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Currently, being taken advantage of by two Russian cybercrime groups is a major zero-day flaw in the most widely used WinRAR file compression program. Some of these attacks are customized to particular targets; they are meant to backdoor computers that open dangerous files attached to phishing emails. ESET said on Monday that these attacks were first identified on the 18th of July when a file was found in an unusual path directory. ESET determined by July 24 that this behavior was linked to the abuse of an undetected flaw in WinRAR, a file compression application with a reported installed user base of about 500 million. On the same day, ESET notified the WinRAR developers; six days later, a patch was published. Within Windows, the WinRAR 0-day vulnerability appeared to have an amazin...

According to Microsoft’s official announcement, registering a Windows 10 computer in the Extended Security Updates (ESU) program requires the establishment of a Microsoft Account to finish the purchase for a $30 charge. The good thing about this advancement is that one Windows 10 ESU license may be used for up to 10 devices logged into the same account, thus you won't have to pay $30 for each individual device as originally thought.  Surprisingly, this fact was not prominently disclosed in Microsoft’s first release. These circumstances have both benefits and drawbacks. The good news is that the $30 license is now rather less expensive; the disadvantage is that you must still register for a Microsoft Account in order to keep getting security updates after Windows 10 reaches its end ...

Keeping crew health becomes more difficult as human spaceflight missions get longer and travel further from Earth. Presently, astronauts on the International Space Station depend on direct contact with Houston without an AI medical assistant, ongoing medical supplies deliveries, and the choice to return home quickly after a six-month term. But this scenario could change shortly as NASA, working with commercial partners like Elon Musk’s SpaceX, gets ready for longer flights intended to send people to Mars and the Moon. This approaching reality is motivating NASA to gradually improve on-orbit medical care to be more independent from Earth. An AI medical assistant under development with Google is among the first investigations along this line. Designed to help astronauts diagnose and treat...

Smartphones in the mobile-centric world store a lot of sensitive information, messages, location history, financial records, and beyond. Regrettably, this reality makes them ideal candidates for high-risk applications, especially those that improperly seek permission include covert trackers, or even pose as genuine threats. As a result encompassing critical security flaws Particularly inside financial and cryptocurrency apps, the abuse of permissions is a major ongoing problem. Leading crypto applications have been studied to reveal that many need an alarming number of permissions, averaging 22.9 per app, with some requiring as many as 45, therefore increasing the device's vulnerability and putting consumers at risk of data theft and illicit access. Hard-coded passwords are likew...