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Less than a week after starting, Meta’s new Threads platform hits 100 million sign-ups! That’s quite a record, beating ChatGPT’s growth to the same mark in two months. Well, Threads’ popularity is mainly driven by Instagram’s integration and Meta’s efforts to get famous figures on the platform almost immediately. Though it’s got 100 million sign-ups, it doesn’t reflect on how well the people are active on the platform, which is even more critical....

To prevent hackers from stealing the windows credentials in the LSASS process, Microsoft has now enabled a security feature in Microsoft Defender. The Attack Surface Reduction will prevent even the admin level hackers from accessing the LSASS process and dump credentials. This feature has been in the Defender for a long time but was inactive. And now it’s turned on as Microsoft prioritizes security. Blocking Access to Windows LSASS Compromising a target system, hackers try to move laterally through the network for victimizing more machines....

The latest statistics from the StatCounter report that Microsoft’s Edge is outperforming Mozilla’s Firefox in the desktop browser market. Edge is gaining new users from Chrome, Firefox, and the outdated Internet Explorer recently, and now standing at No.3 in overall market share, just behind Chrome and Safari. Microsoft Edge Gains More Desktop Users For all the things Microsoft has been doing to date to push its new Edge browser into the mainstream, they have worked so well that the new Chromium-based Edge browser is now the third popular browser in the desktop browser market per the latest statistics from the StatCounter....

After claims from the Lapsus$ group on breaching the Azure DevOps, Microsoft revealed that it was investigating the incident on Monday. Lapsus$ is a notorious group targeting source code repositories of large companies and demanding ransom not to leak it. Microsoft’s incident, the gang, claims to have accessed the repository of Azure DevOps, where it contained the source code of Bing, Cortana, and others. Source Code Leak at Microsoft Lapsus$, the ransom gang that doesn’t follow the regular suite of breaching networks with special malware....

Microsoft fixed a critical NTFS bug in Windows 10 that was discovered last month, through a patch sent in the Windows 10 Insider build 21322 update. While this is yet to reach the beta channels and general users, the bug, if triggered, would corrupt the concerned NTFS volume, and ask for restarting the PC. Patch to Windows 10 NTFS Bug While Microsoft rolls out security updates to patch any known vulnerabilities, a person named Jonas L has reported a zero-day bug in Windows 10 NTFS system....

Microsoft is seen tuning the Movies and TV app in Windows 11 with a much-needed design change, which it accidentally shared in a Windows Insider Webcast. Alongside the design refresh, it’s called ‘ Media Player ‘ and makes it easier for users to stream any content. It’s integrated with the Photos app and has options to change tracks and shuffle the playlist. We may see it with a new name in the coming Windows 11 Preview....

Microsoft shows up again with a cumulative update. This time, for patching a serious bug in its SMB protocol that may have exploited for serious network attacks. The Tuesday update of March 2020 addresses about 116 vulnerabilities, with 25 of them considered critical. Analysts predicted that this SMB vulnerability, if not patched immediately, could result in another WannaCry attack. Microsoft Rolls a Windows 10 Update Patching the SMB Vulnerability The SMB vulnerability Remote Code executions can hit hard....

In its latest Digital Defense Report, Microsoft talked about how the nation-state-backed threat actors have risen since last year. It cited examples of Russian, Chinese, Iranian, and North Korean APTs targeting critical organizations with specific interests in some countries. Warning that cyberattacks against NATO members would continue to rise, the report shared some tips for organizations and citizens to safeguard themselves. Warning on Increased APT Attacks Being a biggie in the tech industry, Microsoft often tracks about the critical happenings in the sector, especially on cybersecurity incidents....

Streaming giants unite to deliver 16 hit shows from The Ringer and Spotify Studios, blending sports, culture, and true crime for global viewers. Netflix is broadening its content horizons by partnering with Spotify and its subsidiary The Ringer, as announced on October 14, 2025. This multi-year deal will bring video versions of 16 popular podcasts to Netflix , launching in the U.S. in early 2026 with plans for global expansion....

NVIDIA has a special GeForce event on 1st September which will tease the details about its next-generation Graphics card. The company NVIDIA has released a short video which shows us a few glimpses of its upcoming new GPU designs. NVIDIA Teases RTX 3090 Design As per the latest leaks, at the event in next week, NVIDIA will announce the RTX 3000 series including RTX 3080 and a flagship RTX 3090 card....

Nvidia’s highly anticipated RTX 50 series graphics cards have encountered unexpected issues, raising concerns among gamers and tech enthusiasts. Reports indicate that some RTX 5090 and 5070 Ti models are missing essential Raster Operations Pipelines (ROPs), leading to a 4% performance decline. The flaw has sparked discussions across tech forums and social media, affecting many cards from brands such as Zotac, MSI, and Gigabyte. Manufacturing Flaw Disrupts Performance Expectations The missing ROPs, a critical component for rendering efficiency, cannot be fixed via software updates or BIOS patches....

The UK consumer watchdog – Which? has detailed a new phishing campaign based on the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron. The ongoing campaign targets people in the UK, fake offering them free checkup kits from NHS for testing the Omicron variant. It’s aimed at stealing the PII of people, and also collecting petty payments for delivering the kits, thereby stealing their bank details too. Omicron Based Phishing Campaign Last week, many health institutions including the World Health Organization have declared that COVID-19’s new variant – Omicron is a concerning matter....

Prestige Software , a Barcelona and Madrid based reservation booking company, has exposed its database, containing over 10 million user records . This was reported by Website Planet, who claims to have seen an AWS S3 without any authentication. It’s unknown how long the database was exposed and who might have accessed it. Database Exposing Over 10 Million User Records Image by Needpix Companies that host their data on AWS have a fair advantage but are often reported to be making common mistakes like leaving in default passwords or not setting anything at all!...

DMCA Notices to Reddit Though content piracy is becoming normal these days, copyright holders are trying their best to stop at least a few of them through various means. One such copyright holder named Natasha Noel , an adult performer, is now taking on infringers through her lawyer. As Torrent Freak saw , a lawyer named Jason Fischer representing Noel has filed a DMCA notice with Reddit about infringing content....

Researchers at Kaspersky discovered an Android malware campaign targeted towards specific Southeast Asian countries. This campaign’s named PhantomLance and possibly powered by an APT group from the Vietnam government. Researchers say the campaign is actively spread through Google’s Playstore, under various utility apps. Further, it’s been active since 2016 and is still running now even after those suspicious apps being removed by Google. PhantomLance Spyware Android Sophisticated Stealing Bypassing Google’s filters isn’t that easy....

Scammers are hiding their true identities as The Elder Scrolls Online developers. They are engaging themselves in sending personal Playstation private messages. These messages say that your account will be banned if you don’t plug in your bank details. Anyone who plays online games, especially shooters and MMORPGs, know a great deal about how users are evicted from games when they are suspected of engaging in cheating. Getting you to account back after it has been banned is an arduous ordeal....

One of the finest battle royale games, PUBG has just added a new mode in its PC and Console gaming update. The new mode, Team Deathmatch is a fight among two teams with 8 players each! This new mode can be found under the Arcade section and has three rounds to be played, where the team which dominates any two rounds, wins. 8v8 Team Deathmatch Mode (Image by Flickr) Any update from PUBG is always exciting....

Private security researchers have made a working exploit for the CVE-2022-24086 vulnerability, which concerns Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source tools. Though Adobe released updates to patch this, it’s still the users who may have been lagging and get affected. This vulnerability, if exploited, will let a remote hacker execute code and take admin privileges without any authentication. Exploit For Adobe eCommerce Software Since the last couple of weeks, the critical vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-24086 found in Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source has been making rounds in the security community....

REvil Group is Hiring Hackers! One may generally imagine the whole ransomware operation is done by an individual or a bunch of the same kinds. But, there’s a variant called Ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS), which divides the whole operation between two parties. Under the RaaS model, malicious developer craft the ransomware malware and hire hackers or insiders to distribute it. The hackers, on the other hand, look out for bugs in target machines to exploit and deploy the procured ransomware to steal data and encrypt systems....

A ransomware group that deploys the infamous malware called Robinhood, has now found a new way to circumvent the antivirus softwares. Using the vulnerable drivers in systems to disable the ongoing flagging softwares and safely installing their data-stealing malware is the new operation they’re following. Ransom notice to victim. Source: Sophos Sophos, a UK based CyberSecurity firm has detailed this new method used by Robinhood group recently. Upon studying in detail, the explanation resulted in two parties to be blamed for this hack:...