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Dell BIOS updates released recently are preventing certain laptops and desktop from booting, according to user complaints on forums. Some users have managed to resolve the issue by rolling back to an older BIOS version, while other users are unable to boot from recovery USB drives or resolve the issue in any other manner.

Apparently Dell Latitude and Inspiron notebooks are affected, as well as an Alienware gaming PC.

T-Mobile announced that scam call traffic more than doubled in 2021 with attempts hitting an average of 425 million calls every week..

A new malware, in circulation since early November, has been detected by cybersecurity firm Prevailion. The firm warns that the malware takes little to no space on a targeted system and is hence very hard to detect. Once in place, it can execute remote commands and transmit valuable data to the threat actor.

A new malware, in circulation since early November, has been detected by cybersecurity firm Prevailion. The firm warns that the malware takes little to no space on a targeted system and is hence very hard to detect. Once in place, it can execute remote commands and transmit valuable data to the threat actor.

The spyware tools were only used to target criminals, the companies claim.

Fix comes as part of the Microsoft December 2021 Patch Tuesday release.

Google Chrome urges users to update their browsers ASAP to fix potentially dangerous ‘critical’ security exploits.

Thanks to an as yet undisclosed critical vulnerability in Chrome 96, confirmed to be actively being exploited in the wild, Google is rolling out an update to Chrome 96, which y'all should update to.