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Biggest DDoS Attack in History Hits Russian Tech Giant Yandex
Plus: A TrickBot hacker arrest, a Fortinet VPN password leak, and more of the week’s top security news.
LA Police Are Collecting Detainees’ Social Media Information
According to new documents, officers ask people they stop for their Facebook and Twitter account details, and then feed the data into Palantir.
WhatsApp Fixes Its Biggest Encryption Loophole
The ubiquitous messaging service will add end-to-end encryption to backups, keeping your chats safe no matter whose cloud they’re stored in.
How to deploy the Windows 11 commercial preview now
Upgrading from Windows 10 to Windows 11 works like a Windows 10 feature update, but there’s more to plan for. Here is all you need to know to manage it.
ProtonMail Amends Its Policy After Giving Up Activist’s Data
The email service says it was unable to appeal a Swiss court’s demand to log the IP address of a French climate advocate.
A Texas Abortion ‘Whistleblower’ Site Still Can’t Find a Host
Even the most extreme internet infrastructure providers have turned their backs on the website for violating their terms of service.
What Apple Can Do Next to Fight Child Sexual Abuse
The fallout from the company’s recent proposal has created a new opportunity to fix how it roots out abusive material across its devices.
Microsoft warns of attacks targeting Office documents
Affecting Windows desktops and servers, the attacks exploit an MSHTML vulnerability by using specially crafted Microsoft Office documents.
How to install Windows 11 on a Mac
With Parallels Desktop 17, you can run Windows 11 on Intel-based and M1-based Macs, though an M1 Mac will support only the ARM-based version of Windows 11.