Surface Book 2: More cores, more GPU, and more screen
Microsoft’s super-flexible systems get potent upgrade. Alas, still no Thunderbolt 3.
The Windows 10 Fall Creators Update bets big on mixed reality
It also gives you a reason to use the Photo and OneDrive apps.
Google’s first mobile chip is an image processor hidden in the Pixel 2
One thing that Google left unannounced during its Pixel 2 launch event on October 4th is being revealed today: it’s called the Pixel Visual Core, and it is Google’s first custom system-on-a-chip (SOC) for consumer products.
New x1881 CryptoMix Ransomware Variant Released
MalwareHunterTeam discovered a new variant of the CryptoMix ransomware that is appending the .x1881 extension to encrypted file names. It’s has been about three weeks since a new CryptoMix variant was released, which is quite long for this family of ransomware.
New Anubi Ransomware released
A new ransomware called Anubi was discovered by Malwarebytes security researcher S!Ri that appends the .[anubi@cock.li].anubi extension to encrypted files. While not much is known about how this ransomware is distributed, as it is in the wild I thought I would provide a brief summary of the ransomware.
Kotlin Expected to Surpass Java as Android Default Programming Language for Apps
The programming language got a serious boost in the developer community when Google officially announced earlier this year, at the Google I/O 2017 conference, that Kotlin will become the first third-party supported programming language for Android apps, besides Java.
TPM Chipsets Generate Insecure RSA Keys. Multiple Vendors Affected
Infineon TPM chipsets that come with many modern-day motherboards generate insecure RSA encryption keys that put devices at risk of attack.
New KRACK Attack Breaks WPA2 WiFi Protocol
Mathy Vanhoef, a researcher from the University of Leuven (KU Leuven), has discovered a severe flaw in the Wi-Fi Protected Access II (WPA2) protocol that secures all modern protected Wi-Fi networks.
OxygenOS Android Oreo Open Beta for the OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T Released!
With new features, open betas and security updates (for the most part), OnePlus have been showing they were serious in their dedication to updates since they merged their disparate development teams.
Google, IBM and others launch an open-source API for keeping tabs on software supply chains
Google, JFrog, Red Hat, IBM, Black Duck, Twistlock, Aqua Security and CoreOS today announced Grafeas (“scribe” in Greek), a new joint open-source project that provides users with a standardized way for auditing and governing their software supply chain.