Neowin News Feed for: False

Beware! Big Head ransomware that looks like Windows update can also delete backups

Sayan Sen — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 09:06:02 +0000

Security researchers discovered that a new ransomware campaign, dubbed Big Head, is infecting devices by fooling users into thinking it is a critical Windows update, and it can even delete backups. Read more...

Sony denies reports of PlayStation 5 production issues

Usama Jawad — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 05:04:01 +0000

Sony has denied claims of PlayStation 5 production issues, stating that reports of low yields are false. It has not released manufacturing details but says that the production number is unchanged. Read more...

Opera and Vivaldi kick off 'Browser Wars' over Microsoft's falsified claim

Usama Jawad — Sat, 31 Dec 2016 09:44:02 +0000

Microsoft may have unintentionally kicked off 'Browser Wars' after it claimed that Edge was the only browser to offer a specific feature - even though Opera and Vivaldi have had it for years. Read more...

Microsoft: The Xbox One Mini rumors are "not real"

Usama Jawad — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 08:26:01 +0000

Microsoft has shot down rumors for the possibility of a "Xbox One Mini" being launched at its purported October event. However, fans can still expect a slimmer version of Microsoft's latest console. Read more...

Apple busted for false advertising

Steven Parker — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:32:18 +0000

Be careful your product lives up to what you advertise it to be and be careful it does what you say it will do; that's the lesson that many tech companies are learning the hard... Read more...

House Panel Accuses Yahoo of False Testimony

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:11:40 +0000

U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Lantos, D-Calif., said on Oct. 16 Yahoo misled his panel at a 2006 hearing about the company's role in providing the Chinese government with information that sent journalist... Read more...

Sega announces Happy Tree Friends False Alarm for PC & XBLA

Todd Tanner — Thu, 10 May 2007 19:11:44 +0000

Boy, Sega is on a roll today! SEGA® of America, Inc. and SEGA Europe Ltd. today announced an exclusive agreement with the award-winning production studio, Mondo Media, to create video game content based on the... Read more...

Valve hack just a false alarm, sort of

Sun, 22 Apr 2007 18:18:25 +0000

It would appear that a hacker's proclamation (and proof via screenshots) that he had gained access to all of Valve's internal files has been uncovered as false. In reality, he reportedly hacked a third-party site... Read more...

Google says it loses $1 billion a year to false ad clicks

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 00:24:00 +0000

Google Incorporated claims the company loses about $1 billion US a year to "click fraud" and similar scams on its ad service. Special software that can click on an ad repeatedly can be used to... Read more...

First Xbox 360 Mod Chip Claims False

Mon, 09 Jan 2006 18:03:14 +0000

Photos that recently sprung up on the web claiming to be the first mod chip for the Xbox 360 have been proven to be no more than amateur fakes. The reports seemingly gained credibility... Read more...

Security expert says Mac users may have a false sense of sec

Steven Parker — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 11:11:30 +0000

Spyware and keystroke loggers have often been thought of as a Windows only problem, but Nicholas Raba, CEO of SecureMac.com and co-author of Maximum Security says many Apple Macintosh users may have a false sense... Read more...

False Alarm: No Extensions to NT 4.0 Support

Tue, 22 Jun 2004 19:44:48 +0000

Microsoft says its deal with a banking consortium to continue to provide security hot fixes once it ends NT 4.0 support is par for the course. On Monday morning, it looked as... Read more...

GTA blamed for false bomb threat

Marcel Klum — Thu, 27 May 2004 18:25:58 +0000

Grand Theft Auto is in court again, although not - for once - as the defendant. Instead, this month an American man is claiming that the false "bomb threat" he is alleged to have shouted... Read more...

Antivirus companies muting false alarms

Wed, 12 May 2004 16:03:49 +0000

They were wrong, and they were annoying, so now they've been stopped. With a new version of Symantec's SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) e-mail security product, the antivirus company is trying to... Read more...

Windows Flaw Draws Attacks and False Alarm

Wed, 28 Apr 2004 20:58:16 +0000

Antivirus company Symantec has backtracked after claiming it captured an example of a new Internet worm that takes advantage of a recently-disclosed hole in Windows machines running Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). On Tuesday, the company... Read more...

'ATI Drivers Are Spy Ware' Are False

Steven Parker — Wed, 22 Jan 2003 16:59:18 +0000

Just saw this @ NTFS.org. During the past week, discussions have abounded on Internet sites that suggest ATI's Catalyst Driver package has a type of "spy ware" embedded into it. In the last day or... Read more...

IDS users swamped with false alerts

Sun, 16 Dec 2001 05:09:08 +0000

The number of redundant alarms and false positives generated by Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) has come under fire from users attending an event designed to raise awareness about the technology. Users attending... Read more...