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The Firefox team doesn’t think emerging AI capabilities will upend cybersecurity long term, but they warn that software developers are likely in for a rocky transition.
Florida Attorney General James Ulthmeier has announced that the state's Office of Statewide Prosecution has opened a criminal investigation into OpenAI and ChatGPT. The investigation was opened becaus...
Three proof-of-concept exploits are being used in active attacks against Microsoft's built-in security platform; two are unpatched.
The April 2026 Patch Tuesday updates add anti-phishing protection to the Windows Remote Desktop client (mstsc.exe). The change — assigned CVE-2026-26151 — means that opening an .rdp file now triggers ...
Meta is facing a new lawsuit over its advertising practices. The nonprofit group Consumer Federation of America (CFA) has filed a proposed class-action suit against Meta for "failing to protect users"...
Greetings and much appreciation in advance for your assistance, Last week (4/14/26) I downloaded the monthly Windows 10 updates. A day or so later my laptop crashed. I did not witness the BSOD bu...
One employee at Vercel adopted an AI tool. One employee at that AI vendor got hit with an infostealer. That combination created a walk-in path to Vercel’s production environments through an OAuth gran...
Lawmakers decry CISA cuts: 'We are shooting ourselves in the foot' If a cyberattack leads to a death, that's murder. A former FBI cyber division chief urged the US Justice Department to consider felon...
A cautionary tale illustrates why the person negotiating should never be involved with any part of the ransom payment process.
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When Tim Cook’s tenure as CEO of Apple was still young, tech-industry pundits obsessed over one aspect of his new gig above all others. After returning to the company he cofounded, Jobs presided over ...
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There are defamation lawsuits designed to win, and then there are defamation lawsuits designed to generate headlines for your fans on social media, punish journalists, and maybe — if you’re lucky — fo...
If you open the Windows Security app and go to the Device Security page, you can check whether Secure Boot certificate is up to date. The post Windows 11 April update now reveals if Secure Boot 2023 c...
Starbucks is laying off workers in its technology organization as new CTO Anand Varadarajan, who joined from Amazon in January, restructures the team. The cuts come amid a broader turnaround effort un...
A serious flaw in recent .NET builds has forced an urgent patch, with Microsoft warning impacted apps could grant attackers SYSTEM privileges. Read more...
Microsoft shared a simple solution to an issue that affected hundreds of users wherein a data backup feature would seemingly not work properly. Read more...
Over 1,300 Microsoft SharePoint servers exposed online remain unpatched against a spoofing vulnerability that was exploited as a zero-day and is still being abused in ongoing attacks. [...]
Microsoft has released out-of-band (OOB) security updates to patch a critical ASP.NET Core privilege escalation vulnerability. [...]
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According to Microsoft, the Microsoft 365 uptime performance for Q1 CY2026 was 99.526%. That's the lowest uptime figure since we started to record data in 2013. The first thing that people might ask i...
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Anthropic's Project Glasswing website in seen on a laptop screen on April 10, 2026. | Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images How powerful is AI? Enough that Anthropic, a leading AI company, announce...
There’s a reason that the standards specifications for various wireless communications protocols are extremely long and detailed. [Made by Dennis] found this out first hand when he decided to build …r...
The company released 481 new security patches across 28 product families, including over 300 fixes for remotely exploitable, unauthenticated flaws. The post Oracle Patches 450 Vulnerabilities With Apr...
Many businesses have turned to automation in order to speed up software testing, yet often it fails to deliver as expected and doesn't add significant value. We talked to Rohit Raghuvansi, global VP o...
Microsoft could be forced to reimburse $2.8 billion to 60,000 UK-based businesses for overcharging customers for its Windows Server software on competing cloud platforms at higher rates than its own A...
Microsoft recently indicated that its Microsoft Defender antivirus is enough for Windows 11 users, dismissing the need to install additional software for that extra layer of protection.
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For all the fancy-schmancy things our modern-day technology promises to do for us, one thing Google has yet to give us is a simple and reliable way to sync the clipboards on our Android phones and com...
Researchers discovered a remote code execution vulnerability and cybercriminals are using its reputation to deliver malware. The post Google Antigravity in Crosshairs of Security Researchers, Cybercri...
On April 7, Anthropic unveiled its most powerful AI model to date. Mythos, it said, will help companies discover vulnerabilities and implement fixes in software models, surpassing “all but the most sk...
Windows 10 ESU 22H2 Build OS 19045.7184 Windows Defender Offline scan isn't working: after the initial scan window, the scan progress window no longer appears, from 0% to, normally, 100%. How ca...
A new report from Abnormal AI looks at the structural shift in how cyberattacks are designed and executed, it finds attackers are increasingly embedding themselves within the trusted everyday workflow...
The campaigns focus on financial organizations, including cryptocurrency, venture capital, and blockchain entities. The post North Korean Hackers Use AppleScript, ClickFix in Fresh macOS Attacks appea...
In November 2024, when Trump won his second presidential bid, a wave of anxiety across America proved opportune for a burgeoning company. Bluesky saw a 500% surge in new sign-ups, reaching roughly 2.5...
Microsoft hit with $2.8 billion UK lawsuit over alleged Windows Server cloud overpricing, as 60,000 firms claim unfair costs favor Azure. Read more...
If you wanted to host a website, you could use any one of a number of online services, or spin up a server on a spare computer at home. If …read more
The Evolution of AI Image Generation OpenAI has unveiled ChatGPT Images 2.0, marking a significant leap forward in artificial intelligence-powered image generation. This new iteration represents a sub...
I am unable to move items from my desktop to the Recycle Bin. I am also unable to delete an item from the desktop. Please lend your expertise to these problems. Best regards, Mike
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Legal action claims tech giant charges more for Windows Server when it's not on Azure A UK Competition Appeals Tribunal (CAT) has dismissed Microsoft's objections to a collective action lawsuit brough...
Anthropic is investigating unauthorized access to its Claude Mythos AI model, which is capable of identifying and exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities.
Gemini for Home can now carry on conversations in a similar way to the Google Assistant that it replaced.
By the time you know there's a storage problem, it's already too late. A LUN fills up overnight. A SAN starts throwing latency spikes nobody noticed. A backup job silently fails for three weeks. Thes...
The exploitation of the command injection vulnerability started one year after public disclosure and PoC exploit code publication. The post Mirai Botnet Targets Flaw in Discontinued D-Link Routers app...
Google has updated its Gemini Enterprise app, adding new ways for office workers to build, manage, and interact with AI agents. The company also rolled out additional tools for IT teams to govern the ...
This month, Anthropic announced that it had built an AI model so powerful it couldn’t be released to the public. Claude Mythos had autonomously discovered thousands of critical security vulnerabilitie...
Kameirah Johnson, a senior at Seattle's Lakeside School, is one of five students nationwide whose artwork will appear on the Google homepage later this month. Read More
Anker has announced its own chip that can give its small, wearable products AI capabilities that run locally on device. The company is planning to debut the chip called “Thus” on a new model of headph...
Ransomware actors are moving away from spray-and-pray attacks and into more targeted campaigns.
In this guide, I’ll demonstrate different ways to find Application User Model ID of an installed app in Windows 11. An...
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Microsoft has warned of a growing attack technique that relies on a “human‑operated” intrusion playbook, where threat actors pose as IT helpdesk staff over Microsoft Teams. Attackers exploit user trus...
Last week we got a report on some of the colors that may be available for iPhone 18 Pro. But now a new leak offers a unique description of the one color Apple is expected to market as its flagship. ...
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Mozilla CTO says AI means developers finally have a chance to get on top of security The Mozilla has revealed it tested Anthropic’s bug-finding “Mythos” AI model and feels the results it experienced r...
If you read a headline that signs of intelligent life were found on the moon, you might suspect a hoax. But they are there! Humans have dumped a lot of …read more
The FBI needs to "step up" in the fight against ransomware, says Cynthia Kaiser, former deputy assistant director of the FBI's cyber division.
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Intel has released a new graphics driver for supported processors and GPUs, bringing a bunch of useful fixes for Capcom's latest "dad simulator." Read more...
Hacktivists could attack the UK at a scale rivaling some of the costliest ransomware attacks in recent memory
A huge thanks to Paul Kew - this lab wouldn't have been possible without his contributions. Security operations is one of those things that’s hard to learn from slides alone. You need to feel what it’...
A new Kyber ransomware operation is targeting Windows systems and VMware ESXi endpoints in recent attacks, with one variant implementing Kyber1024 post-quantum encryption. [...]
Is Windows 11's built-in antivirus enough to keep you safe? Microsoft thinks that's the case.
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The latest Microsoft Teams and Microsoft365 expert community briefings, podcasts and upcoming community events. Expert Briefings: Enterprise Voice Infrastructure Options On-Prem. Private Cloud and Clo...
Microsoft is giving IT admins a new way to simplify virtual infrastructure management with the public preview of Virtualization Mode in Windows Admin Center. The new feature promises a more unified ex...
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Today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break is headlined by the return of Apple’s AirPods Pro 3 back down at holiday pricing again as of early yesterday evening, as well as this 2026 base model 16-inch M5 Pro MacBoo...
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From a Bill Gates-backed startup in the mid '90s to the Nobel stage in 2025, Fred Ramsdell reveals how "patient capital" and a mutation found in a 1940s mouse helped unlock immune system secrets. Read...
If you've ever had a production VM go unhealthy on Azure and found yourself scrambling to figure out what happened, you're not alone. I work with startups running production workloads on Azure, and th...
When startup fundraising platform VentureCrowd began deploying AI coding agents, they saw the same gains as other enterprises: they cut the front-end development cycle by 90% in some projects.However,...
Passkeys are designed to replace passwords with strong, phishing-resistant credentials that make sign-in quick, easy, and secure. With M The post Engineering secure passkey sync in Microsoft Password ...
Every enterprise has an AI agent. Almost none of them work in production. Walk into any enterprise technology review right now and you will find the same thing. Pilots running. Demos recorded. Steerin...
After exclusively sharing details with 9to5Mac last September on ModStealer, a cross-platform infostealer invisible to every major antivirus engine at the time, Mosyle, a leader in Apple device manage...
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Mullvad VPN is rolling out a strict new "Force all apps" feature for its iOS app to prevent data leaks. A massive win for privacy purists, though it requires a manual workaround during future app upda...
As AI becomes embedded in everyday work, governance shifts from being a back‑office function to a strategic enabler. Organizations that succeed with Copilot and agents aren’t just moving fast (70% of ...
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What Is a VNet data gateway? The VNet data gateway is a Microsoft‑managed gateway service that runs inside a delegated subnet of an Azure Virtual Network. It allows supported Microsoft cloud services...
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Ransomware activity across the UK dropped sharply in 2025, but more organizations were successfully compromised as attackers focused on fewer, higher-impact targets. Data released by SonicWall shows r...
Read how Microsoft is partnering with Anthropic and broader industry to use leading models, paired with our platforms and expertise, to turn AI-driven discovery into protection at scale. The post AI-p...
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The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is quickly becoming a common way for AI agents to discover and use tools. It provides a consistent interface to databases, APIs, file systems, and third-party services...
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Summary When creating a new Azure SQL Data Sync group, customers may encounter the following error during setup—even when no active sync groups exist: “Failed to perform data sync operation: Cannot f...
An Apple account notification has been exploited in a new email phishing attack that comes with a fake iPhone purchase claim. The post New Apple Phishing Scam Uses Fake $899 iPhone Purchase Alert appe...
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Firefox did an update and now every time I go to Google my windows location settings opens and there's a message on Google telling me I need to enable location settings in system settings. I've attemp...
LinkedIn COO Daniel Shapero is the company's new CEO, reporting to Ryan Roslansky, who oversees LinkedIn and Microsoft Office. Roslansky also named Mohak Shroff as president of platforms and digital w...
Apple has released updates for iOS 26.4.2 and iPadOS 26.4.2, as well as version 18.7.8 for older devices, providing bug fixes and security updates to all users.Apple's new update can be applied to all...