On September 26, 2023, Windows released a configuration update on Windows 11 version 22H2  (all editions) that is worth reading and applying, particularly if you use Windows Copilot.

According to Microsoft, it has identified that when using Copilot in preview:

  • Narrator does not work as you expect with challenge–response tests, such as Captcha.
  • Narrator fails

Researchers at Meta, the owner of Facebook, released a report this week which indicated that since March 2023, Meta “has blocked and shared with our industry peers more than 1,000 malicious links from being shared across our technologies” of unique ChatGPT-themed web addresses designed to deliver malicious software to users’ devices.

According to Meta’s report

Security researchers at Radboud University in the Netherlands have discovered a flaw in several manufacturers’ solid state hard drive firmware that can be exploited to read data from self-encrypting drives (SED). The researchers published their findings in a paper on November 5th. The authors identified several methods they were able to use to bypass hardware

Cybersecurity experts have been warning users about a Google Chrome scam that targets Windows users in the US, UK, Canada and Australia. The scam, which began in December, uses a pop-up stating “The ‘HoeflerText’ font wasn’t found” and tells users to download an update, which is actually malware.

The malware campaign started on December 10,