Month: April 2023
Microsoft is changing the Print Screen key to open its Snipping Tool on Windows 11
Microsoft is getting ready to change how the Print Screen (Prt Scr) key works in Windows 11. For the first time in decades the default behavior will now open Microsoft’s own Snipping Tool instead of capturing an image of your entire screen and copying it to the Clipboard. Microsoft has…
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OpenAI will give researchers up to 20k for finding security flaws
OpenAI, the startup behind the popular ChatGPT AI writer, has announced the launch of a new bug bounty program with some pretty significant rewards for the most “exceptional discoveries.” Cash-based rewards are set to range from $200 for low-severity findings to as much as $20,000, with participants asked to focus…
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Strava finally gets Spotify controls
Strava has announced a partnership with Spotify to integrate listening controls directly onto its app. Before, anyone recording on the fitness tracker had to switch to the Spotify app — arguably not too big a hassle, but time consuming nonetheless. Once a Strava user confirms they want to stream Spotify…
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WhatsApp now lets users shop and pay in-app in Brazil
WhatsApp users in Brazil can now officially pay small businesses for goods and services from within the Meta-owned messaging app, the company has announced. The payments-to-merchant feature is available now for a “small number of businesses” but will be rolling out more widely in the coming months, allowing customers to…
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Critical Windows flaw has been exploited in ransomware attacks, so patch now
There is a serious flaw affecting all supported versions of Windows server and client, which hackers are actively exploiting, researchers are warning. Therefore, IT teams should apply the fix immediately, they say. The flaw in question is tracked as CVE-2023-28252, a zero-day in the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS).…
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OpenAI offers bug bounty for ChatGPT — but no rewards for jailbreaking its chatbot
OpenAI has launched a bug bounty, encouraging members of the public to find and disclose vulnerabilities in its AI services including ChatGPT. Rewards range from $200 for “low-severity findings” to $20,000 for “exceptional discoveries,” and reports are submittable via crowdsourcing cybersecurity platform Bugcrowd. Notably, the bounty excludes rewards for jailbreaking…
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