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Google uses Linux “in almost everything,” according to the leader of Google’s “product security response” team — including Chromebooks, Android smartphones, and even Google Cloud.
“Because of this, we have heavily invested in Linux’s security &… Continue reading Google’s New Bug Bounties Include Their Custom Linux Kernel’s Experimental Security Mitigations
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Microsoft has published a knowledge base article acknowledging a problem with encryption acceleration in the newest versions of Windows that could result in data corruption. The company recommends … Continue reading Windows 11 Encryption Bug Could Cause Data Loss, Temporary Slowdowns On Newer PCs
Microsoft says the Outlook email client will crash when opening and reading emails with tables such as Uber receipt emails. BleepingComputer reports: “When opening, replying, or forwarding some emails that include complex tables, Outlook stops respondi… Continue reading Microsoft Outlook Is Crashing When Reading Uber Receipt Emails
“An actively exploited Microsoft zero-day flaw still has no patch,” Wired wrote Friday (in an article they’ve designated as “free for a limited time only.”)
Microsoft first received reports of the flaw on April 21st, the article points out, and rese… Continue reading An Actively Exploited Microsoft Zero-Day Flaw Still Has No Patch
A bug in Google Docs is causing it to crash when a series of words are typed into a document opened with the online word processor. BleepingComputer reports: It’s official — Google Docs crashes at the sight of “And. And. And. And. And.” when the “Show… Continue reading Google Docs Crashes On Seeing ‘And. And. And. And. And.’
On Tuesday, KrebsOnSecurity warned that hackers increasingly are using compromised government and police department email accounts to obtain sensitive customer data from mobile providers, ISPs and social media companies. Today, one of the U.S. Senate’s most tech-savvy lawmakers said he was troubled by the report and is now asking technology companies and federal agencies for information about the frequency of such schemes. Continue reading Fake Emergency Search Warrants Draw Scrutiny from Capitol Hill
Microsoft has released the optional March 2022 non-security patch (KB5011543)… Continue reading New Windows 10 Optional Patch Fixes Bluetooth Issue Causing BSODs
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Scientific American: New research, published in the journal Physiological Entomology, suggests that the palm-sized Joro spider, which swarmed North Georgia by the millions last September, has a special resilienc… Continue reading Millions of Palm-Sized, Flying Spiders Could Invade the East Coast
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: When Erik Johnson couldn’t get his university’s mobile student ID app to reliably work, he sought to find a workaround. The app is fairly important, since it allows him and every other student at his… Continue reading How a Simple Security Bug Became a University Campus ‘Master Key’
Linux programmers fixed bugs faster than anyone — in an average of just 25 days (improving from 32 days in 2019 to just 15 in 2021). That’s the conclusion of Google’s “Project Zero” security research team, which studied the speed of bug-fixing fr… Continue reading Linux Developers Patch Bugs Faster Than Microsoft, Apple, and Google, Study Shows