CIRCLE WITH A DOT

️ Inside Windows 10’s Ransomware Protection: How the Latest Version Defends Your Files️ This fall, Windows 10 was updated to version 1709, codenamed Fall Creators Update (Redstone 3). Among the many changes, we were primarily interested in the improved protection against previously unknown malware. Microsoft has introduced a number of measures to counter ransomware and exploit-based… https://hackmag.com/security/windows10-redstone3-security?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=repost_hackmag_to_socials#security

️ Bug in the code led to a leak of PayPal user data️ PayPal has notified customers about a data breach that occurred due to a software bug in its business lending application, PayPal Working Capital (PPWC). Because of this bug, users’ confidential information was accessible to unauthorized parties for nearly six months.… https://hackmag.com/news/paypal-leak?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=repost_hackmag_to_socials#news

️ Making Your First Game: Choosing a Engine and Building a Classic Tank Shooter Clone️ Games are getting more complex and feature-packed every day. Being an indie — especially a solo developer — has become tough. In this article, we’ll talk about how to survive on this path and how to create cool games in an extremely competitive environment. https://hackmag.com/stuff/making-world-of-tanks?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=repost_hackmag_to_socials#stuff

️ Critical RCE Vulnerability Affects Over 10 Zyxel Router Models️ Zyxel developers have released patches that fix a critical vulnerability affecting more than ten router models. The bug allows unauthenticated attackers to remotely execute commands on the devices. The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2025-13942 and is a command injection issue… https://hackmag.com/news/zyxel-rce-3?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=repost_hackmag_to_socials#news

️ Wikipedia to Remove All archive[.]today Links Following DDoS Attack️ Wikipedia has decided to block archive[.]today and remove more than 695,000 links to this archiving service. The reason was a DDoS attack on the blog of an independent researcher, as well as discovered cases of falsified archived snapshots of web… https://hackmag.com/news/wiki-archivetoday?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=repost_hackmag_to_socials#news

️ Notepad++ Updates to Be Protected by a Double-Lock Mechanism️ The Notepad++ developers have implemented a “double-lock” mechanism in the update system to finally eliminate the issues that previously led to a supply chain compromise. Recall that in early February, Rapid7 specialists together with the Notepad++ developers disclosed details of… https://hackmag.com/news/double-lock?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=repost_hackmag_to_socials#news

️ Texas authorities sue TP-Link️ The Texas Attorney General’s Office has filed a lawsuit against TP-Link, accusing the company of deceiving customers and creating a national security risk. According to state authorities, TP-Link marketed its routers as secure even though the device firmware contained vulnerabilities… https://hackmag.com/news/tp-link-texas-2?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=repost_hackmag_to_socials#news

️ Why Forth Matters: An Introduction to the Little-Known Stack-Based Programming Language️ Forth is used in a wide range of domains, from PCI chipsets to spacecraft, and Pavel Durov plans to use a similar language for smart contracts in the TON cryptocurrency. Despite having changed very little, this venerable programming language can express many modern paradigms. So what exactly is t… https://hackmag.com/stuff/forth?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=repost_hackmag_to_socials#stuff

Critical Bugs Found in VS Code Extensions Installed Over 125 Million Times️ https://hackmag.com/news/vscode-flaws?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=repost_hackmag_to_socials#news

Launch of Claude Code Security Triggers Drop in Cybersecurity Stocks️ https://hackmag.com/news/claude-code-security?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=repost_hackmag_to_socials#news

Two-Click Root: Analyzing a Critical Privilege-Escalation Vulnerability in macOS High Sierra️ https://hackmag.com/security/macos-high-sierra-root?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=repost_hackmag_to_socials#security

T3SST️ https://hackmag.com/coding/t3sst?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=repost_hackmag_to_socials#coding

LLMs Generate Predictable Passwords️ Specialists from the company Irregular have found that passwords generated on request by ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini only appear secure, but in reality are not, and can be cracked in a matter of hours. https://hackmag.com/news/llm-passwords?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=repost_hackmag_to_socials#news

Microsoft: Copilot Bug Let It Read Confidential Emails️ Microsoft developers have reported a bug in Microsoft 365 Copilot: since the end of January, the AI assistant has been able to read and summarize confidential emails, ignoring data loss prevention policies that are supposed to restrict automated tools from accessing such messages. https://hackmag.com/news/copilot-mails?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=repost_hackmag_to_socials#news

Hackers steal data of 6.2 million customers from Dutch telecom Odido️ Dutch telecom operator Odido has warned about a cyberattack that resulted in the personal data of 6.2 million subscribers being leaked. https://hackmag.com/news/odido-leak?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=repost_hackmag_to_socials#news

287 Chrome extensions are collecting activity data from 37 million users️ Information security researcher Q Continuum discovered 287 Chrome extensions that quietly transmit all browsing history data to third-party companies. The total number of installations of these extensions exceeds 37.4 million. https://hackmag.com/news/data-spy?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=repost_hackmag_to_socials#news

Reports: used gadgets are increasingly found to be infected with malware️ According to a report by Izvestia and experts interviewed by the outlet, buyers of used electronics are increasingly discovering malware on their devices that can turn gadgets into tools for DDoS attacks. And it’s not just smartphones and laptops that can be infected, but even smart vacuum cleaners … https://hackmag.com/news/used-with-malware?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=repost_hackmag_to_socials#news

Apple Patches Zero‑Day Vulnerability Used in “Exceptionally Sophisticated” Attacks️ Apple has released updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS Tahoe, tvOS, watchOS, and visionOS. The developers have fixed a vulnerability in dyld that was being used in targeted attacks against specific users. The issue was discovered by specialists from Google’s Threat Analysis Group. https://hackmag.com/news/cve-2026-20700?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=repost_hackmag_to_socials#news

Chinese hackers breached the networks of Singapore’s largest telecommunications companies️ As reported by Singapore’s Cyber Security Agency (CSA), last year was a difficult one for the country’s telecommunications sector. It turned out that the Chinese hacking group UNC3886 had infiltrated the networks of all four of Singapore’s largest telecom operators: Singtel, StarHub, M1, and Simba. https://hackmag.com/news/unc3886-telecom?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=repost_hackmag_to_socials#news

Developers of the dYdX crypto exchange uploaded malicious packages to PyPI and npm️ Attackers compromised the official npm and PyPI packages of the dYdX cryptocurrency exchange and used them to distribute malware. The hackers stole wallet seed phrases and installed a RAT to gain full control over infected systems. https://hackmag.com/news/dydx-hack?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=repost_hackmag_to_socials#news