Monthly Archives: February 2024

Inadequate ID authentication blamed for 2020 data thefts at Canada Revenue, ESDC

The theft of tax and employment records of 48,000 of Canadians four years ago was the fault of poor IT authentication security, says the country’s privacy commissioner. Attackers employed credential stuffing using previously stolen usernames and passwords to get into the IT systems of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and Employment and Social Development Canada […]

The end of an era: Microsoft Publisher will be discontinued in 2026

Microsoft Publisher is a desktop publishing application that helps you create visually rich, professional-looking publications. You can use Publisher to create various types of documents, such as newsletters, brochures, greeting cards, labels, and more. Publisher offers a wide range of pre-designed templates and tools to help you layout and style your content precisely. You can […]

Releasing Windows 10 Build 19045.4116 to Release Preview Channel

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 10 22H2 Build 19045.4116 (KB5034843) to the Release Preview Channel for those Insiders who are on Windows 10, version 22H2. This update includes the following features and improvements: New! This update adds Desktop Spotlight to your desktop background. Just one click or tap of the icon on […]

Releasing Windows 11 Builds 22621.3227 and 22631.3227 to the Release Preview Channel

Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing Windows 11 Builds 22621.3227 and 22631.3227 (KB5034848) to Insiders in the Release Preview Channel on Windows 11, version 22H2 (Build 22621) and version 23H2 (Build 22631). Along with this update, we are also releasing a February Windows Configuration Update (KB5035349) for both Windows 11, version 22H2 and 23H2 that […]

Google finally catches up with OpenAI, announces general availability of Gemini 1.0 Pro and Gemini 1.0 Ultra

After several delays, in December last year, Google announced Gemini, its new AI model that delivers state-of-the-art performance across many leading benchmarks. Early this month, Google revealed details about its most capable model, the Gemini Ultra 1.0. Today, Google announced the general availability of Gemini 1.0 Pro and Gemini 1.0 Ultra models, which are equivalent […]

New ‘Gold Pickaxe’ Android, iOS malware steals your face for fraud

A new iOS and Android trojan named ‘GoldPickaxe’ employs a social engineering scheme to trick victims into scanning their faces and ID documents, which are believed to be used to generate deepfakes for unauthorized banking access. […] Source: ​BleepingComputer  |  Read More 

Google announces Gemini 1.5 model with dramatically enhanced performance

Hot on the heels of releasing Gemini Ultra model last week, Google today announced the launch of its newest model, Gemini 1.5. The Gemini 1.5 model will deliver dramatic improvements across a number of dimensions and Google claims that Gemini 1.5 model achieves comparable quality to 1.0 Ultra with much less compute capacity. In addition, […]