Microsoft Exchange Autodiscover protocol found leaking hundreds of thousands of credentials
Email clients fail over to unexpected domains if they can't find the right resources
22 Sep 2021 | 9
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Google experiments with user-choice-defying Android search box
Analysis Apple-flavored approach running as test 'for a small percentage of users'
22 Sep 2021 | 28
Suex to be you: Feds sanction cryptocurrency exchange for handling payments from 8+ ransomware variants
Russia-based biz targeted in Uncle Sam's crack down on cyber-extortion
21 Sep 2021 | 8
Apache OpenOffice can be hijacked by malicious documents, fix still in beta
If you need another reason to try an alternative software suite
20 Sep 2021 | 29
Google extends right-to-be-forgotten to app permissions on older Android devices
Software unused after a few months will lose access to sensitive features unless exempted
17 Sep 2021 | 13
Yes, of course there's now malware for Windows Subsystem for Linux
Once dismissed proof-of-concept attack on Microsoft OS through WSL detected in the wild
17 Sep 2021 | 57
Stressed-out IT workers, software devs – we're not being funny but have you tried rebooting your breathing?
Forget productivity, find a way to unplug and recover
17 Sep 2021 | 27
Apple's M1 MacBook screens are stunning – stunningly fragile and defective, that is, lawsuits allege
Latest laptops prone to cracking, distortions, owners complain
16 Sep 2021 | 53
Oracle sets its own JDK free, sort of, for a while
Analysis Welcome to the No-Fee Terms and Conditions, which makes the Java dev kit a bit more appealing
16 Sep 2021 | 17
Travis CI quietly fixed a bug that exposed secret keys
For at least a week, cloning a public repo made upstream environmental variables accessible
15 Sep 2021 |
Microsoft's end-of-summer software security cleanse crushes more than 80 bugs
Patch Tuesday Hole in Azure Linux guest agent, MSHTML exploit tackled, and much more – Plus: Adobe and SAP issue updates
15 Sep 2021 | 3
Apple debuts iPhone 13 with 1TB option, two iPad models, Series 7 Watch
Come for superlatives and executive enthusiasm, stay for the photographic enhancements
14 Sep 2021 | 58
Apple emergency patches fix zero-click iMessage bug used to inject NSO spyware
Updated Separate flaw in WebKit also under attack squashed, too – and two zero-days in Chrome, as well
13 Sep 2021 | 54
How a glitch in the Matrix led to apps potentially exposing encrypted chats
Forget Agent Smith, we want to see Neo fighting implementation bugs
13 Sep 2021 | 7
WhatsApp to offer end-to-end encrypted backups in iCloud, Google Drive with user-managed keys
Funny how 'privacy-focused' Apple and Google haven't managed that
11 Sep 2021 | 33
Sort-of Epic win as judge kills Apple ban on apps linking to outside payment systems
Analysis Games maker weakens iGiant's control over iOS, loses its antitrust claims
10 Sep 2021 | 37
Amazon Elasticsearch Service is so flexible it wants to be called by a new name
Meet Amazon OpenSearch Service, more or less the same code, without the trademark infringement
10 Sep 2021 | 3
Amazon to cover 100%* of college* tuition* for hourly employees* in the US
* Terms and conditions apply. See in store for caveats. No purchase necessary
09 Sep 2021 | 30
Elizabeth Holmes' Theranos fraud trial begins: Defense claims all she did was fail – and that's not a crime
Her attorney argues she made mistakes ... like trusting her former partner and COO Sunny Balwani
09 Sep 2021 | 46
Google fiddles with cross-platform Flutter and Dart to boost performance, tooling
Devs also urged to ditch 'pedantic' lint rules
08 Sep 2021 |
Talent shortage? Maybe it's your automated hiring system, lack of investment in training
Harvard-Accenture study suggests opening up to 'hidden workers'
08 Sep 2021 | 66
Can WhatsApp moderators really read your encrypted texts? Yes ... if you forward them to the abuse dept
Where did people think spam and harassment reports were going?
07 Sep 2021 | 24
Software piracy pushes companies to be more competitive, study claims
So, do copy that floppy?
04 Sep 2021 | 28
Apple stalls CSAM auto-scan on devices after 'feedback' from everyone on Earth
Critics celebrate reconsideration of 'spyPhone' regime
03 Sep 2021 | 55
