'Always-on VPN' feature on Android can leak unencrypted data
Your VPN may not be protecting you entirely
Google brings passwordless logins to Android and Chrome
Android and Chrome step up their support for the FIDO Alliance
Microsoft fixes two zero-day flaws in October 2022 Patch Tuesday
TL;DR: Microsoft released a new series of patches designed to fix bugs in Windows and other popular software products. The most significant updates remedy a couple of zero-day flaws, but the two Exchange bugs discovered in recent weeks are still a danger for mail servers worldwide.
KillNet pro-Russian hacktivists are targeting USA airports' websites
In context: The KillNet crew has brought down the websites of some of the busiest airports in the world. Several US-based terminals experienced online issues, while the increased activity by the pro-Russian hackers could bring the world into a proper cyber-war against the Kremlin.
Woman pays her Instagram lover $30,000 for a ticket back to Earth
The scam would have you believe Russia sends cosmonauts up, then charges them to come home
Windows 11 22H2 update includes enhanced phishing protection
How to activate it on private systems and professional networks
Source code for Alder Lake BIOS was posted to GitHub
It could've exposed some security vulnerabilities
Telegram founder calls WhatsApp a "surveillance tool" with "planted backdoors"
Pavel Durov warns, "stay away from WhatsApp"
Boston Dynamics: please don't use our robots as weapons
The big picture: The leading companies in the robotics industry want to dissuade people of turning harmless machines into weapons with killing intents. General-purpose robots equipped with powerful firearms could spell doom for the very future of the industry, they say.
2K Games confirms user details were stolen in data breach last month
Names, email addresses, console IDs, and gamertags were all accessed
Tech companies destroy millions of reusable storage devices every year
Companies fear data leakage, but experts say wiping data is safe
The White House unveils a "Bill of Rights" for artificial intelligence
Protecting citizens from ever-growing AI
Former Uber executive found guilty of covering up 2016 hack
Joe Sullivan faces eight years behind bars
Overwatch 2 suffers multiple DDoS attacks on launch day
Companies still struggle to fight DDoS attacks
Microsoft Exchange under 0-day attack, hundreds of thousands of servers at risk
Two novel 0-day flaws are being targeted by Chinese hackers, Microsoft is working on a patch
TikTok and others scrape your data, whether you use their apps or not
TikTok doesn't have as many trackers out there as Google and Facebook, but its ad platform is young
Former admin borks ex-employer's network to try to get his job back with a raise
You can't make this stuff up
Backdoor.Stegmap, malware hiding in a plain Microsoft Windows logo
The big picture: Backdoor.Stegmap is a potent backdoor hidden within a simple Windows logo image file through steganography-based encryption. Chinese cyber-criminals are working hard with new and old techniques to permanently compromise high-level government and diplomatic targets.
Chaos: a powerful malware infecting multiple systems and architectures
Malicious software can infect Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and several chip architectures
Someone hacked Fast Company and sent obscene, racist Apple News push alerts
The publication has shut down its website
Facebook users are suing Meta for tracking them through a loophole on iOS
Meta insists that there is no merit behind the claims
Python affected by 15-year-old bug that keeps on giving
In brief: The Python programming language is being impacted by security issue programmers have know about for a while. Trellix researchers recently rediscovered a bug, highlighting the risk for hundreds of thousands of software projects and creating patches for tens of thousands of them.
SEC fines Morgan Stanley $35 million after exposing customer data on 1,000 auctioned hard drives
This is why we can't have nice things
GTA 6 leakers may be the target of an FBI investigation
The leakers are gonna have a five-star wanted level of their own