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Floriana/Getty Images The Internet Archive is slowly starting to recover from a recent DDoS attack that clobbered the main site and its subsidiary sites. Early Monday, Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle posted on X that the Wayback Machine is back online — but with a couple of constraints. First, the site is operating in a provisional, […] More
The latest Rufus release replaces the Windows Setup executable with this wrapper. Screenshot by Ed Bott/ZDNETMicrosoft really, really, really doesn’t want you to upgrade your old Windows 10 PC to Windows 11. That’s the logic behind the strict hardware compatibility requirements the company imposed when it launched the new operating system in 2021. If you try to install Windows 11 on a computer with a CPU from 2018 or earlier, you get an error message, along with a suggestion that maybe you should buy a new PC.The result, of course, is a thoroughly predictable cat-and-mouse game between Redmond and the Windows enthusiast community. The owners of those “incompatible” PCs find ways to work around those restrictions, and Redmond finds a way to make those workarounds more difficult.Also: Microsoft cracks down on Windows 11 upgrades for ‘incompatible’ PCs, but there’s a workaroundWith the public release of the most recent feature update to Windows 11, version 24H2, Microsoft tightened the compatibility checks that Windows Setup runs when performing an upgrade. Those new restrictions blocked one widely used workaround, which used the open-source Rufus utility to create installation media that allows Windows 11 upgrades on incompatible hardware.The new restrictions lasted for less than one week, as the community discovered that you could work around Microsoft’s compatibility blocks by manually entering a series of commands to tweak the registry. And now the developer of Rufus, Pete Batard, has released a new beta version of the utility that automates that process. More
WhataWin/Getty Images Another day, another data breach. This latest one affects customers of one of the largest investment firms in the US. In a Wednesday filing with several state attorneys general, Fidelity Investments revealed that it was hit by a breach on August 17, which the firm detected on August 19. A letter sent to […] More
Screenshot by Lance Whitney/ZDNETThe 2024 update for Windows 11 is just now rolling out, which means more bugs are likely to start surfacing in this latest version. With a few glitches already uncovered, a new one that just popped up impacts the built-in file checker tool.The System File Checker (SFC), scans your drive for corrupted system files and attempts to repair or replace them. The tool has long been a handy and reliable way to fix a variety of problems that impact the performance and behavior of Windows.Also: You can still upgrade old PCs to Windows 11, even if Microsoft says no: Readers prove itBut with the new 24H2 update to Windows 11, SFC isn’t so handy or reliable. That’s because it seems to be stuck in a loop of false positives.As spotted by the folks at Windows Latest, running the checker in the 2024 update to Windows 11 informs you that certain files are corrupt. The tool will repair them automatically, which should mean that the files are now fine. Run the tool again, however, and it will again tell you that the files are corrupt. No matter how many times you run SFC, it keeps insisting that certain files are corrupt and need to be repaired. More
Malte Mueller/Getty Images You probably have documents on your desktop operating system that contain sensitive information. So what do you do to protect that data? You could hide the document in an obscure folder — but that’s not really safe, because anyone with access to your computer could rummage around and locate the file in […] More
Screenshot by Nina Raemont Those of you interested in using Apple’s new iPhone Mirroring at work may want to hold off for now. As detailed in a report published on Tuesday, cybersecurity software provider Sevco Security uncovered a privacy glitch that could reveal to your employer any apps that you run on your iPhone, including […] More
EThamPhoto/Getty Images Consumers are anxious about how businesses are keeping their data secured, especially amid the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), while businesses are anxious about how hackers will exploit their use of AI. The technology may be improving business efficiencies, but 50% of cybersecurity leaders in Asia-Pacific expect AI to be used to crack […] More
AFP/Getty Images The FTC has come down hard on hotel chain Marriott following a series of data breaches between 2014 and 2020 that harmed more than 344 million customers around the world. In a Wednesday news release announcing a settlement order with the company, the agency said that Marriott must delete any personal data associated […] More
