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Critical React Native Metro dev server bug under attack as researchers scream into the void

Too slow react-ion time Baddies are exploiting a critical bug in React Native's Metro development server to deliver malware ...
SecurityWeek

Critical React Native Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild

Threat actors are exploiting the Metro4Shell React Native vulnerability to deploy malware on Linux and Windows systems.
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft to integrate Sysmon directly into Windows 11, Server 2025

Microsoft announced today that it will integrate Sysmon natively into Windows 11 and Windows Server 2025 next year, making it unnecessary to deploy the standalone Sysinternals tools. "Next year, ...
Gizmochina

Meta drops native WhatsApp app for Windows 11, RAM usage spikes massively

Meta has pushed a major client-side change to WhatsApp for Windows 11, according to a new report shared by Windows Latest. The publication indicates that WhatsApp’s native Windows app has been ...
Bleeping Computer

Windows 11 now supports 3rd-party apps for native passkey management

Microsoft announced that passwordless authentication is now easier on Windows 11 through native support for third-party passkey managers, the first ones supported being 1Password and Bitwarden. This ...
PC Gamer

WhatsApp is reportedly becoming a dreaded web app again on Windows 11, with RAM usage increasing to a claimed 2 GB under the weight of all your spicy group chats

According to Windows Latest, popular messaging service WhatsApp is downgrading its Windows 11 app to a WebView2 equivalent in the latest update, switching from a native Windows application to a web ...
InfoWorld

Flaw in React Native CLI opens dev servers to attacks

The bug exposes the Metro development server to remote attacks, allowing arbitrary OS command execution on developer systems before a fix in version 20.0.0. A critical remote-code execution (RCE) flaw ...
The Hacker News

Critical React Native CLI Flaw Exposed Millions of Developers to Remote Attacks

Details have emerged about a now-patched critical security flaw in the popular "@react-native-community/cli" npm package that could be potentially exploited to run malicious operating system (OS) ...
SecurityWeek

Critical Flaw in Popular React Native NPM Package Exposes Developers to Attacks

Software supply chain security firm JFrog has disclosed the details of a critical vulnerability affecting a popular React Native NPM package. React Native is an open source framework designed for ...
Developer Tech

React Native Godot library merges 3D graphics with business apps

A new library, React Native Godot, enables developers to embed the open-source Godot Engine for 3D graphics within a React Native application. Enterprise development teams often have to balance the ...
Engadget

The best new computers to replace your old Windows 10 PC

It’s official: Microsoft has officially ended support for Windows 10. Thankfully, there’s a free and easy way to get another year’s worth of Extended Security Updates (which will take you to ...