Microsoft Teams’ New Policy Lets Admins Automatically Block Meeting Bots
Meeting bots have crashed one too many calls, so Microsoft is giving IT departments a bouncer. Microsoft is rolling out...
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Apollo Confirms Data Breach Amid Cyberattacks Targeting Financial Firms
Apollo Global Management has confirmed a data breach in which attackers obtained sensitive personal information, including names, home addresses, dates...
Microsoft Exchange Server SE CU1 Delayed Amid AI-Assisted Security Reviews
Microsoft’s next major Exchange Server update is still waiting for a clear runway. Exchange Server Subscription Edition Cumulative Update 1...
ChatGPT for Teens Adds New Safeguards — but Safety Gaps Remain
ChatGPT now has a dedicated experience for teens, but its new protections are not a guarantee. OpenAI began a global...
Google Tightens Android Sideloading: Unverified Apps Now Face a 24-Hour Wait
Installing unvetted apps on Android will soon require a deliberate exercise in patience. Google has started rolling out its “advanced...
Cybercriminals Turn to Indirect Prompt Injection Attacks
Proofpoint researchers found that cybercriminals are developing and selling tools designed to hide malicious instructions inside emails, documents, calendar invites,...
ICE Warns Employees Against Meta Smart Glasses
Last month, New York banned all camera-equipped smart glasses across its state court system. ICE has now reminded employees that...
Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro Support Ends Oct. 13: What Users Should Do
Windows 11 24H2 users on Home and Pro have until October to move to a supported release before monthly security...
Amazon’s Order Email Privacy Change Creates a Potential Phishing Trade-Off
Amazon is making its order confirmation emails harder to trust, giving scammers another reason to make fake ones look legitimate....
Windows 11 Hotpatching Explained: How Much Does It Really Reduce Reboots?
Windows updates and inconvenient restarts have been uneasy roommates for decades. Microsoft is now trying to make them see much...
Android 17 QPR2 Beta 3: Google Adds Customization and New Scam Defenses
Google has released Android 17 QPR2 Beta 3 for eligible Pixel devices, with the update bringing a broader set of...
Fake AI, real malware: Attackers impersonating AI brands
Sophos X-Ops reviewed a year of Managed Detection and Response (MDR) cases tagged as ‘AI activity.’ Of the 34 cases...
Apple Warns Users in 110 Countries of Mercenary Spyware as iPhone Alerts Get Harder to Miss
Apple’s mercenary spyware warnings are getting harder to miss. The alerts now appear directly on the iPhone Lock Screen and...
FBI Pegasus Records Expose a Blind Spot in US Spyware Oversight
Federal court records show the FBI went beyond simply testing commercial spyware as it considered how the technology could be...
A heap of overflow in August’s Patch Tuesday haul
Microsoft on August 11 released 423 patches affecting 28 product families. Sixty-three of the addressed issues are considered by Microsoft...