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Apple rushes out emergency patch for zero-day WebKit flaws
Life, Puriward Sinthopnumchai, Published on 16/12/2025
» Apple has rushed out an emergency security patch to fix two zero-day vulnerabilities that have been exploited in sophisticated attacks. The critical flaws target WebKit, the core web engine used across all of Apple's operating systems.
Microsoft's quantum conundrum
Life, James Hein, Published on 12/03/2025
» If you've been keeping up with quantum computer news, you will have seen the Microsoft Marketing announcement on topological q-bits and a potential quantum computer in a few years. I was planning to write about this in some detail, but it turns out the reality may not meet the marketing. Surprising, I know, but the announcement implying Microsoft has q-bit technology ready to go and scale is speculative. They don't have any physical models, just some tests and a theory that has already been challenged by the physics community. It will take a while to go through all the published data, but the Microsoft quantum computer could be decades, not years, in the future, if ever.
Top cyberthreats to small business
Business, Kurt Baumgartner, Published on 07/02/2023
» When it comes to information security, don't think that cyber-attackers are on a constant quest for big fortunes or tabloid notoriety. Statistics show that more than 60% of all small and medium enterprises (SMEs) experienced cyber-attacks over the course of 2022.
US Supreme Court lets Meta's WhatsApp pursue 'Pegasus' spyware suit
Reuters, Published on 09/01/2023
» The US Supreme Court on Monday let Meta Platforms Inc's WhatsApp pursue a lawsuit accusing Israel's NSO Group of exploiting a bug in its WhatsApp messaging app to install spy software allowing the surveillance of 1,400 people, including journalists, human rights activists and dissidents.
Spyware use against activists slammed
News, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 19/07/2022
» Thailand must thoroughly investigate the use of the invasive Pegasus spyware found on the phones of dozens of activists, Amnesty International (AI) said in a statement yesterday.
Apple devices getting beefed-up defence against spyware
AFP, Published on 07/07/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO: Apple on Wednesday unveiled a new way for activists, journalists and other targets of state-sponsored espionage to protect themselves from spyware.
Coming soon: police body cams with facial recognition
AFP, Published on 23/01/2022
» Twenty years after he planned the controversial barrier between Israel and Palestinians, Dany Tirza is developing a security tool that requires no cement: body cameras with facial recognition technology.
Thai rapper 'won't be silenced' after Apple state hacking warning
AFP, Published on 25/11/2021
» A Thai rapper vowed not to be silenced on Thursday after he and at least five other government critics received messages from Apple warning that state-sponsored hackers could be targeting their phones.
US blacklists Israeli maker of Pegasus spyware
AFP, Published on 04/11/2021
» WASHINGTON - US authorities on Wednesday put the Israeli maker of the Pegasus spyware at the center of a scandal over surveillance of journalists and officials on a blacklist of restricted companies.
Embattled Apple unveils new iPhone
AFP, Published on 15/09/2021
» SAN FRANCISCO: Apple CEO Tim Cook strode through a slickly produced video Tuesday to launch a new iPhone, with few hints of the exceptional string of troubles facing his company including policy reversals, a spyware attack and legal fights.