Aug 08, 2024Ravie LakshmananCritical Infrastructure / Malware The ransomware strain known as BlackSuit has demanded as much as $500 million in ransoms to date, with one individual ransom demand hitting $60 million. That’s according to…
Aug 08, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Network Security A critical security flaw impacting Progress Software WhatsUp Gold is seeing active exploitation attempts, making it essential that users move quickly to apply the latest. The vulnerability in…
Benj Edwards / Getty Images Over the past week, OpenAI experienced a significant leadership shake-up as three key figures announced major changes. Greg Brockman, the company’s president and co-founder, is taking an extended sabbatical until…
Advanced Data Protection is a feature introduced in iOS 16.2 that brought end-to-end encryption to nearly all iCloud features, seriously raising the privacy and security of Apple’s cloud services. Apparently there’s a serious bug with…
Apple, along with Google, will be addressing a browser security vulnerability that’s been around for nearly 20 years, according to a report by Forbes (paid subscription required). The breach is being presented by cybersecurity firm…
Proton, the maker of the popular Proton VPN has released a whole new set of features aimed at combating censorship, circumventing VPN blocks, and protecting the free speech of users. These features include a new…
Just because you’ve switched to Windows 11 doesn’t mean you have to say goodbye to the familiar look of Windows 10. You can have the benefits of Windows 11 without giving up the old look,…
Mozilla just released the latest Firefox update (version 129.0) for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android. This update comes with numerous fixes to security vulnerabilities, an enhanced Reader View, and revised handling of DNS entries. There…
A group of researchers say they have uncovered a series of security flaws in different 5G basebands — essentially processors used by cell phones to connect to mobile networks — which could have allowed hackers…
While we’re all waiting for the iPhone 16 to arrive, you might want to turn your attention to the MacBook. Not the ones we might be getting later this year–the models Apple is selling right…