclosed details of a “years-long” Russian state-sponsored campaign that targeted Western critical infrastructure between 2021 and 2025. Targets of the campaign included energy…
Chinese tech rumor Weibo account Digital Chat Station has some fresh details of the upcoming folding iPhone. According the the post (translated from Chinese), the current engineering prototypes have the following features: Side-button Touch ID…
AI-assisted coding and AI app generation platforms have created an unprecedented surge in software development. Companies are now facing rapid growth in both the number of applications and the pace of change within those applications.…
A few months back, the Macalope was locked out of iMessage. Yeah! “The nerve” is right! It was annoying, of course, but far from the worst thing that could happen to someone, but it highlighted…
Dec 16, 2025Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Vulnerability Threat actors have begun to exploit two newly disclosed security flaws in Fortinet FortiGate devices, less than a week after public disclosure. Cybersecurity company Arctic Wolf said it…
The security vulnerability known as React2Shell is being exploited by threat actors to deliver malware families like KSwapDoor and ZnDoor, according to findings from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 and NTT Security. “KSwapDoor is a…
Dec 16, 2025Ravie LakshmananDark Web / Online Safety Google has announced that it’s discontinuing its dark web report tool in February 2026, less than two years after it was launched as a way for users…
Like most tools, generative AI models can be misused. And when the misuse gets bad enough that a major dictionary notices, you know it’s become a cultural phenomenon. On Sunday, Merriam-Webster announced that “slop” is…
Microsoft said it has steadily worked over the past decade to deprecate RC4, but that the task wasn’t easy. No salt, no iteration? Really? “The problem though is that it’s hard to kill off a…
Following the release of iOS 16.2 on Friday, December 12, the first beta release of iOS 26.3 was made available to developers a few days later, on December 15. We expect a final release to…