Tech Meme

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: Researchers: hackers are abusing Google OAuth endpoint “MultiLogin” to restore expired authentication cookies and log into accounts even after a password reset  —  Multiple information-stealing malware families are abusing an undocumented Google OAuth endpoint named “MultiLogin” … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kif Leswing / CNBC: Apple was up ~50% in 2023 but underperformed its tech peers after Apple suffered four straight quarters of declining revenue, its longest such slide since 2001  —  – In 2023, Apple suffered its longest revenue slide in 22 years, reporting four straight quarters of declining sales. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Benjamin Weiser / New York Times: Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen says he mistakenly used bogus legal citations from Google Bard in a motion seeking an early end to court supervision  —  Donald Trump’s former fixer had sought an early end to court supervision after his 2018 campaign finance conviction. Lees verder op Tech Meme

NBC News: Sources: US intelligence determined that the Chinese spy balloon that flew across the US in January and February 2023 used a US ISP to communicate with China  —  An American intelligence assessment found that the balloon used a commercially available U.S. network to communicate, primarily for navigation, U.S. officials say. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Usama Jawad / XDA Developers: Microsoft disables Windows App Installer’s ms-appinstaller after the URI scheme was used to spread malware; Microsoft disabled and re-enabled the scheme in 2022  —  Microsoft has disabled the ms-appinstaller URI scheme handler by default in the latest version of App Installer due to a rise in cyberattacks. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Amitoj Singh / CoinDesk: Sources: India’s decision to seek the blocking of the URLs of nine foreign crypto exchanges followed a request from the Indian crypto and Web3 advocacy body  —  Bharat Web3 Association’s (BWA) Chairman wrote the letter to the Indian government on Dec. 16.  —  Unmute  —  Register Now Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: GitHub launches GPT-4-powered Copilot Chat in general availability for all users, in the sidebar of Microsoft’s IDEs, Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio  —  Earlier this year, GitHub rolled out Copilot Chat, a ChatGPT-like programming-centric chatbot, for organizations subscribed to Copilot for Business. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Usama Jawad / XDA Developers: Microsoft disables Windows App Installer’s MSIX protocol handler after it was used to spread malware, after previously disabling it in 2022 and re-enabling it  —  Microsoft has disabled the ms-appinstaller URI scheme handler by default in the latest version of App Installer due to a rise in cyberattacks. Lees verder op Tech Meme

John Gruber / Daring Fireball: Apple blocking Beeper Mini, not a service unto itself but an unauthorized client for a proprietary platform that costs a lot to run, is not anticompetitive  —  There’s a lot to catch up on since last I wrote about Beeper.  Long story short, they’ve been playing — and no surprise, losing — the cat-and-mouse game with Apple. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times: Sources: for months, OpenAI has held talks with major news publishers including Gannett, News Corp, and IAC about the price and terms of licensing their content  —  Several major publishers have been in talks to license content to the creator of ChatGPT, but agreement on the price and terms has been elusive. Lees verder op Tech Meme