Author: Zach_Wilson
Google increases Chrome bug bounty rewards up to $250,000
To mark Google Chrome’s 16th anniversary, and its associated Vulnerability Reward Program (VRP)’s 14th birthday, Google has announced a series of updates to the scheme designed to attract security and vulnerability researchers to share details of arising issues. In a blog post by Information Security Engineer Amy Ressler, the scheme…
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This malware pretends to be a real VPN service to lure in victims
Hackers have been found impersonating legitimate, enterprise-grade VPN tools in an attempt to compromise large organizations, deploy additional malware, and possibly exfiltrate sensitive information. A new report from cybersecurity researchers at Trend Micro spotted a fake Palo Alto GlobalProtect program being distributed online. Palo Alto GlobalProtect is a security solution…
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TikTok is adding new ways to fine tune your For You page algorithm
TikTok is giving users a way to more precisely shape what kind of content they see on their feeds — or at least to signal to the algorithm what they’re interested in. Under Content preferences > Manage topics (which can be found in “Settings and Privacy”), users can adjust sliders…
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The Best Cold Plunge Pools in 2024—I Spent Months Testing to Find the Best
Keen to try the latest wellness trend, I dipped out of my comfort zone. These are my favorite cold-water plunge pools for any budget. Source
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Intel Panther Lake laptop chips could get top-end CPUs to rival AMD Strix Halo – and they could change budget gaming laptops forever
Intel could have top-end laptop processor ‘Halo’ variants inbound for next year, packing highly performant integrated graphics to rival AMD’s Strix Point Halo – super-beefy APUs also due in 2025 – and both of these ranges could be used to drive the best budget gaming laptops just as effectively as…
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All the news on Telegram CEO Pavel Durov’s arrest
French prosecutors explain why they arrested Telegram CEO Pavel Durov. While Durov hasn’t been charged, a statement from the French government says his recent arrest is tied to an investigation into a “person unnamed” on charges of being complicit in distributing CSAM, drugs, and hacking tools, along with refusing to…
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