New Phishing Campaign Target Verified Twitter Accounts
Verified Twitter accounts are now being targeted via phishing emails by attackers pretending to be from Twitter’s verified account platform. The phishing email notifies the recipient of a problem with their verified account. Recipients are then asked to click on “Check Notifications” to learn more about what is wrong. The phishing emails warned recipients that […]
Windows 11 KB5012643 Update Will Break Some Apps
Microsoft has warned users running Windows 11, version 21H2, who have installed the KB5012643 update, that they may have problems launching and using some applications. “After installing KB5012643, some NET Framework 3.5 apps might have issues or might fail to open,” Microsoft explained on the Windows Health Dashboard. Applications affected by the update include apps […]
Over $43 Billion Lost To BEC Scam, FBI
According to the FBI, between June 2016 and July 2019, a total of $43,312,749,964 was lost to business email compromise (BEC) scams between June 2016 and July 2019. During this period, 241,206 domestic and international incidents were reported to the (IC3) Internet Crime Complaints Centre. BEC fraud continues to increase every year, with a 65% […]
T-Mobile 5G Home Internet Offers Juicy Benefits For Subscribers
T-Mobile has released several new updates to make its 5G Home Internet service more tempting for customers. New upgrades include a free 15-day 5G Home Internet trial, free cancellation of your broadband connection up to $500, a $50/month price lock for life (for both Home and Business plans), and $30/month for existing Magenta Max subscribers. […]
Mozilla Releases Firefox Version 100 With New Features
Mozilla has released Firefox version 100, which is available this week for both desktop and mobile versions. New features are available in both desktop and mobile versions of the new update. In the desktop version, subtitles and captions are now supported in Firefox’s picture-in-picture mode for videos. Three major sites, including YouTube, Netflix and Amazon […]
New Method Detect Deepfake Videos With Up To 99% Accuracy
Computer scientists at UC Riverside have unveiled a new method that helps detect deepfake videos with greater accuracy. A deepfake is a super-realistic image, video or audio clip that is not real. Deepfakes are not created by humans, but automatically created by artificial intelligence software programs. The method is called Expression Manipulation Detection or EMD. […]
LinkedIn Fined $1.8 Million For Underpaying Female Workers
LinkedIn was fined $1.8 million for underpaying 686 female employees at its California offices between 2015 and 2017. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the fee is equal to back wages for the employees plus interest over time. The DOL said LinkedIn’s payroll records between 2015 and 2017 showed that the company paid female workers […]
EU Accuses Apple Of Breaking Competition Law
The European Commission has accused Apple of violating competition law by preventing rivals from accessing its “tap and go” technology with its contactless smartphone payments. According to the Commission, Apple’s approach has an “exclusionary effect” on competitors and “leads to less innovation and less choice for consumers for mobile wallets in iPhones.” The Commission also […]
GitHub Issues Compulsory 2FA Transition For Developers
GitHub will roll out two-factor authentication to all contributing developers on its platform by the end of 2023. GitHub began the transition in February 2022 with the registration of all maintainers of the top-100 packages on the npm registry in mandatory 2FA. However, the company stated that only 16.5% of active GitHub users and 6.44% […]
Kubernetes To Use Sigstore To Stop Supply Chain Attacks
Kubernetes will now add cryptographically signed signatures to protect users and organizations from supply chain attacks. Access to the cryptographically signed signatures is via the Sigstore project created by the Linux Foundation. Using sigstore certificates allows Kubernetes users to verify the authenticity and integrity of the distribution they are using. According to founding Sigstore developer […]