Fake Paysafe, Skrill SDKs on NPM and PyPi steal credentials

Malicious packages on the Node Package Manager (npm) and the Python Package Index (PyPI) delivered stealer malware to ...
MUO on MSN

I audited my Windows laptop on hotel Wi-Fi and was shocked by what it exposed

Exposed file-sharing services and network discovery have no place on open Wi-Fi.

A hacker’s arrest just revealed how Microsoft can track your Windows device

A hacker used a VPN to stay anonymous. Microsoft's Windows Global Device Identifier logged his activity anyway and handed it ...
PCMag

A Hacker's Arrest Reveals Microsoft Can Track Users Via a Windows Device ID

The FBI used a Microsoft device identifier, dubbed GDID, to link a teenager to a hack attributed to Scattered Spider, raising ...
TechSpot

One of Windows' most hated features just helped catch a 19-year-old hacker

The big picture: People have grumbled about Windows telemetry for years, to the point that an entire cottage industry of tools that clean up the OS now exists just to strip the tracking bits out.