23 Feb FTC sues H&R Block over deceptive ‘free’ online filing ads The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sued tax preparation giant H&R Block over the company’s deceptive “free” online filing advertising and for pressuring people into overpaying for its services. […]
23 Feb Insomniac Games alerts employees hit by ransomware data breach Sony subsidiary Insomniac Games is sending data breach notification letters to employees whose personal information was stolen and leaked online following a Rhysida ransomware attack in November. […]
23 Feb Google Pay app shutting down in US, users have till June to move funds Google is retiring the standalone Pay app in the United States. Users have until June 4 to transfer the balance to bank accounts. […]
23 Feb LockBit ransomware gang has over $110 million in unspent bitcoin The LockBit ransomware gang received more than $125 million in ransom payments over the past 18 months, according to the analysis of hundreds of cryptocurrency wallets associated with the operation. […]
23 Feb U-Haul says hacker accessed customer records using stolen creds U-Haul has started informing customers that a hacker used stolen account credentials to access an internal system for dealers and team members to track customer reservations. […]
23 Feb Windows Photos gets AI magic eraser on Windows 10 and later Microsoft’s Windows Photos app now has its own generative erase tool that enables users to replace unwanted objects with AI-generated content. […]
23 Feb UnitedHealth confirms Optum hack behind US healthcare billing outage Healthcare giant UnitedHealth Group confirmed that its subsidiary Optum was forced to shut down IT systems and various services after a cyberattack by “nation-state” hackers on the Change Healthcare platform. […]
22 Feb Microsoft has started testing Wi-Fi 7 support in Windows 11 Microsoft is testing support for Wi-Fi 7 in Windows 11, which offers multi-gigabit speeds and improved throughput, latency, and reliability compared to previous Wi-Fi generations. […]
22 Feb Microsoft now force installing Windows 11 23H2 on eligible PCs Microsoft has started force installing Windows 11 23H2 on eligible devices that have reached or are close to their end-of-servicing date. […]
22 Feb Bitwarden’s new auto-fill option adds phishing resistance The Bitwarden open-source password management service has introduced a new inline auto-fill menu that addresses the risk of user credentials being stolen through malicious form fields. […]