Zero-day exploits, AI-driven Android malware, firmware backdoors, password manager trust gaps, rising DDoS define this week’s critical cyber threats.

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Google has released Android 17 in beta for Pixel devices, skipping the usual Developer Preview given the arrival of ...

It's officially time to let go. Windows 10 has been over as we know it for some time now, only for Windows 11 to have taken over. To finalize things even further, Microsoft ended support for the ...

The JavaScript (aka JScript) malware loader called GootLoader has been observed using a malformed ZIP archive that's designed to sidestep detection efforts by concatenating anywhere from 500 to 1,000 ...

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