Windows 11 arrives on October 5, Android apps will come later August 31, 2021 Phased rollout will see all compatible PCs updated by "mid-2022." https://bit.ly/3t3r8By Read more
Coinbase erroneously reported 2FA changes to 125,000 customers August 30, 2021 The unexpected 2FA notifications led some customers to panic sell everything. https://bit.ly/3zqvTr3 Read more
Not enough backup power: AT&T and T-Mobile suffer big outages in Louisiana August 30, 2021 AT&T and T-Mobile struggle while Verizon says its "network remains resilient." https://bit.ly/2WBJxci Read more
A bad solar storm could cause an “Internet apocalypse” August 29, 2021 Undersea cables would be hit especially hard by a coronal mass ejection. https://bit.ly/3yp2r3u Read more
“Worst cloud vulnerability you can imagine” discovered in Microsoft Azure August 27, 2021 30% of Cosmos DB customers were notified—more are likely impacted. https://bit.ly/3BnH8RN Read more
Need to get root on a Windows box? Plug in a Razer gaming mouse August 26, 2021 Razer's automatically downloaded installer exposes a SYSTEM shell to any user. https://bit.ly/3zkl1Lq Read more
Nude hunt: LA phisherman accessed 4,700 iCloud accounts, 620K photos August 25, 2021 The attacker seems to have relied on social engineering to hoodwink his victims. https://bit.ly/3DkAcGQ Read more
President Biden to host infosec roundtable with tech giant CEOs August 24, 2021 2021 is a great year for the red teams of the world—blue teams, not so much. https://bit.ly/3yfGnIc Read more
38 million records exposed online—including contact-tracing info August 24, 2021 Misconfigured Power Apps from Microsoft led to exposure. https://bit.ly/38ekM8s Read more
Looking for a new job in tech? It may be your lucky day August 22, 2021 Employers are turning on the charm to attract engineers and developers to their firms. https://bit.ly/2UBz1kC Read more
Now that machines can learn, can they unlearn? August 21, 2021 Researchers see if they can remove sensitive data without retraining AI from scratch. https://bit.ly/3kdcaEP Read more
Hackers who breached T-Mobile stole personal data for ~49 million accounts August 18, 2021 PII includes first and last names, dates of birth, SSNs, and driver’s license numbers. https://bit.ly/3y9tj7z Read more
iPhone keyboard for blind to shut down as maker cites Apple “abuse” of developers August 17, 2021 Apple falsely claimed that FlickType broke "full access" rule, developer says. https://bit.ly/2UrsmJL Read more
WhatsApp shuts down Taliban helpline in Kabul August 17, 2021 It's meant to act as emergency hotline for civilians to report violence and looting. https://bit.ly/3yY4xrY Read more
T-Mobile has been hacked yet again—but still doesn’t know what was taken August 16, 2021 Data reportedly includes SSNs, driver license numbers, and more for 100 million people. https://bit.ly/3xVqh6B Read more
Hospitals hamstrung by ransomware are turning away patients August 16, 2021 The ransomware epidemic continues to grow. https://bit.ly/3gaxKsy Read more
Samsung has its own AI-designed chip. Soon, others will too August 15, 2021 Semiconductor software-design maker Synopsys is adding AI to its arsenal. https://bit.ly/3iPZOmN Read more
A simple software fix could limit location data sharing August 14, 2021 With Pretty Good Phone Privacy, carriers wouldn't always know where you are. https://bit.ly/3siCFMA Read more
Excerpt: How Google bought Android—according to folks in the room August 13, 2021 Enjoy a sneak peek from Androids: The team that built the Android operating system. https://bit.ly/2XqNqBp Read more
Leaked voting machine BIOS passwords may implicate Q-friendly county clerk August 11, 2021 Leaked BIOS passwords led investigators to Tina Peters' office in Mesa County, Colo. https://bit.ly/3s7cSae Read more
Hackers siphon $600 million in digital tokens, crypto network says August 11, 2021 Poly Network breach would be among biggest heists to target cryptocurrency industry. https://bit.ly/2VJVU5Q Read more
AT&T delays 500,000 fiber-to-the-home builds due to severe fiber shortage August 11, 2021 AT&T planned to wire up 3 million homes this year, will hit 2.5 million instead. https://bit.ly/2VNJtpJ Read more
New “Glowworm attack” recovers audio from devices’ power LEDs August 09, 2021 A new class of passive TEMPEST attack converts LED output into intelligible audio. https://bit.ly/37uyjIS Read more
Paragon is working to get its ntfs3 filesystem into the Linux kernel August 06, 2021 Torvalds seems bullish on getting Paragon's project across the line eventually. https://bit.ly/3jxgZbE Read more
Apple plans to scan US iPhones for child abuse imagery August 05, 2021 Security researchers raise alarm over potential surveillance of personal devices. https://bit.ly/3fxiwxu Read more
SpaceX previews ruggedized Starlink dish for vehicles, ships, and aircraft August 05, 2021 Dish built for extreme heat and cold with "improved snow/ice melt capabilities." https://bit.ly/3AgAUSW Read more
Critical Cobalt Strike bug leaves botnet servers vulnerable to takedown August 05, 2021 New exploit available for download lets hackers crash Cobalt Strike team servers. https://bit.ly/2Vpu92x Read more
CenturyLink selling copper network in 20 states instead of installing fiber August 04, 2021 Private-equity firm Apollo will take on 1.3 million CenturyLink Internet users. https://bit.ly/3ypsjwF Read more
The State Department and 3 other US agencies earn a D for cybersecurity August 03, 2021 Two years after a damning cybersecurity report, auditors find little has improved. https://bit.ly/2VoSohb Read more
Awful transaction and timing: AT&T finally ditches DirecTV August 03, 2021 AT&T owns 70% of DirecTV spinoff but won't be managing it anymore. https://bit.ly/3jzE7qj Read more
How to go from stolen PC to network intrusion in 30 minutes August 03, 2021 Sometimes, locking down a laptop with the latest defenses isn't enough. https://bit.ly/3loDgej Read more
New WireGuardNT shatters throughput ceilings on Windows August 02, 2021 Adventurous users can try the new implementation now by adding a registry key. https://bit.ly/37cTbEq Read more