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'Microsoft has become like an arsonist selling firefighting services to their victims' says US senator, referring it to the FTC for a cybersecurity flaw, though Microsoft says it has a plan
News "There is one company benefiting from this status quo: Microsoft itself."
Eye scans and digital IDs to stop online bots in games: It's not quite as Orwellian as you might think but proof-of-human isn't problem-free
Machine wars Iris scans and face scans? Or do we need a "new class of solutions"?
A free Chrome VPN with over 100,000 installations has been accused of snapping unauthorised screenshots of websites and spying on its users location data
News Put the camera down, and back away slowly.
'One of the most powerful DDoS botnets to ever exist' has been taken down by the DoJ with help from Amazon Web Services, Google, Cloudflare and others
News It's not quite "those meddling kids", but I'll take it.
A free chicken nugget hack helped uncover multiple McDonald's cybersecurity fails: 'All I had to do was change login to register in the URL' to access 'highly confidential and proprietary information'
News 'They fixed the vulnerabilities after I literally had to cold-call their HQ pretending to know security employees. This is that story.'
Still using WinRAR? It might be time for an update, as a zero-day vulnerability is being 'exploited in the wild in the guise of job application documents'
News WinArrrrgh.
Asus says 'all issues have been resolved' regarding Armoury Crate, MyAsus, and router vulnerabilities, so I'd jump on those updates now if you were putting them off
News You've definitely updated your Asus gear recently, yes?
Microsoft warns of 'active attacks' on its government and business server tech, with one cybersecurity expert claiming that they should 'assume that you have been compromised'
News There are a bunch of security agencies on the case, though.
