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Microsoft Releases Windows 11 KB5126056 and KB5124015 Dynamic Updates
54+ min ago (220+ words) Published on September 14, 2026 Microsoft has released new Windows 11 Dynamic Updates alongside the September 2026 Windows 11 Patch Tuesday updates, covering versions 23H2, 24H2, 25H2, and 26H1. As Neowin reports, the latest batch includes both Setup Dynamic Updates and Safe OS Dynamic Updates. Windows Update downloads and…...
Apple's Last Actively Exploited Bug Disclosure Was iOS 26.2, Nine Months Ago
10+ hour, 23+ min ago (203+ words) The most recent Apple security document to say a bug may have been exploited is iOS 26.2, published December 12, 2025. Both flagged issues sat in WebKit, and Apple credited Google’s Threat Analysis Group on each one. Six Apple releases since then, running…...
Windows 11 gets six dynamic updates for setup security and WinRE – 4sysops
13+ hour, 4+ min ago (23+ words) Microsoft has released six Windows 11 dynamic updates for versions 26H1, 25H2, 24H2, and 23H2, including KB5126056 and KB5124015. The packages address security...
Microsoft blocked every Windows 11 account bypass except the most boring link on its own page
14+ hour, 27+ min ago (626+ words) Microsoft has spent the last year closing ways to set up Windows 11 without a Microsoft account, but there is apparently a new, remarkably simple workaround hiding in plain sight. On the latest Windows 11 Home installation media we tested, clicking the…...
Hackers exploit Tencent app flaw to deploy GrayRabbit malware
15+ hour, 28+ min ago (593+ words) Passkey-themed phishing attacks lead to Microsoft 365 data theft Trezor: 347,000 users targeted in phishing attacks after Brevo breach Hackers exploit Tencent app flaw to deploy GrayRabbit malware Stick with the language lessons that come from linguists in this app deal Dutch…...
iOS 18.7.10: About 120 Security Fixes for iPhone XS and Three Other Devices
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (276+ words) iOS 18.7.10 and iPadOS 18.7.10, released August 17, 2026, list on the order of 120 CVE entries across more than 30 components, according to Apple’s own support article at support.apple.com/en-us/148287. The release is available for exactly four devices: iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max,…...
Wallpaper Engine Malware Removal: 12 Steps [2026]
21+ hour, 22+ min ago (1640+ words) Wallpaper Engine’s own developers eventually responded by pulling the feature that made this possible, confirming on the official Steam community forum that affected uploads had already been banned and automatically deleted from disk, a statement you can read in full…...
Apple Is Patching Three Different Versions of macOS at the Same Time
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (393+ words) The Mac Observer The Good Daughter Release Date: Peacock’s Rose Byrne and Meghann Fahy Drama Crystal Lake Release Date: What Peacock Has Confirmed About the Friday the 13th Prequel The Traitors: New Blood Release Date and NBC Premiere Schedule Chad Powers…...
Still Current, Still Patched or Neither: Apple's Three States of Software Support
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (272+ words) Apple’s software support is not a single on-or-off switch. Reading Apple’s own security releases index shows three distinct states a device can occupy at any moment: still receiving the current operating system, still receiving security-only patches on an older branch,…...
Safari's Tracking Prevention and Fraud Warning: What Apple Documents Beyond Private Relay
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (232+ words) Safari carries at least four documented privacy features that are separate from iCloud Private Relay and do not require an iCloud+ subscription: Intelligent Tracking Prevention, a free tier of IP address hiding from known trackers, a Privacy Report, and Fraudulent…...