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Instagram Blames ‘Bug’ After Global Outage
Monday's Instagram outage comes less than a week after another Meta platform (WhatsApp) suffered major outage
Fastly Blames Global Outages On Software Bug
Global outage of major websites on Tuesday was caused when an expected customer change, triggered an undiscovered software bug
Mercedes Recalls Millions Of Cars Over Software Bug
Recall for more than a million Mercedes cars, concerning a call location glitch that is supposed to alert the emergency services
Facebook Code Changes Crashes Dozens Of iOS Apps – Again
Popular iPhone and iPad apps such as Spotify, Tinder, TikTok and Waze offline for hours after Facebook makes changes to widely used login code
Windows 10 VPN Flaw Gets Emergency Fix Amidst Coronavirus Crisis
Microsoft issues out-of-band patch for VPN connectivity bug as large portions of workforce work remotely due to Covid-19 pandemic
WhatsApp Bug Can Wipe Out Group Chats, Warns Check Point
Devastating bug found by Check Point that can permanently destroy group chats within WhatsApp with just one text
Microsoft Rolls Back Windows 10 Change That Caused Audio Glitches
Issue is an embarrassment for Microsoft, whose recent Windows 10 bug-fixes have been plagued with problems of their own
Intel Driver Compatibility Issue Blocks Latest Windows 10 Update
'Compatibility hold' bars update for users with certain Intel storage drivers installed, while latest cumulative update fixes latency problem
Mozilla Rolls Out Emergency Fix After Firefox Disables Add-Ons En Masse
A certificate used to validate extensions expired at midnight on Friday, causing most add-ons to immediately stop working
Apple Acknowledges Ongoing FaceTime Bugs
Users upgrade to re-enable Group FaceTime after eavesdropping scare, only to find its features are not all working as they were before
Microsoft Says Windows 7 Activation Bug Was Caused By Server Update
The issue, affecting some volume-licensed Windows 7 systems, occurred at the same time as the release of Microsoft's January patches, but the two are unrelated
Google Plus To Be Retired Earlier Than Expected
Goodbye Facebook rival. Google decides to accelerate its “sunsetting” of Google+ after discovery of developer bug
Microsoft Hits Pause On Windows 10 Update After Files Vanish
Some users reported that all the files went missing from their Documents folder after they installed the update, which became available last week
Operating Systems Hit By Major Security Flaw
Windows, macOS, Linux, VMware, Xen, KVM and others are affected by issues caused by their misinterpretation of chip documentation
BT Admits ‘Whole Home Wi-Fi’ Mesh Connectivity Bugs
Users of BT's Whole Home Wi-Fi mesh network say the devices stopped working properly after BT released a firmware update
GitHub Inspection Discovers 4 Million Flaws In Public Code
Bug hunting. First inspection run of public code libraries reveals four million vulnerabilities
Apple Releases iOS, macOS Fixes For Telugu ‘Text Bomb’ Bug
The issue meant a single character in the Indian language Telugu would cause applications on iPhones, iPads or Macs to freeze
Apple Fixes Serious MacOS Password Bug
UPDATED: MacOS High Sierra has a serious flaw with admin privileges, as researcher criticised for public disclosure
Facebook Bug Allowed User To Delete Any Image
A flaw in a new polling feature could have been manipulated by a malicious user to delete images of their choice across the site
Bug Found In Google Bug Tracker Database
Discovery of bug in Google's bug tracking database lands researcher $15,600 in bug bounties
Unpatched Smartphones ‘At Risk’ From Broadpwn Bug
Android and iOS already issued patches for bug that could result in the spread of unstoppable malware
Tales In Tech History: ‘I Love You’ Virus
The 'I love you' worm had a devastating impact on computer networks worldwide seventeen years ago
Tales In Tech History: The Y2K Bug
Computing armageddon was forecast in the lead up to the new century, yet for many the Y2K Millennium bug was a damp squid
Bug In Microsoft’s Anti-Malware Software Enabled The Execution Of Malware
The Redmond company has patched the rather embarrassing flaw
Intel Releases Patch For Nine Year Flaw In Workstation And Server Chips
Users with affected computers will need a firmware fix from the machine's vendor
Cisco Discoverers Networking Switch Bug In WikiLeaks’s Vault 7 Data Leak
The bug allows for unauthorised code execution on 318 of Cisco’s switch models
CloudFlare Server Bug Sees Sensitive Customer Data Exposed As Plain Text
Google's Project Zero alerts the content delivery network firm to the flaw
Valve Rushes To Patch XSS Flaw In Steam
The flaw could allow hackers to conduct phishing attacks and spread malware
Apple Patches Safari Bug Causing MacBook Pro Battery Issues
Cupertino places blame on the testing actions of Consumer Reports triggering the flaw