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Microsoft releases urgent Office patch. Russian-state hackers pounce.

Russian-state hackers wasted no time exploiting a critical Microsoft Office vulnerability that allowed them to compromise the devices inside diplomatic, […]

Grindr will disable location sharing in Olympic Village to protect athletes’ privacy

Queer dating and hook-up app Grindr has announced privacy and safety related restrictions which will be in place around the […]

Avast launches Deepfake Guard to catch scam audio hidden in online videos

Avast has expanded its scam protection tools with the launch of Deepfake Guard on Windows, and the wider international availability […]

The rise of Moltbook suggests viral AI prompts may be the next big security threat

We don’t need self-replicating AI models to have problems, just self-replicating prompts. Credit: Aurich Lawson | Moltbook On November 2, […]

GlassWorm malware attack strikes macOS

Security researchers have shared details of a malware attack targeting macOS. The Threat Research team at Socket identified a new […]

Notepad++ users take note: It’s time to check if you’re hacked

Skip to content Suspected China-state hackers used update infrastructure to deliver backdoored version. Infrastructure delivering updates for Notepad++—a widely used […]