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OpenAI relaxes GPT-5 rate limit, promises to improve the personality
OpenAI is slowly addressing all concerns around GPT-5, including rate limits and now its personality, which has been criticized for being less affirmative. In a support document, OpenAI confirmed it has restored the older models for paid customers, so you can now use GPT4o, GPT o3, and more. You just need to use the model selector […]
Fortinet warns of FortiSIEM pre-auth RCE flaw with exploit in the wild
Fortinet is warning about a remote unauthenticated command injection flaw in FortiSIEM that has in-the-wild exploit code, making it critical for admins to apply the latest security updates. FortiSIEM is a central security monitoring and analytics system used for logging, network telemetry, and security incident alerts, serving as an integral part of security operation centers, where […]
Windows 11 24H2 updates failing again with 0x80240069 errors
The KB5063878 Windows 11 24H2 cumulative update, released earlier this week, fails to install on some systems according to widespread reports from Windows administrators. As many admins have reported on social media and GeekFeed, this issue affects Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) users, who are experiencing 0x80240069 errors when installing the August 2025 security updates. On impacted devices, users will also […]
New downgrade attack can bypass FIDO auth in Microsoft Entra ID
Security researchers have created a new FIDO downgrade attack against Microsoft Entra ID that tricks users into authenticating with weaker login methods, making them susceptible to phishing and session hijacking. These weaker login channels are vulnerable to adversary-in-the-middle phishing attacks that employ tools like Evilginx, enabling attackers to snatch valid session cookies and hijack the accounts. […]
Spike in Fortinet VPN brute-force attacks raises zero-day concerns
A massive spike in brute-force attacks targeted Fortinet SSL VPNs earlier this month, followed by a switch to FortiManager, marked a deliberate shift in targeting that has historically preceded new vulnerability disclosures. The campaign, detected by threat monitoring platform GreyNoise, manifested in two waves, on August 3 and August 5, with the second wave pivoting […]
Pennsylvania attorney general’s email, site down after cyberattack
The Office of the Pennsylvania Attorney General has announced that a recent cyberattack has taken down its systems, including landline phone lines and email accounts. As Attorney General Dave Sunday revealed on social media on Monday, the office staff is currently working to restore affected services and investigate the incident with the help of law enforcement […]
Microsoft removes PowerShell 2.0 from Windows 11, Windows Server
Microsoft will remove PowerShell 2.0 from Windows starting in August, eight years after announcing its deprecation and keeping it around as an optional feature. The 14-year-old command processor introduced with Windows 7 was already removed for Windows Insiders as of July 2025, with the release of Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27891 to the Canary Channel. As detailed […]
Microsoft asks users to ignore certificate enrollment errors
Microsoft has asked customers this week to disregard incorrect CertificateServicesClient (CertEnroll) errors that appear after installing the July 2025 preview update and subsequent Windows 11 24H2 updates. In recent months, Microsoft has addressed multiple similar issues affecting various Windows features that triggered erroneous warnings with no actual impact. For instance, last month, Redmond advised users […]
OpenAI adds new GPT-5 models, restores o3, o4-mini and it’s a mess all over again
One of the few things many disliked about ChatGPT was the confusing number of models. OpenAI claimed GPT-5 would fix this, but it seems to have made it worse. A new update is rolling out to ChatGPT. It doesn’t upgrade GPT-5, but instead adds more options that some of you would love. Previously, GPT-5 had […]
Claude gets 1M tokens support via API to take on Gemini 2.5 Pro
Claude Sonnet 4 has been upgraded, and it can now remember up to 1 million tokens of context, but only when it’s used via API. This could change in the future. This is 5x more than the previous limit. It also means that Claude now supports remembering over 75,000 lines of code, or even hundreds […]