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Latest attack on PyPI users shows crooks are only getting better
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) More than 400 malicious packages were recently uploaded to PyPI (Python Package Index), the official code…
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Microsoft will forcibly remove Internet Explorer from most Windows 10 PCs today
Enlarge (credit: Microsoft) Internet Explorer 11 was never Windows 10’s primary browser—that would be the old, pre-Chromium version of Microsoft…
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~11,000 sites have been infected with malware that’s good at avoiding detection
Enlarge (credit: CHUYN / Getty Images) Nearly 11,000 websites in recent months have been infected with a backdoor that redirects…
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Apple releases iOS 16.3.1 and other updates with fix for “actively exploited” bug
Enlarge (credit: Apple) Apple is releasing minor updates to all of its major software platforms today to address one high-priority…
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This week’s Reddit breach shows company’s security is (still) woefully inadequate
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Popular discussion website Reddit proved this week that its security still isn’t up to snuff when…
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AI-powered Bing Chat spills its secrets via prompt injection attack
Enlarge / With the right suggestions, researchers can “trick” a language model to spill their secrets. (credit: Aurich Lawson |…
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Mozilla plans ground-up UI redesign for Thunderbird email client this July
Enlarge (credit: MZLA Technologies) “Why does Thunderbird look so old?” That’s one of the most frequently asked questions about Thunderbird,…
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Valve waited 15 months to patch high-severity flaw. A hacker pounced
(credit: Valve) Researchers have unearthed four game modes that could successfully exploit a critical vulnerability that remained unpatched in the…
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Want to delete your Twitter DMs? Good luck with that
Enlarge (credit: Aytac Unal/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Twitter’s direct messages have always been a security liability. The DMs you send to…
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Microsoft Teams Free data won’t transfer over to Microsoft Teams (free)
Enlarge / Having a great meeting in Microsoft Teams. (credit: Microsoft) There is a free Microsoft Teams tier now, and…
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