Vulnerability confirmed on Skylake and Kaby Lake CPU series. Researchers suspect AMD processors are also impacted. Source: Intel CPUs impacted by new PortSmash side-channel vulnerability | ZDNet
November 7, 2018
Researchers ‘break’ Edge with zero-day remote code exploit
Proof-of-concept shows researchers opening the Chrome landing page from Edge via Firefox Source: Researchers ‘break’ Edge with zero-day remote code exploit
Windows Defender with sandbox support rolled out to Windows insiders, but some Windows 10 users can enable it right now. Source: Windows Defender becomes first antivirus to run inside a sandbox | ZDNet
October 29, 2018
Bing Is Pushing Malware When You Search for Chrome
You launch Edge on your new PC, search for “download Chrome,” and click the first result headed to “google.com” on Bing. You’re now on a phishing website pushing malware, disguised to look like the Chrome download page. Source: Bing Is Pushing Malware When You Search for Chrome
October 29, 2018
IBM to acquire Red Hat in deal valued at $34 billion
The acquisition is by far IBM’s largest deal ever, and third-biggest in the history of U.S. tech. Source: IBM to acquire Red Hat in deal valued at $34 billion