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A user on Reddit found that searching Google for "Target gift card balance" on mobile displays an ad for a phony gift card balance checker as the first result. The fake site attempts to trick users into inputting their gift card number and security code.

The majority of us check our gift voucher adjusts on the web (since who keeps those receipts that let us know how much cash we have left on them?), making a clear oversight by Google all the more regrettable. Google coincidentally endorsed an unmistakable promotion for a fake Target gift voucher balance checker that is intended to take your assets. A Reddit client on r/assholedesign found the goof when scanning Google for 'Target gift voucher balance' on versatile, and observed that th...

After a long wait, Apple finally released a security update to fix the iPhone HomeKit bug. This is a persistent denial of service (DoS) attack that causes iPad and iPhone crash issues.

Problems with updates are hardly a new phenomenon for Microsoft, but 2022 has not got off to a good start. Not only were the KB5009543 and KB5009566 updates found to break VPN connections, another trio of updates has now been pulled because it contains critical bugs.

The Russian government has successfully seized the suspects behind the notorious REvil ransomware gang on Friday, Jan. 14, upon the request from the US authorities.

Tech companies including Google, Amazon, Facebook, IBM, and Microsoft will meet at the White House to discuss open-source software security in the wake of the major Log4j vulnerability.

Although software updates are supposed to fix problems, it appears that the latest Patch Tuesday release is causing major headaches for Windows Server admins due to DC boot loops and Hyper-V issues.

For more than a decade now, computer printer manufacturers have been engaged in an endless quest called: "let's be as annoying...

The OceanLotus group of state-sponsored hackers are now using the web archive file format (.MHT and .MHTML) to deploy backdoors to compromised systems.

The two code libraries have been downloaded millions of times and have thousands of software projects depending on them.