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YouTube reportedly said it would comply with an order banning videos of Hong Kong protests against the national anthem from being accessed in the region. protector. The platform’s decision comes after an appeals court banned the protest song “Glory to Hong Kong,” which the largely Chinese-controlled government (predictably) viewed as a national security threat.Alphabet, the parent company of YouTube and Google, followed its familiar practice of legally complying with court orders that harm human rights while issuing statements defending them. “We are disappointed with the court’s decision, but we are complying with its removal order,” YouTube said in a statement.…
ReportMay 14, 2024Editorial DepartmentVulnerabilities/Zero-days Google on Monday released an emergency fix to address a new zero-day vulnerability in its Chrome web browser that has been widely exploited. High severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-4761, is an out-of-bounds write error affecting the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engines. The news was reported anonymously on May 9, 2024. Out-of-bounds write errors can often be exploited by malicious actors to corrupt data, cause a crash, or execute arbitrary code on a compromised host. “Google is aware of the vulnerability CVE-2024-4761,” the tech giant said. Further details about the nature of the attack have been withheld…
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It’s been a long time coming, but we finally know when college football 25EA Sports is reviving the long-silent football simulation series and it’s coming to consoles. The game will be coming to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on July 19, fulfilling EA’s promise of releasing it sometime this summer.Michigan State running back Donovan Edwards, Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers and Colorado State wide receiver/defensive back Travis Hunter are the cover stars. college football 25 It will include thousands of current athletes and feature 134 schools from the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).More details about the game will…
ReportMay 14, 2024Editorial DepartmentBluetooth/Vulnerability Multiple security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in VMware Workstation and Fusion products that could allow threat actors to access sensitive information, trigger denial of service (DoS) conditions and, in some cases, execute code. The virtualization services provider owned by Broadcom said the four vulnerabilities affect Workstation version 17.x and Fusion version 13.x, and fixes are provided in versions 17.5.2 and 13.5.2 respectively. A brief description of each flaw is given below – CVE-2024-22267 (CVSS Rating: 9.3) – A use-after-free vulnerability in a Bluetooth device could allow a malicious attacker with native administrative privileges on the virtual…
OpenAI and Reddit announced a partnership on Thursday that will allow OpenAI to surface Reddit discussions in ChatGPT and allow Reddit to bring artificial intelligence-driven features to users. The two companies have signed a new agreement. As part of the agreement, OpenAI will also become an advertising partner on Reddit, meaning it will serve ads on the platform.The deal is similar to Reddit’s February deal, which was worth $60 million. A Reddit spokesperson declined to disclose the terms of the OpenAI deal to Engadget, and OpenAI did not respond to a request for comment.OpenAI is increasingly forming partnerships with publishers…
ReportMay 15, 2024Editorial DepartmentPatch/Bug Tuesday As part of the May 2024 Patch Tuesday update, Microsoft has addressed a total of 61 new security vulnerabilities in its software, including two widely exploited zero-day vulnerabilities. Of the 61 defects, 1 defect was rated as Critical, 59 defects were rated as Important, and 1 defect was rated as Moderate. Over the past month, the Chromium-based Edge browser has addressed 30 vulnerabilities, including two recently disclosed zero-day vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-4671 and CVE-2024-4761) that have been flagged as being exploited in attacks. use. Two security flaws that have been weaponized in the wild are as follows:…
ReportMay 15, 2024Editorial DepartmentCryptocurrency/anonymity A Dutch court on Tuesday sentenced one of the co-founders of the now-approved Tornado Cash cryptocurrency mixing service to five years and four months in prison. Although the names of the defendants were redacted in the verdict, it is known that Alexey Pertsev, a 31-year-old Russian citizen, has been awaiting trial in the Netherlands on money laundering charges. Pertsev, one of the developers of Tornado Cash, was arrested in Amsterdam in August 2022, days after the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned the service for allowing malicious actors such as the Lazarus Group to launder money and cash…
If you’ve been stuck with an older iPhone model, now might be a good time to finally upgrade your iPhone – according to BloombergApple will offer slightly higher than usual discounts on select trade-ins in the U.S. and Canada starting next week, according to Mark Gurman. The company itself has not said anything about the promotion, but according to Gurman, the promotion will be available in-store to customers who use coupons to purchase any model of the iPhone 15 series. According to reports, the regulations will take effect from Monday and last until June 3.Starting Monday, in the U.S. and…
ReportMay 15, 2024Hacker NewsEnterprise Security/Cloud Computing While cloud adoption has been at the forefront of many IT professionals’ minds for nearly a decade, it’s only in recent months, with changes in the industry and announcements from major players, that many have realized that now is the time to take action. This may feel like a daunting task, but there are tools that can help you migrate your virtual machines (VMs) to a public cloud provider (such as Microsoft Azure) with relative ease. Migrating from VMware vSphere to Microsoft Azure requires careful planning and execution to ensure a smooth migration process.…