Yadullah Abidi

New Delhi, Zen

Freelance Writer at MUO

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Smartphone Wallet Apps Are Safe, but You Should Still Take These 5 Precautions

1 day ago | businessandamerica.com | Yadullah Abidi

Smartphone wallet apps are a super handy replacement for your physical wallet, holding your money, cards, identification, and more. They’re super safe to use and make it easy to keep your most important cards nearby without having to lug a wallet or purse around—but there are still some serious precautions you should take. 1 Use Biometric Authentication Most, if not all, smartphones have a fingerprint scanner that you can use to lock both your phone and any apps on it.
Smartphone Wallet Apps Are Safe, But You Should Still Take These 5 Precautions

1 day ago | makeuseof.com | Yadullah Abidi

Smartphone wallet apps are a super handy replacement for your physical wallet, holding your money, cards, identification, and more. They're super safe to use and make it easy to keep your most important cards nearby without having to lug a wallet or purse around—but there are still some serious precautions you should take. 1 Use Biometric Authentication Most, if not all, smartphones have a fingerprint scanner that you can use to lock both your phone and any apps on it.
Using the Wrong AI Video Generator Could Infect Your PC With Malware

1 day ago | makeuseof.com | Yadullah Abidi

There are plenty of free AI image and video generators out there, but some can be outright dangerous to use. If you end up using the wrong AI video generator, you'll get a side of malware served with it. AI Video Generators Are Distributing Malware A new info-stealing malware called Noodlophile is hiding in fake AI video generators.
M&S confirms data leak during cyberattack

2 days ago | candid.technology | Yadullah Abidi

Popular UK retail chain Marks & Spencer has confirmed that hackers stole customer data during its recent cyberattack. The company filed an update with the London Stock Exchange confirming this. M&S’ LSE filing states that “due to the sophisticated nature of the incident, some of their personal customer data has been taken.” This data doesn’t include what details were stolen, but it does affirm that no payment data or account passwords were compromised.
UPI outage disrupts Indian payment systems

2 days ago | candid.technology | Yadullah Abidi

Photo: Arnav Pratap Singh / Shutterstock.comIndia’s real-time payment system, Unified Payments Interface (UPI) suffered a major outage on May 12, affecting digital payments across the country. The outage affected apps like Google Pay, PhonePe, and Paytm during peak business hours. The reason behind the outage is yet to come to light. PhonePe, a phone wallet app accounting for nearly half of UPI transactions in India at 47.25 percent, had rerouted all of its traffic through a new datacenter.
Copilot Can Now See Which Windows App You're Using and Show You How to Use It

2 days ago | makeuseof.com | Yadullah Abidi

Sharing your screen with AI is much simpler than having to explain a task in a text prompt. If you're struggling to figure out a Windows app, Copilot might be able to help. The new feature is called Highlights and can guide you to complete a specific task within a shared browser or app window using visual cues. All you have to do is share the browser tab or app window using Copilot Vision and ask it to show you how to proceed. Microsoft mentioned some examples in its announcement.
I'm Resetting My Steam Password and Enabling Steam Guard-and You Should, Too

3 days ago | makeuseof.com | Yadullah Abidi

If you think your Steam account is safe, think again—there's word of a massive data breach affecting Steam on the dark web. I'm off to reset my Steam password and enable Steam Guard, just to be sure. Your Steam Records Might Be for Sale on the Dark Web A hacker dubbed Machine1337 claims to be selling 89 million Steam records on a dark web forum for a mere $5,000.
Ascension health hack affects over 437,000 patients

3 days ago | candid.technology | Yadullah Abidi

Non-profit healthcare system Ascension Health has notified the US Department of Health and Human Services that it was affected by a data breach affecting more than 437,000 patients. The hackers targeted a vulnerability in a third-party program that one of Ascension’s business partners used. The intrusion occurred on December 5, 2024, when Ascension discovered that it may have “inadvertently disclosed information” to a former business partner.
Asus patches RCE flaw in DriverHub

3 days ago | candid.technology | Yadullah Abidi

Asus has released software updates to patch two security vulnerabilities affecting its DriverHub tool. If exploited, the bugs allowed an attacker to abuse DriverHub to run arbitrary code on a target’s system remotely. The identified vulnerabilities include CVE-2025-3462 and CVE-2025-3463 with CVSS scores of 8.4 and 9.4, respectively. Both bugs allow unauthorised sources to interact with the software’s features via maliciously crafted HTTP requests.
Ransomware Can Attack Your CPU, Not Just Your OS: How to Be Prepared

3 days ago | makeuseof.com | Yadullah Abidi

Ransomware is a serious problem in its current state, and it's about to get worse. All your security programs and measures will be rendered useless when ransomware comes for your CPU. Ransomware Can Lock Your CPU Ransomware generally locks system files and other documents inside your OS and renders your PC practically unusable. CPU ransomware, on the other hand, changes your processor's microcode, completely changing its behavior.