Windows 11 23H2: Top three new features
The highly anticipated Windows 11 23H2 update is around the corner, and Microsoft has released its best features to testers in the Beta Channel. From…
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Microsoft reminds users Windows will disable insecure TLS soon
Microsoft reminded users that insecure Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.0 and 1.1 protocols will be disabled soon in future Windows releases. The TLS secure communication…
University of Sydney data breach impacts recent applicants
The University of Sydney (USYD) announced that a breach at a third-party service provider exposed personal information of recently applied and enrolled international applicants. The…
Fake YouPorn extortion scam threatens to leak your sex tape
A new sextortion scam is making the rounds that pretends to be an email from the adult site YouPorn, warning that a sexually explicit video…
Children’s snack recalled after its website caught serving porn
Supermarket chain Lidl has been recalling four types of PAW Patrol-themed snacks across the UK. Except, the reason for the recall has got nothing to…
Yes, there’s an npm package called @(-.-)/env and some others like it
Strangely named npm packages like -, @!-!/-, @(-.-)/env, and –hepl continue to exist on the internet’s largest software registry. While not all of these may necessarily pose an…
New ‘YouPorn’ sextortion scam threatens to leak your sex tape
A new sextortion scam is making the rounds that pretends to be an email from the adult site YouPorn, warning that a sexually explicit video…
Chrome extensions can steal plaintext passwords from websites
A team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison has uploaded to the Chrome Web Store a proof-of-concept extension that can steal plaintext passwords from a…
Lazarus hackers deploy fake VMware PyPI packages in VMConnect attacks
North Korean state-sponsored hackers have uploaded malicious packages to the PyPI (Python Package Index) repository, camouflaging one of them as a VMware vSphere connector module…
Microsoft is killing WordPad in Windows after 28 years
Microsoft announced today that it will deprecate WordPad with a future Windows update as it’s no longer under active development, though the company did not…
Exploit released for critical VMware SSH auth bypass vulnerability
Proof-of-concept exploit code has been released for a critical SSH authentication bypass vulnerability in VMware’s Aria Operations for Networks analysis tool (formerly known as vRealize…
Microsoft reminds of Windows 11 21H2 forced updates before end of service
Microsoft has reminded customers that systems running Windows 11 21H2 will be force-updated before the end of servicing next month. Since Windows 11 21H2 devices…