Security

An update to Google Chrome damaged the file systems of macOS devices not running the System Integrity Protection security tool.

Facebook agreed to buy CTRL-labs, a New York startup working on mind reading technology that allows people to control computer interfaces with their thoughts.

Microsoft patched an Internet Explorer security vulnerability that enabled remote code execution on several versions of Windows.

Microsoft patched a flaw in Windows Defender that resulted in certain malware scans failing after checking just a few files.

IBM announced the largest commercially available quantum computer with 53 qubits. It features a new quantum processor design and smaller electronic components.

AdGuard revealed that two of the most popular ad blocking extensions on the Chrome Web Store are fake.

LastPass fixes the latest security flaw discovered by Google Project Zero's Tavis Ormandy, the same security researcher that has uncovered multiple security bugs in LastPass Manager in the past.

Zscaler said that InnfiRAT targets cryptocurrency wallets in addition to stealing browser information, taking screenshots of emails, and more.

Intel's NEC Facial Recognition and Core i5 processors will power facial recognition tools at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Security researchers found a Microsoft phishing campaign that prevented automated scanners from identifying it as such bu using CAPTCHA.

Intel's server-grade processors suffer from a vulnerability dubbed NetCAT, due to issues with technologies primarily found in DDIO and RDMA.

Kaspersky released a beta version of its new Kaspersky Anti-Cheat service.

Exim developers announced that they've released a patch for a dangerous security flaw in their email server software that impacts millions of email servers.

Fortinet and Pulse Security customers that haven't updated their VPN servers are now at risk of being targeted by APT5.

Researcher finds an unprotected server with leaked Facebook user data affecting more than five times as many people as the Cambridge Analytica data leak did.

Brave said it learned how Google works around GDPR to help its advertising partners identify European web users.

Huawei claimed the U.S. government has launched cyberattacks against it, attempted to entrap its employees and otherwise sought to disrupt its business.

Eclypsium researchers uncover new ways to remotely attack Supermicro's servers in "USBAnywhere" security vulnerability.

Avast revealed that it disrupted the Retadup botnet that had taken over 850,000 systems to mine cryptocurrency for its operators.

A vulnerability in Google Chrome could enable arbitrary code execution on Windows, macOS and Linux.