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Microsoft warns that killing VBScript could break Windows activation for businesses
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (27+ words) Microsoft is asking organizations that rely on the Slmgr.vbs tool to switch to PowerShell, as the old script will soon stop working along with the rest of......
OpenAI faces Senate probe over Hugging Face breach as more rogue AI activity is uncovered
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (476+ words) Bottom line: It appears that OpenAI is going to face more consequences from the Hugging Face cybersecurity incident. A Senate subcommittee for disaster-management oversight is looking into the company's response to the breach, in an investigation prompted by "new, disturbing…...
HWiNFO64 Download Free - 8.52
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (16+ words) Download HWiNFO64 - HWiNFO64 is a professional-grade hardware information and diagnostic tool designed for in-depth system monitoring....
OpenAI welcomes the "AGI era" with GPT-6 Astra – its first Critical-rated cybersecurity model
1+ week, 2+ day ago (73+ words) OpenAI introduced GPT-6 Astra as the world's most intelligent and aligned model, calling it state-of-the-art on computer use, browsing, software engineering, cybersecurity, science, and professional work....
Microsoft Defender briefly decided Google Search was malware
1+ week, 3+ day ago (33+ words) You can pay every month for Office 365's productivity tools, but you still can't escape Microsoft Defender's habit of turning everyday links into fake security alerts. On......
Microsoft warns fake CAPTCHA is tricking Windows users into running malware
1+ week, 3+ day ago (27+ words) The pages impersonate Cloudflare and other trusted services. Instead of presenting a normal CAPTCHA challenge, they instruct users to open PowerShell or Command Prompt and paste in......
A dark-web service marketed 153 million driver's license scans with the security images used to detect fake IDs
1+ week, 3+ day ago (121+ words) The service, called Nexus, offered records for driver's licenses, ID cards, travel documents, medical cards, and other credentials. Krebs on Security reported that the FBI's New Orleans......
Utah becomes the first US state to target VPNs as its new age-verification law takes effect today
1+ week, 3+ day ago (131+ words) Utah's Online Age Verification Amendments, formally known as Senate Bill 73 (SB 73), differs from the age-verification laws of other US states and countries by specifically targeting......
AI is finding thousands of bugs in Linux, and maintainers can barely keep up
1+ week, 4+ day ago (29+ words) Ahead of this month's Kernel Recipes 2026 event in Paris, Linux kernel maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman shared a graph charting the steep rise in CVEs found in the......
Microsoft will soon enable memory integrity by default on eligible Windows 11 PCs
1+ week, 4+ day ago (27+ words) Microsoft recently confirmed that memory integrity protection will soon be enabled by default on some Windows 11 devices. The change will arrive in October 2026 for eligible......