How to restore GPT-4o when you’ve GPT-5
Sam Altman overhyped GPT-5 and the results aren’t looking that good. Some users are upset with GPT-5’s new personality, but you can restore GPT-4o if you pay for the Plus plan. GPT-5 issues aren’t particularly limited to its new personality. I personally felt that GPT-5 isn’t that great at maths and finance, especially when compared […]
Google Calendar invites let researchers hijack Gemini to leak user data
Google fixed a bug that allowed maliciously crafted Google Calendar invites to remotely take over Gemini agents running on the target’s device and leak sensitive user data. The attack unfolded without requiring any user involvement beyond typical interactions with the assistant, which occur daily for users of Gemini. Gemini is Google’s large language model (LLM) […]
Google confirms data breach exposed potential Google Ads customers’ info
Google has confirmed that a recently disclosed data breach of one of its Salesforce CRM instances involved the information of potential Google Ads customers. “We’re writing to let you know about an event that affected a limited set of data in one of Google’s corporate Salesforce instances used to communicate with prospective Ads customers,” reads a data breach […]
60 malicious Ruby gems downloaded 275,000 times steal credentials
Sixty malicious Ruby gems containing credential-stealing code have been downloaded over 275,000 times since March 2023, targeting developer accounts. The malicious Ruby gems were discovered by Socket, which reports they targeted primarily South Korean users of automation tools for Instagram, TikTok, Twitter/X, Telegram, Naver, WordPress, and Kakao. RubyGems is the official package manager for the […]
OpenAI to fix GPT-5 issues, double rate limits for paid users after outrage
OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, overpromised on GPT-5, and real-life results are underwhelming, but it looks like a new update is rolling out that might address some of the concerns. GPT-5 is a state-of-the-art model. In our tests, GeekFeed found that GPT-5 does really well in coding. It was significantly faster than the other OpenAI models, […]
WinRAR zero-day exploited to plant malware on archive extraction
A recently fixed WinRAR vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-8088 was exploited as a zero-day in phishing attacks to install the RomCom malware. The flaw is a directory traversal vulnerability that was fixed in WinRAR 7.13, which allows specially crafted archives to extract files into a file path selected by the attacker. “When extracting a file, previous versions of WinRAR, […]
FTC: older adults lost record $700 million to scammers in 2024
Americans aged 60 and older lost a staggering $700 million to online scams in 2024, marking a sharp rise in fraud targeting seniors, according to the Federal Trade Commission. This figure, presented in the agency’s latest Consumer Protection Data Spotlight, represents an increase over all three categories of loss compared to previous years. Most notably, the […]
U.S. Judiciary confirms breach of court electronic records service
The U.S. Federal Judiciary confirms that it suffered a cyberattack on its electronic case management systems hosting confidential court documents and is strengthening cybersecurity measures. The organization stated that, while most documents in the system are public, certain sealed filings contain sensitive information that is now protected with stricter access controls aimed at blocking hackers. […]
Microsoft 365 apps to soon block file access via FPRPC by default
Microsoft has announced that the Microsoft 365 apps for Windows will start blocking access to files via the insecure FPRPC legacy authentication protocol by default starting late August. These changes apply only to Microsoft 365 apps for Windows and will not affect Microsoft Teams users across Windows, Mac, web, iOS, or Android. “Microsoft 365 apps […]
Microsoft will kill the Lens PDF scanner app for iOS, Android
Microsoft announced that it will phase out the Microsoft Lens PDF scanner app for Android and iOS devices starting in September. Microsoft Lens (formerly known as Office Lens) can convert images into PDF, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel files, and it is capable of scanning both printed and handwritten text. Currently, the app has been downloaded 50 million […]