This spring, Windows 10 users will be treated to a raft of exciting new features.
Currently, the company's massive test group of Windows Insiders is enjoying playing with them, but they'll be available to everyone in the early part of next year.
Twitter May Have Been Hit By Another Data Breach
2018 hasn't been a great year for social media, with all the major platforms suffering a number of significant data breaches at various points in the year. Twitter alone has seen several, including the biggest one in May when the company urged all of its 330 million users to reset their passwords.
Robocalls Increased Globally But Decreased In The U.S.
According to data collected by Truecaller, the number of robocalls worldwide increased by a staggering 300 percent in 2018, although they were down slightly in the U.S. This data, however, should be taken with a grain of salt for two reasons.
First and foremost, Truecaller did not research to collect the data.
Virtualization Making It Safer To Open EXE Files On Windows
Microsoft recently announced an addition to Windows 10 that should make the lives of Enterprise and power users a whole lot easier.
Running an unknown, untrusted .exe file on your machine can be an event that fills you with dread.
The best case, of course, is that everything turns out fine.
Facebook Flaw Exposed Photos Belonging To Millions Of Users
Recently Facebook fessed up to a bug in their photo API that exposed the photos belonging to nearly seven million of the company's users to app developers.
The way the photo API is supposed to work is as follows: When you give an app permission to access your Facebook photos, that app is only supposed to gain access to the ones you've posted on your timeline.
New Phishing Attacks Look Like Emails From Apple
There's a new, widespread phishing campaign underway that you need to be aware of if you use the Apple App store at all. At this time, no one knows who's behind the campaign, but already, a surprising number of people have been taken in by it.
The campaign works like this:
You'll receive an email that appears to be from Apple confirming your recent purchase of a $30 app.
This Mac Malware Takes Screenshots Of Your Computer
There's a new malware threat in the MacOS ecosystem called OSX.LamePyre. If you haven't heard of it yet, it belongs on your radar.
At the moment, industry experts agree that it's more of a crude work in progress. Unfortunately, the danger of crude works in progress is that the hackers continue to develop them, making them a threat that gets worse over time.
New Android Malware Can Drain Your PayPal Account
Do you own an Android device? Are you a PayPal user? If you answered yes to both of those questions, you have something new to worry about.
A limited number of versions of an app called "Optimization Battery" contains a Trojan designed to steal money from PayPal accounts, including those that are protected by two-factor authentication.
Microsoft May Be Replacing Their Edge Browser
Three years ago, Microsoft decided to retire their beleaguered Internet Explorer browser. It was a disaster, riddled with critical security flaws and technologically far behind Chrome and Firefox. The company vowed to do better, so they started fresh and introduced Microsoft Edge.
If Your Password is On This List, Change It Now
The annual list of the worst passwords in use during 2018 has just been published by SplashData.
This year's list features a number of the usual suspects, but there are also a few new entries.
Here are the ten worst passwords in use, according to the data:
123456
password
123456789
12345678
12345
111111
1234567
sunshine
qwerty
iloveyou
Other notable entries include "welcome" at #13, "football" at #16, "Donald" at #23, "password1" at #24, "freedom" at #29, "hello" at #68, "test" at #88, and "whatever" at #91. Obviously, if you see a password you use anywhere on this list, you should change it immediately, as these are incredibly easy to guess, which makes breaching your system a trivial matter.