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Is “realityOS” Apple’s newest operating system?

The Verge

9to5Mac reports that developers have now found references to realityOS in GitHub repos and in App Store upload logs. The original Bloomberg report that referenced rOS in 2017 noted that the operating system is based on iOS. What is Apple’s realityOS doing in the App Store upload logs?” asks iOS developer Rens Verhoeven.

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The US Department of State is still using 13-year-old operating systems

TechSpot

The GAO-23-107012 report from the US GAO investigated the sad state of cyber-affairs in the US State Department, the government body that carries out American diplomacy and helps shape US foreign policy. Securing the IT systems that support the State's mission should be a crucial goal, and it's a goal. Read Entire Article

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Vergecast: This week in operating systems

The Verge

Every Friday, The Verge publishes our flagship podcast, The Vergecast , where co-hosts Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn discuss the week in tech news with the reporters and editors covering the biggest stories. This week, The Vergecast dedicates the show to operating systems — updates, releases, and rumors from this past week.

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The Oculus Go’s operating system is being unlocked, John Carmack announces

The Verge

It’s worth noting that Carmack previously said Oculus intended to offer support for USB storage on the Oculus Go with a forthcoming update that never materialized, as reported by UploadVR. This open-sourcing tradition continued up until the Doom 3 engine, whose source code was released in 2011.

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Cisco Talos Reports Microsoft Windows Policy Loophole Being Exploited by Threat Actor

Tech Republic Security

Learn how a malicious driver exploits a loophole in the Windows operating system to run at kernel level.

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Android 13 Upgrade Report Card: Surprise!

Computerworld Vertical IT

But when you go beyond the broad impressions and objectively measure the company's commitment to timely Android operating system rollouts — well, the story gets a teensy bit more complicated. That's precisely why I started doing these Android Upgrade Report Cards way back in the platform's prehistoric ages.

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Report: Attackers Move Lightning Fast to Capitalize on  Vulnerabilities

SecureWorld News

This morning, the Qualys Threat Research Unit released its 2023 Threat Landscape Year in Review report. According to the report: "Of the 206 high-risk vulnerabilities we tracked, more than 50 percent of those were either leveraged by threat actors, ransomware, or malware to compromise systems. 20 exploited by ransomwares.

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