Conduct rules are coming for Google and Apple in the UK
Apple and Google face new rules governing how they run their smartphone software and app stores in the UK, as Britain’s antitrust agency looks to impose new European-style controls on…
New “AppleCare One” plan bundles three extended warranties for $20 a month
Apple is introducing a fairly major update to its AppleCare extended warranty program today: AppleCare One, a program meant to cover users with multiple Apple devices who want extended hardware…
Audi has a new midsize EV, and we’ve driven it: The 2025 A6 Sportback
Audi provided flights from Washington, DC, to Santa Barbara, California, and accommodation so Ars could drive the A6 and S6. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. For much of…
New Coyote Malware Variant Exploits Windows UI Automation to Steal Banking Credentials
The Windows banking trojan known as Coyote has become the first known malware strain to exploit the Windows accessibility framework called UI Automation (UIA) to harvest sensitive information. “The new…
With His Bribe Paid, Trump’s FCC Will Now Help CBS Pretend Its Shitty Merger Is Good For Journalism And The Public
Earlier this month, CBS wimped out and paid Donald Trump a $16 million bribe to settle a completely baseless lawsuit — and to buy regulatory approval of their $8 billion…
Kerberoasting Detections: A New Approach to a Decade-Old Challenge
Security experts have been talking about Kerberoasting for over a decade, yet this attack continues to evade typical defense methods. Why? It’s because existing detections rely on brittle heuristics and…
Google Launches OSS Rebuild to Expose Malicious Code in Widely Used Open-Source Packages
Google has announced the launch of a new initiative called OSS Rebuild to bolster the security of the open-source package ecosystems and prevent software supply chain attacks. “As supply chain…
CISA Warns: SysAid Flaws Under Active Attack Enable Remote File Access and SSRF
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added two security flaws impacting SysAid IT support software to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation.…
CISA Orders Urgent Patching After Chinese Hackers Exploit SharePoint Flaws in Live Attacks
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), on July 22, 2025, added two Microsoft SharePoint flaws, CVE-2025-49704 and CVE-2025-49706, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence…
Restaurant Owner Keeps Getting Denied His Purely Descriptive Trademark
I recognize that trademark law is a nuanced thing and I don’t expect the average person to be familiar with all of its intricacies. Hell, I write about trademarks all…