Flipper Zero maker unveils ‘Busy Bar,’ a new ADHD productivity tool
Flipper Zero Devices, the company behind the popular Flipper Zero, has launched an open-source productivity tool called Busy Bar, designed to help reduce distractions for people with ADHD. People who have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) can have trouble focusing, get easily distracted and disorganized, act impulsively, and often suffer from restlessness. BUSY Bar is designed […]
ChatGPT’s o4-mini, o4-mini-high and o3 spotted ahead of release
OpenAI is preparing to launch as many as three new AI models, possibly called “o4-mini”, “o4-mini-high” and “o3”. Right now, ChatGPT has as many as five models, including GPT 4o (the non-reasoning model), GPT 4.5 (another non-reasoning model but with greater creativity), and three reasoning models: o1, o3-mini, and o3-mini-high. o1’s successor is o3, but a full-fledged model […]
Windows 11 tests sharing apps screen and files with Copilot AI
Copilot on Windows 11 is testing OS-level integration that would allow you to share your favourite apps’ screen with Copilot. This feature is rolling out to Windows Insiders in the United States, and it might sound like a creepy idea because it basically means Copilot can see what you are doing on your screen—if you […]
Google takes on Cursor with Firebase Studio, its AI builder for vibe coding
Google has quietly launched Firebase Studio, which is a cloud-based AI-powered integrated development environment that lets you build full-fledged apps using prompts. Google’s Firebase Studio comes at an interesting time when Cursor AI is storming the “vibe coding” trend. Cursor AI, reportedly valued at $10 billion, is an AI-powered integrated development environment that integrates AI features directly into the […]
Hackers target SSRF bugs in EC2-hosted sites to steal AWS credentials
A targeted campaign exploited Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerabilities in websites hosted on AWS EC2 instances to extract EC2 Metadata, which could include Identity and Access Management (IAM) credentials from the IMDSv1 endpoint. Retrieving IAM credentials allows attackers to escalate their privileges and access S3 buckets or control other AWS services, potentially leading to sensitive data exposure, […]
Oracle says “obsolete servers” hacked, denies cloud breach
Oracle finally confirmed in email notifications sent to customers that a hacker stole and leaked credentials that were stolen from what it described as “two obsolete servers.” However, the company added that its Oracle Cloud servers were not compromised, and this incident did not impact customer data and cloud services. “Oracle would like to state […]
Windows 11 April update unexpectedly creates new ‘inetpub’ folder
The Windows April 2025 updates are strangely creating an empty “inetpub” folder in the root of the C:\ drive, even on systems that do not have Internet Information Services (IIS) installed. Internet Information Services (IIS) is a web server platform created by Microsoft to host websites, web applications, and services on Windows systems. The platform is not […]
Critical FortiSwitch flaw lets hackers change admin passwords remotely
Fortinet has released security patches for a critical vulnerability in its FortiSwitch devices that can be exploited to change administrator passwords remotely. The company says Daniel Rozeboom of the FortiSwitch web UI development team discovered the vulnerability (CVE-2024-48887) internally. Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this unverified FortiSwitch GUI password change security flaw (rated with a 9.8/10 […]
CentreStack RCE exploited as zero-day to breach file sharing servers
Hackers exploited a vulnerability in Gladinet CentreStack’s secure file-sharing software as a zero-day since March to breach storage servers Gladinet CentreStack is an enterprise file-sharing and access platform that turns on-premise file servers (like Windows servers with SMB shares) into secure, cloud-like file systems supporting remote access to internal file shares, file syncing and sharing, […]
Microsoft investigates global Exchange Admin Center outage
Microsoft is investigating an ongoing outage that is blocking admins worldwide from accessing the Exchange Admin Center (EAC). The company tagged this ongoing issue as a critical service issue tracked under EX1051697 on the Microsoft 365 Admin Center, and it says that “at this time appears to be a global issue.” Since the outage started two hours […]