Eliana Willis

d3sign/Getty Images Last week, users over on Reddit began reporting a peculiar issue with iPhones and iPads that have been updated to iOS 17.5/iPadOS 17.5: Devices were mysteriously resurrecting old photos that had previously been deleted. And this glitch could potentially lead to embarrassing situations, as personal and sensitive images users believed were gone for […] More

BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images Earlier this month, Apple and Google rolled out enhanced privacy features that monitor Bluetooth-enabled tracking devices to iOS and Android users. These features will alert users if someone else’s AirTag, Find My Device network-compatible tracker tag, or other industry specification-compatible Bluetooth tracker is moving with them.  Also: The best AirTag accessories you can buy But […] More

Paul Souders/Getty Images In a new white paper, Vendor Kernels, Bugs and Stability, the infrastructure software and Rocky Linux company CIQ presents a compelling argument that Linux vendor kernels are plagued with security vulnerabilities due to the flawed engineering processes that backport fixes.  Also: The top three Linux 6.9 kernel upgrades While this may shock […] More

Kyle Kucharski/ZDNETIf you’re using Google’s Chrome browser, it’s time to update it — and fast.Google confirmed this week that it has released Chrome 125 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. The update includes a range of patches to security flaws, including a zero-day exploit called CVE-2024-4947. Zero-day exploits are vulnerabilities in software that malicious actors may know about and can easily target users because the software maker has yet to patch the flaw. And if that sounds familiar, it’s because Google released another patch last week to fix another zero-day exploit.Also: Meet Hackbat: An open-source, more powerful Flipper Zero alternativeCVE-2024-4947 refers to “Type Confusion in V8” Javascript. The flaw, which was discovered by security researchers Vasily Berdnikov and Boris Larin at security company Kaspersky, could enable hackers to target individual users and cause their browsers to crash. It could also be used to execute code that could put their data at risk.For its part, Google shared a few precious details about the flaw, saying instead that “access to bug details and links may be kept restricted until a majority of users are updated with a fix.” The company added that it’s “aware that an exploit for CVE-2024-4947 exists in the wild,” but it stopped short of providing details. More