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Apple releases macOS Sonoma 14.4 update with over 50 security fixes
Apple has released the macOS Sonoma 14.4 update. The software update includes a couple of new features, and over 50 fixes for security vulnerabilities.What's new in the macOS Sonoma 14.4 updateApple Podcasts now supports Episode text, aka transcript. These are...
Google says Chrome’s new real-time URL scanner won’t invade your privacy
Google Chrome's "Safe Browsing" feature—the thing that pops up a giant red screen when you try to visit a malicious website—is getting real-time updates for all users. Google announced the change on the Google Security Blog. Real-time protection naturally means...
Once “too scary” to release, GPT-2 gets squeezed into an Excel spreadsheet
It seems like AI large language models (LLMs) are everywhere these days due to the rise of ChatGPT. Now, a software developer named Ishan Anand has managed to cram a precursor to ChatGPT called GPT-2—originally released in 2019 after some trepidation from OpenAI—into...
The Asus Zenfone 11 Ultra abandons the small-phone market
Asus' latest flagship is the Zenfone 11 Ultra. For lovers of small phones, this represents one of the stalwart small-phone manufacturers abandoning you. I'm sorry. The Zenfone 10 was a unique little 5.9-inch powerhouse, but the Zenfone 11 is just another big Android...
RIP to the Windows Subsystem for Android, which goes away in 2025
Microsoft is pulling support for the Windows Subsystem for Android, a Windows 11 feature first released in October of 2021 that allowed Windows PCs to run Android apps alongside native Windows apps. The company says that PCs currently running Android apps will still...
SIM swappers hijacking phone numbers in eSIM attacks
SIM swappers have adapted their attacks to steal a target's phone number by porting it into a new eSIM card, a digital SIM stored in a rewritable chip present on many recent smartphone models.Embedded Subscriber Identity Modules (eSIMs) are digital cards stored on the...
Nissan confirms ransomware attack exposed data of 100,000 people
Nissan Oceania is warning of a data breach impacting 100,000 people after suffering a cyberattack in December 2023 that was claimed by the Akira ransomware operation.In early December, the Japanese automaker's regional division covering distribution, marketing, sales,...
US govt probes if ransomware gang stole Change Healthcare data
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is investigating whether protected health information was stolen in a ransomware attack that hit UnitedHealthcare Group (UHG) subsidiary Optum, which operates the Change Healthcare platform, in late February.This...
Windows Kernel bug fixed last month exploited as zero-day since August
Microsoft patched a high-severity Windows Kernel privilege escalation vulnerability in February, six months after being informed that the flaw was being exploited as a zero-day.Tracked as CVE-2024-21338, the security flaw was found by Avast Senior Malware Researcher...