NCSC’s first gadget blocks malware transfer over HDMI cables • The Register

GCHQ’s cyber arm has entered the hardware game with its first device designed to prevent cyberattacks on display devices. Called SilentGlass, the small gadget’s intellectual property is courtesy of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), and the signals intelligence agency licensed it out to UK-based Goldilock Labs to make it commercially available to all…

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First big Microsoft update after vow to ‘win back fans’ • The Register

Microsoft is following through on its promise to prioritize Windows stability with its April 30 non-security update. Ahead of Patch Tuesday, yesterday’s update was chock-full of fixes, including several for Windows Explorer. According to Microsoft: “This update improves the reliability of relevant explorer.exe processes so they stop after closing File Explorer windows.” And then there…

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