Ever heard of a “pig butchering” scam? Or a DDoS attack so big it could melt your brain? This week’s cybersecurity recap has it all – government showdowns, sneaky malware, and even a dash of app store shenanigans. Get the scoop before it’s too late! ⚡ Threat of the Week Double Trouble: Evil Corp & […]
Monthly Archives: October 2024
Google has announced that it’s piloting a new security initiative that automatically blocks sideloading of potentially unsafe Android apps in India, after similar tests in Singapore, Thailand, and Brazil. The enhanced fraud protection feature aims to keep users safe when they attempt to install malicious apps from sources other than the Google Play Store, such […]
Microsoft released double builds for Windows 11 insiders (KB5044388 & KB5044386), adding Countdown & Timer widgets to the Clock. The post Countdown & Timer widgets for Windows 11’s Clock are getting closer to full release appeared first on MSPoweruser.
File Explorer on Windows 11 is getting “live persona cards”: they show user information and call options when hovering over icons. The post Windows 11’s File Explorer may soon get nice new features—live persona cards & more appeared first on MSPoweruser.
Europe’s top court has ruled that Meta Platforms must restrict the use of personal data harvested from Facebook for serving targeted ads even when users consent to their information being used for advertising purposes, a move that could have serious consequences for ad-driven companies operating in the region. “An online social network such as Facebook […]
MoneyGram says there is no evidence that ransomware is behind a recent cyberattack that led to a five-day outage in September. […]
Comcast Cable Communications and Truist Bank have disclosed they were impacted by a data breach at FBCS, and are now informing their respective customers that their data has been compromised. […]
A 21-year-old man from Indiana named Evan Frederick Light pleaded guilty to stealing $37,704,560 worth of cryptocurrency from 571 victims in a 2022 cyberattack. […]
Google Pay alarmed users this week after erroneously sending out “new card” added email notifications. Google has acknowledged that the email was “accidental” and that no user information was compromised. […]
Apple has released iOS and iPadOS updates to address two security issues, one of which could have allowed a user’s passwords to be read out aloud by its VoiceOver assistive technology. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-44204, has been described as a logic problem in the new Passwords app impacting a slew of iPhones and iPads. […]