October 2021 - Page 13 of 15

Facebook outage leads to massive user exodus to Telegram, Signal

Signal and Telegram shared info on a massive exodus of Facebook users joining or switching to other platforms following the 6-hour-long downtime that impacted Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. […]

06 Oct

Microsoft shares Windows 11 TPM check bypass for unsupported PCs

Microsoft has published a new support webpage where they provide an official method to bypass the TPM 2.0 and CPU checks (TPM 1.2 is still required) and have Windows 11 installed on unsupported systems. […]

06 Oct

Firefox improves advertising tracker blocking in private browsing

Mozilla says that Firefox users will be better protected from advertising trackers (like Google Analytics scripts) while browsing the Internet in Private Browsing mode and using Strict Tracking Protection. […]

06 Oct

Microsoft finds Windows 11 issues with SmartByte networking software

Microsoft says Windows 11 customers might experience networking speed issues if Dell’s SmartByte software is running on their devices. […]

05 Oct

Android October patch fixes three critical bugs, 41 flaws in total

Google has released the Android October security updates, addressing 41 vulnerabilities, all ranging between high and critical severity. […]

05 Oct

New UEFI bootkit used to backdoor Windows devices since 2012

A newly discovered and previously undocumented UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) bootkit has been used by attackers to backdoor Windows systems by hijacking the Windows Boot Manager since at least 2012. […]

05 Oct

Facebook: Outage caused by faulty routing configuration changes

Facebook says that yesterday’s worldwide outage was caused by faulty configuration changes made to its backbone routers that brought all its services to a halt. […]

05 Oct

Microsoft confirms Windows 11 issues with VirtualBox, Intel Killer

Right after officially releasing Windows 11, Microsoft has added three know issues to the Windows 11 12H2 release health dashboard. […]

04 Oct

How to download the latest Windows 11 ISO from Microsoft

Microsoft has officially released Windows 11 and ISO images that allow you to create bootable media to perform clean installs of the operating system and troubleshoot bugs and problems. […]

04 Oct

New Atom Silo ransomware targets vulnerable Confluence servers

Atom Silo, a newly spotted ransomware group, is targeting a recently patched and actively exploited Confluence Server and Data Center vulnerability to deploy their ransomware payloads. […]

Month: October 2021

Facebook outage leads to massive user exodus to Telegram, Signal

Microsoft shares Windows 11 TPM check bypass for unsupported PCs

Firefox improves advertising tracker blocking in private browsing

Microsoft finds Windows 11 issues with SmartByte networking software

Android October patch fixes three critical bugs, 41 flaws in total

New UEFI bootkit used to backdoor Windows devices since 2012

Facebook: Outage caused by faulty routing configuration changes

Microsoft confirms Windows 11 issues with VirtualBox, Intel Killer

How to download the latest Windows 11 ISO from Microsoft

New Atom Silo ransomware targets vulnerable Confluence servers