Windows 11 gets retro with Vista boot noise bug
If you’ve heard sounds from 20 years ago coming out of your PC when it starts up, it’s not haunted. Well, probably not. (I’m not in front of your computer and I’m not Egon Spengler,…
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Apple fixes new iPhone zero-day bug used in Paragon spyware hacks
Researchers revealed on Thursday that two European journalists had their iPhones hacked with spyware made by Paragon. Apple now says it has fixed the bug that was used to hack their phones. Citizen Lab wrote…
Google fixes bug that could reveal users’ private phone numbers
A security researcher has discovered a bug that could be exploited to reveal the private recovery phone number of almost any Google account without alerting its owner, potentially exposing users to privacy and security risks. …
Vanta bug exposed customers’ data to other customers
Compliance company Vanta has confirmed that a bug exposed the private data of some of its customers to other Vanta customers. The company told TechCrunch that the data exposure was a result of a product…
Devastating Spectre CPU bug returns to haunt Intel processors
Intel has spent much of its goodwill with customers chasing down bugs: the Spectre and Meltdown bugs it dealt with years ago, as well as the instability that plagued its Raptor Lake processors last year.…
Bizarre iPhone bug causes some audio messages to fail. Here’s why
Super-weird bugs in Messages are nothing new, but this latest one is a real head-scratcher: If you try to send an audio message with the phrase “Dave and Buster’s,” it won’t work. Why would that…
iOS 18.4.1 fixes two serious security vulnerabilities and wireless CarPlay bug
Apple has released iOS 18.4.1 and iPadOS 18.4.1, which offers no new features but fixes two critical vulnerabilities. For both fixes, Apple says on its security updates page that it is “aware of a report…
Yet another iOS 18.4 bug breaks CarPlay this time
iOS 18.4, Apple’s latest iPhone software update, appears to contain yet another major bug, or group of related bugs. Multiple users driving multiple brands of car say iOS 18.4 has caused serious problems with CarPlay,…
Weird iOS 18.4 bug reportedly installs apps you don’t want
Apple’s latest mid-size iPhone software update, iOS 18.4, brings dozens of improvements. But as is often the case when an operating system changes in a significant way, it brings problems too. Including a newly reported…
Mozilla patches Firefox bug ‘exploited in the wild’, similar to bug attacking Chrome
Mozilla has fixed a security bug in its Firefox for Windows browser that was “being exploited in the wild.” In a brief update, Mozilla said it updated the browser to Firefox version 136.0.4 after identifying…