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This Cheap Hacking Device Can Crash Your iPhone With Pop-Ups

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As the Israel-Hamas war continues, with Israeli troops moving into the Gaza Strip and encircling Gaza City, one piece of technology is having an outsized impact on how we see and understand the war. Messaging app Telegram, which has a history of lax moderation, has been used by Hamas to share gruesome images and videos. The information has then spread to other social networks and millions more eyeballs. Sources tell WIRED that Telegram has been weaponized to spread horrific propaganda.

Microsoft has had a hard few months when it comes to the company’s own security, with Chinese-backed hackers stealing its cryptographic signing key, continued issues with Microsoft Exchange Servers, and its customers being impacted by failings. The company has now unveiled a plan to deal with the ever-growing range of threats. It’s the Secure Future Initiative, which plans, among multiple elements, to use AI-driven tools, improve its software development, and shorten its response time to vulnerabilities.

Also this week, we’ve looked at the privacy practices of Bluesky, Mastodon, and Meta’s Threads as all of the social media platforms jostle for space in a world where X, formerly known as Twitter, continues to implode. And things aren’t exactly great with this next generation of social media. With November arriving, we now have a detailed breakdown of the security vulnerabilities and patches issued last month. Microsoft, Google, Apple, and enterprise firms Cisco, VMWare, and Citrix all fixed major security flaws in October.

And there’s more. Each week, we round up the security and privacy news we didn’t cover in depth ourselves. Click the headlines to read the full stories, and stay safe out there.

The Flipper Zero is a versatile hacking tool designed for security researchers. The pocket-size pen-testing device can intercept and replay all kinds of wireless signals—including NFC, infrared, RFID, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi. That means it’s possible to read microchips and inspect signals being admitted from devices. Slightly more nefariously, we’ve found it can easily clone building-entry cards and read credit card details through people’s clothes.

Over the last few weeks, the Flipper Zero, which…

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Got pop-ups? How to stop them, according to cyber security experts

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Pop-ups on your computer can be a sign of a malware infection, in some cases. (Photo: Getty)

When you run across a pop-up on your favorite website, it’s admittedly annoying. Still, you can easily click that little X in the corner within seconds, and go about your browsing. But when pop-ups randomly show up on your computer and you’re not surfing the web, it’s understandable that you’d be alarmed. What’s going on here? And what, exactly does this mean for the health of your computer? Computer security experts break it down.

What is a pop-up, again?

Sure, odds are high you’ve at least seen a pop-up before, but you might be a little fuzzy on what they actually are. At a basic level, pop-ups are online ads that show up when you visit a website.

“A pop-up is a graphic display, typically a small window, that appears unexpectedly on your computer,” Mikko Laaksonen, chief executive officer of Responsible Cyber, tells Yahoo Life. “The pop-up in itself is not malicious, but is an ad.” Plenty of websites use pop-ups to try to sell you on something or offer you a promo code before you leave, and that’s pretty harmless.

But sometimes pop-ups can be a sign that something is off with your computer. “Browser pop-ups may also indicate the presence of unwanted code running on your device,” Joseph Steinberg, cybersecurity and emerging technologies advisor, tells Yahoo Life. “Likewise, pop-ups appearing on your computer outside the constraints of a web browser are often the result of a malware infection.” (Malware, in case you’re not familiar with the term, is software that’s created to damage your computer or network.) A program like Malwarebytes Premium could help protect you.

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Even if the pop-ups don’t seem to be doing anything to harm your computer, Steinberg points out that “unwanted adware is malware.” Basically, if pop-ups are showing up on your computer, it’s annoying at best…

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PC Tools Internet Security 2009 (version 6) review part 5

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Got pop-ups? How to stop them, according to cybersecurity experts

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Pop-ups on your computer can be a sign of a malware infection, in some cases. (Photo: Getty)

Pop-ups on your computer can be a sign of a malware infection, in some cases. (Photo: Getty)

When you run across a pop-up on your favorite website, it’s admittedly annoying. Still, you can easily click that little X in the corner within seconds, and go about your browsing. 

But when pop-ups randomly show up on your computer and you’re not surfing the web, it’s understandable that you’d be alarmed. What’s going on here? And what, exactly does this mean for the health of your computer? Computer security experts break it down.

What is a pop-up, again?

Sure, odds are high you’ve at least seen a pop-up before, but you might be a little fuzzy on what they actually are. At a basic level, pop-ups are online ads that show up when you visit a website. 

“A pop-up is a graphic display, typically a small window, that appears unexpectedly on your computer,” Mikko Laaksonen, chief executive officer of Responsible Cyber, tells Yahoo Life. “The pop-up in itself is not malicious, but is an ad.” Plenty of websites use pop-ups to try to sell you on something or offer you a promo code before you leave, and that’s pretty harmless. 

But sometimes pop-ups can be a sign that something is off with your computer. “Browser pop-ups may also indicate the presence of unwanted code running on your device,” Joseph Steinberg, cybersecurity and emerging technologies advisor, tells Yahoo Life. “Likewise, pop-ups appearing on your computer outside the constraints of a web browser are often the result of a malware infection.” (Malware, in case you’re not familiar with the term, is software that’s created to damage your computer or network.)

Even if the pop-ups don’t seem to be doing anything to harm your computer, Steinberg points out that “unwanted adware is malware.” Basically, if pop-ups are showing up on your computer, it’s annoying at best and malicious at worst. Either way, you…

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