In 2018, Microsoft introduced a multitasking feature called "Windows Timeline" that lets you see a timeline of activities that you performed in Windows 10 including the webpages you visited, documents you created/opened, photos you added, and more. | Continue reading
Microsoft has disabled Google's controversial FLoC browser-based tracking feature in their Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser. | Continue reading
Rogers is currently affected by a nationwide outage in Canada that prevents customers from accessing wireless voice and data services. | Continue reading
With Windows 10 Sun Valley update, we're expecting new features for Start Menu, Taskbar, Action Center (notification center), File Explorer, and more. | Continue reading
WordPress announced today that they plan on treating Google's new FLoC tracking technology as a security concern and plans to block it by default on WordPress sites. | Continue reading
In a novel approach to ransom demands, a new ransomware calling itself 'NitroRansomware' encrypts victim's files and then demands a Discord Nitro gift code to decrypt files. | Continue reading
The US government sanctioned this week twenty-eight cryptocurrency addresses allegedly associated with entities or individuals linked to Russian cyberattacks or election interference. | Continue reading
Google is bringing its Dinosaur Game to Apple iPhones as an iOS widget that you can add to your home screen. | Continue reading
Twitter is suffering a worldwide outage that started last night and is continuing into Saturday morning with erratic behavior and features partially working. | Continue reading
Microsoft has fixed a bug that could allow a threat actor to create specially crafted downloads that crash Windows 10 simply by opening the folder where they are downloaded. | Continue reading
Recent attacks from Ryuk ransomware operators show that the actors have a new preference when it comes to gaining initial access to the victim network. | Continue reading
Google makes it easy to share text with friends and colleagues with a new Chrome 90 feature that lets you create links to selected text on a web page. | Continue reading
A large BGP routing leak that occurred last night disrupted the connectivity for thousands of major networks and websites around the world. Although the BGP routing leak occurred in Vodafone's autonomous network (AS55410) based in India, it has impacted U.S. companies, including … | Continue reading
It has been a pretty quiet week with only a few large attacks disclosed and only a few new ransomware variants released. The highest-profile attack this week is the NBA's Houston Rockets who were transparent about their ransomware attack. | Continue reading
Microsoft Edge's update server is suffering a worldwide outage preventing users from updating to the newly released version 90 of the web browser. | Continue reading
Some Windows 10 users have issues with DNS resolution after installing the latest Windows 10 cumulative updates released this week. | Continue reading
Instagram app has been crashing for some Android users this week, and it isn't clear why. This issue started happening around April 13th, 2021, when the Instagram app on Android devices received its latest update. Here's what to do if you can't access the Instagram app on your An … | Continue reading
Codecov online platform for hosted code testing reports and statistics announced on Thursday that a threat actor had modified its Bash Uploader script, exposing sensitive information in customers' continuous integration (CI) environment. | Continue reading
An expired certificate has led to the repeated removal of linked American Express credit cards from user's Google Pay accounts. | Continue reading
The authors of a cryptocurrency-stealing malware are distributing it over Telegram to aspiring cybercriminals under the guise of free malicious applications. | Continue reading
Microsoft has released Windows Terminal 1.7 and Windows Terminal Preview 1.8 with some long-awaited features and improvements. | Continue reading
Cryptocurrency rewards platform Celsius Network has disclosed a security breach exposing customer information that led to a phishing attack. | Continue reading
This month, Amazon has announced plans to phase out support for the Mozilla Firefox web browser app on its Fire TV product line. The company has decided to no longer support the Mozilla Firefox browser in a bid to promote its Amazon Silk web browser app to customers, effective at … | Continue reading
Nothing attracts a scammer more than money, and with the NFT craze generating a ton of sales, threat actors are trying to capitalize on it. | Continue reading
Microsoft Edge's new child-friendly 'Kids Mode' is now generally available and has begun rolling out to users in the USA. | Continue reading
The United States government is formally accusing the Russian government of the SolarWinds supply-chain attack that gave hackers access to the network of multiple U.S. agencies and private tech sector companies. | Continue reading
A joint advisory from the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warn that the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) is exploiting five vulnerabilities in attacks against … | Continue reading
Google has released Chrome 90 today, April 14th, 2021, to the Stable desktop channel, and it includes security improvements, a new AV1 encoder, and the default protocol changed to HTTPS. | Continue reading
A second Chromium zero-day remote code execution exploit has been released on Twitter this week that affects current versions of Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and likely other Chromium-based browsers. | Continue reading
Makers of Vivaldi and Brave web browsers have rejected Google's new privacy-preserving proposal called FLoC, which is meant to replace third-party tracking cookies across websites on browsers, including Chrome. | Continue reading
A court-approved FBI operation was conducted to remove web shells from compromised US-based Microsoft Exchange servers without first notifying the servers' owners. | Continue reading
Capcom has released a new update about the ransomware attack it suffered last year, detailing how the hackers gained access to the network, compromised devices, and stole personal information belonging to thousands of individuals. | Continue reading
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has ordered federal agencies to install newly released Microsoft Exchange security updates by Friday. | Continue reading
Microsoft today has released security updates for Exchange Server that address a set of four vulnerabilities with severity scores ranging from high to critical. | Continue reading
A new malicious package been spotted this week on the npm registry, which targets NodeJS developers using Linux and Apple macOS operating systems for its recon activities. The malicious package is called "web-browserify." It imitates the popular Browserify npm component, download … | Continue reading
Today is Microsoft's April 2021 Patch Tuesday, and with it comes five zero-day vulnerabilities and more Critical Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities. It has been a tough couple of months for Windows and Microsoft Exchange admins, and it looks like April won't be any easier, so ple … | Continue reading
Microsoft has confirmed that today's release of mandatory Patch Tuesday updates will automatically remove Edge Legacy and replace it with the new Chromium-based Edge. | Continue reading
Malware distributors are rotating payloads once again, switching between trojans that are many times an intermediary stage in a longer infection chain. | Continue reading
Adobe has released security updates that address security vulnerabilities in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Digital Editions, Adobe Bridge, and RoboHelp. | Continue reading
With the United State tax season in high gear, threat actors have sprung into action with a recent tax document phishing scam that abuses TypeForm forms to steal your login credentials. | Continue reading
Security researchers today disclosed nine vulnerabilities affecting implementations of the Domain Name System protocol in popular TCP/IP network communication stacks running on at least 100 million devices. | Continue reading
A security researcher has dropped a zero-day remote code execution vulnerability on Twitter that works on the current version of Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge. | Continue reading
In future versions of Windows 10, Microsoft has removed the venerable 'Administrative Tools' and added a new 'Windows Tools' control panel with almost double the number of tools promoted within it. | Continue reading
A group of security researchers known as the Secret Club took it to Twitter to report a remote code execution bug in the Source 3D game engine developed by Valve and used for building games with tens of millions of unique players. | Continue reading
A ransomware attack against conditioned warehousing and transportation provider Bakker Logistiek has caused a cheese shortage in Dutch supermarkets. | Continue reading
Users worldwide cannot connect to Pulse Secure VPN devices after a code signing certificate used to digitally sign and verify software components has expired. | Continue reading
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Mozilla volunteers have recently been flooded with requests by online merchants and marketers for their domains to be added to what's called a Public Suffix List (PSL) due to recent privacy changes brought forth by Apple's iOS 14.5. | Continue reading