Ravie LakshmananFeb 12, 2026Zero-Day / Vulnerability Apple on Wednesday released iOS, iPadOS, macOS Tahoe, tvOS, watchOS, and visionOS updates to address a zero-day flaw that it said has been exploited in sophisticated cyber attacks. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20700 (CVSS score: 7.8), has been described as a memory corruption issue in dyld, Apple’s Dynamic Link Editor. Successful exploitation of the vulnerability could allow an attacker with memory write capability to execute arbitrary code on susceptible devices. Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has been credited with discovering and reporting the bug. “Apple is aware of a report that this issue may…
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Google’s SERPs are changing faster than most SEO strategies can keep up. Does AI Mode change which keywords are still worth targeting? Which SERP features actually drive organic traffic in 2026? The expansion of AI Overviews into new keyword and intent queries, AI Mode’s attempt to dominate the search experience, and ongoing experimentation with new SERP layouts have changed how users interact with search results. Get A Data-Backed View Of What Matters For 2026 SERPs In this on-demand webinar, Tom Capper, Senior Search Scientist at STAT Search Analytics, will dig into STAT’s vast repository of daily SERP data and show…
Nothing makes more than just great Android phones; its audio accessories tend to be sorely underappreciated, and no device exemplifies this more than the Nothing Ear (a) earbuds. These are the very earbuds that audio contributor Tshaka Armstrong called a “model for what affordable earbuds are capable of” in his 4/5-star review, and now they’re nearly half off during Amazon’s Presidents’ Day sale. The Nothing Ear (a) may not be groundbreaking earbuds, but for 59 bucks they’re an absolute steal, offering listeners LDAC and hi-res audio support, versatile 11mm drivers, and an eye-catching design that belies the approachable price tag. The noise-cancelling…
Industrial control system networks continue to run on legacy communication protocols that were built for reliability and uptime, not authentication or data integrity. In many environments, malicious actors with access to the OT network can impersonate devices, issue unauthenticated commands, or modify messages in transit without detection. A new guidance document from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) explains why secure versions of common industrial protocols remain underused, even though they have existed since the early 2000s. The report focuses on the gap between what secure protocols can technically provide and what operators can realistically deploy and maintain across…
OpenAI has officially disabled GPT-4o in ChatGPTA lot of users are feeling emotional and upset about the switchThere’s an official #keep4o campaign underwayWe knew the moment was coming, and now it’s happened: OpenAI has officially disabled the GPT-4o model inside ChatGPT, pushing all users towards the GPT-5 alternatives, and it’s hitting a lot of users hard.A substantial chunk of ChatGPT users prefer the more emotional and warmer ChatGPT-4o experience, as it’s more suited to AI companionship and bonding. Now it’s no longer available, there’s been a widespread outpouring of sadness and anger.”I’m grieving, like so many others for whom this…
Security researchers have discovered more than 300 Chrome extensions that leak browser data, spy on their users, or outright steal users’ data. Research focused on the analysis of network traffic generated by Chrome extensions has uncovered 287 applications transmitting the user’s browsing history or search engine results pages (SERP). Some of them, security researcher Q Continuum explains, would essentially expose the data to unsecured networks, while others would send it to collection servers, either due to intended functionality, for monetization purposes, or with malicious intent. The extensions have over 37.4 million users, the researcher says. Of these, roughly 27.2 million…
As someone who relies heavily on open-source tools in daily work, I’ve learned one thing: “free” doesn’t have to mean compromised. Some open-source apps are so thoughtfully built that they become part of your workflow long before you ever think about pricing. And when you do pay, it doesn’t feel forced, it feels earned. Here are some open-source apps I genuinely enjoy using, where the premium versions improve productivity without taking control away from the user. These tools respect transparency, scale gracefully, and reward you for supporting them. If you believe good software should stay open and sustainable, these apps…
At the very top are risk analytics/assessment skills, which command a 24% premium—meaning employees with these skills say they’re earning cash bonuses equivalent to 24% of their base salary. Since the last Foote Partners pay index was published, the value of bonuses for these skills has climbed significantly (up 26.3% in the past six months). Smart contracts skills rank next, with cash bonuses worth 23% of base salaries (up 21.1% in the past six months), followed by security architecture and models with cash bonuses worth 21% of base salaries (up 10.5%). Threat detection/modeling/management skills earn 20% premiums, according to Foote…
Modern smartphones are way more powerful than most of us realize, and they include a whole range of sensors that tend to go unnoticed. While a lot of these sensors are used to pull off basic functions like flipping your screen when you turn the phone around, there’s many more that you might never have even noticed. And here’s the thing — even the sensors that you know about can pull off double duty in ways that you probably didn’t think of. How I use my phones hidden sensors to fix things around my house From leveling shelves to reducing…
Threat actors have started to exploit a recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting BeyondTrust Remote Support (RS) and Privileged Remote Access (PRA) products, according to watchTowr. “Overnight we observed first in-the-wild exploitation of BeyondTrust across our global sensors,” Ryan Dewhurst, head of threat intelligence at watchTowr, said in a post on X. “Attackers are abusing get_portal_info to extract the x-ns-company value before establishing a WebSocket channel.” The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-1731 (CVS score: 9.9), which could allow an unauthenticated attacker to achieve remote code execution by sending specially crafted requests. BeyondTrust noted last week that successful exploitation of the…