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Concerned over the chance that Chinese-made cars could pose a future threat to national security, Biden's administration is proposing plans to probe potential threats posed by "Connected" vehicles made in the Middle Kingdom. The US president said he's putting the onus for sussing out the reality of the threat posed by Chinese automobiles on the Department of Commerce, which today said it issued an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking seeking public comment on the matter.

Microsoft has released the optional KB5034848 Preview cumulative update for Windows 11 23H2 and 22H2, which brings new features, including USB 80Gbps and nineteen other changes and fixes. The KB5034848 cumulative update preview is part of Microsoft's "Optional non-security preview updates" schedule, released on the fourth week of every month.

GitHub has enabled push protection by default for all public repositories to prevent accidental exposure of secrets such as access tokens and API keys when pushing new code. Push protection proactively prevents leaks by scanning for secrets before 'git push' operations are accepted and blocking the commits when a secret is detected.

Citrix and Sophos products have been impacted by leap year flaws, leading to unexpected problems in their products. Leap years solve the synchronization problem caused by the Gregorian calendar measuring a year in 365 days, while the astronomical year is 365.24 days.

Is it good enough to have a free VPN? Are paid VPNs worth it? The answer, of course, depends on the VPN itself and what you plan to use it for. The three providers below offer legitimate VPN services with both free and paid plans.

Microsoft has released the Windows 11 'Moment 5' update for versions 23H2 and 22H2, starting the rollout of new features, such as Windows Copilot skills and plugins, Voice Access, AI enhancements for ClipChamp and Photos, and Narrator improvements. Once this setting is enabled, Windows 11 23H2/22H2 users can click on the 'Check for updates' button to receive a new Windows Configuration update that enables the new features in the operating system.

Microsoft says that systems running Windows 11 22H2 will continue to receive non-security preview updates after initially stating they would no longer receive them after February 2024. Under the new schedule revealed this week, Windows 11 22H2 optional updates will keep rolling out until mid-June 2025, depending on your Windows edition.

There appears to be an uptick in interest among cybercriminals in infostealers - malware designed to swipe online account passwords, financial info, and other sensitive data from infected PCs - as a relatively cheap and easy way to get a foothold in organizations' IT environments to deploy devastating ransomware. If ransomware crews don't want to deploy infostealers themselves, they have the option of paying for copies of credentials harvested from countless infected PCs and exploiting them to get into networks where they can run their extortionware, which might exfiltrate documents, encrypt data, demand a ransom to end the pain, and so on.

Pro has suffered a data breach exposing the personal information of 20 million members, including email addresses, hashed and salted passwords, IP addresses, and names. On Tuesday, someone using the alias 'KryptonZambie' shared a link on the BreachForums hacking forum to CSV files containing 5.93 GB of data stolen from Cutout.