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FAA clears Boeing 777 and other planes after 5G warning halted some flights

Enlarge / A Boeing 777. (credit: Boeing) The Federal Aviation Administration today said it has cleared 62 percent of US commercial airplanes to perform low-visibility landings at airports where AT&T and Verizon are…

If you like the data on your WD My Cloud OS 3 device, patch it now

Enlarge (credit: Western Digital) Western Digital has patched three critical vulnerabilities—one with a severity rating of 9.8 and another with a 9.0—that make it possible for hackers to steal data or remotely hijack…

Safari and iOS users: Your browsing activity is being leaked in real time

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) For the past four months, Apple’s iOS and iPadOS devices and Safari browser have violated one of the Internet’s most sacrosanct security policies. The violation results from a bug…

Microsoft fixes Patch Tuesday bug that broke VPN in Windows 10 and 11

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) Microsoft's monthly Patch Tuesday updates for Windows are generally meant to fix problems, but that isn't how it always goes. January's updates, released last week, caused a handful of…

Microsoft warns of destructive disk wiper targeting Ukraine

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Over the past few months, geopolitical tensions have escalated as Russia amassed tens of thousands of troops along Ukraine’s border and made subtle but far-reaching threats if Ukraine and…

North Korean hackers stole nearly $400 million in crypto last year

Enlarge The past year saw a breathtaking rise in the value of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, with Bitcoin gaining 60 percent in value in 2021 and Ethereum spiking 80 percent. So perhaps…

Backdoor for Windows, macOS, and Linux went undetected until now

Enlarge (credit: Jeremy Brooks / Flickr) Researchers have uncovered a never-before-seen backdoor written from scratch for systems running Windows, macOS, or Linux that remained undetected by virtually all malware scanning engines. Researchers from…

Russia says it has neutralized the cutthroat REvil ransomware gang

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Russian law enforcement authorities said on Friday that they have arrested 14 people associated with REvil, a top ransomware group that has disrupted critical operations of wealthy targets and…

Ukraine says government websites hit by “massive cyber attack”

Enlarge / A Ukrainian Military Forces serviceman watches through a spyglass in a trench on the frontline with Russia-backed separatists near Avdiivka, southeastern Ukraine, on January 9, 2022. (credit: Anatolii Stepanov | Getty…

New Chrome security measure aims to curtail an entire class of Web attack

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) For more than a decade, the Internet has remained vulnerable to a class of attacks that uses browsers as a beachhead for accessing routers and other sensitive devices on…