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New ultra-stealthy Linux backdoor isn’t your everyday malware discovery

Symbiote gives remote access to any account. Normal methods don't detect it.

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Google is killing location-based reminders

Family reminders are also going away.

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An actively exploited Microsoft 0-day flaw still doesn’t have a patch

Microsoft downplays severity of vulnerability in all supported versions of Windows.

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Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1, for when flagship isn’t flagship enough

And there’s a 7 Gen 1 for less expensive gaming phones

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Google backtracks on legacy GSuite account shutdown, won’t take user emails

Click this link to stop your GSuite account from being shut down! We're serious.

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Hackers are now hiding malware in Windows Event Logs

Security researchers have noticed a malicious campaign that used Windows event logs to store malware, a technique that has not been previously documented publicly for attacks in the wild.

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How Apple, Google, and Microsoft will kill passwords and phishing in one stroke

You've heard for years that easier, more secure logins are imminent. That day is here.

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Russia hammered by pro-Ukrainian hackers following invasion

"There are tens of terabytes of data that’s just falling out of the sky."

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Exclusive: Sonos is about to introduce its own voice assistant

It wants to make voice "fully private" and "more personal."

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Google makes $100,000 worth of tech training free to every U.S. business

Alphabet Inc's Google will provide any U.S. business over $100,000 worth of online courses in data analytics, design and other tech skills for their workers free of charge, the search company said on Monday.

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One of the most powerful DDoSes ever targets cryptocurrency platform

15.3 million requests per second is HUGE, especially when delivered through HTTPS.

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Microsoft Edge is getting a built-in VPN powered by Cloudflare

Microsoft is readying a Secure Network feature for its Edge browser, a VPN-like service powered by Cloudflare, providing extra security.

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Android’s app store privacy section starts rolling out today

Users will start seeing information about what data apps collect and why.

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Hackers Reportedly Target Wind-Energy Companies

Nordex SE and Deutsche Windtechnik AG were both hacked over the past few months, while Enercon GmbH reportedly experienced 'collateral damage' from the Viasat hack.

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Some of tech's biggest names want a future without passwords — here's what that would look like

From Google to Microsoft, some of tech's biggest names say the dream of a password-less internet is close to reality. The truth is a little more complicated.

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CNN to shutter $100 million streaming service, CNN Plus, after a month

CNN's new parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery, decided to pull the plug on the streaming service after a slow first month.