Mullvad shuts down its public encrypted DNS service: switch to Quad9 or another resolver now
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Latest Security News
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Apple Will Check Public iCloud Share Links for Harmful Content Starting With iOS 27.3
Apple will start checking iCloud content shared through public links for "harmful content" with version 27.
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Android SMS of Death Exploit Goes Public, Leaving Android 12 and 13 Phones Without a Fix
A security researcher has published a working exploit for an Android flaw dubbed "SMS of Death" that can crash phones and cut cellular service with a single cra
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Google Launches Gemini 4 Carbon for Cyber Defenders First, With API Pricing From $2 per Million Tokens
Google has announced Gemini 4 Carbon, which the company describes as its most capable AI model for long-horizon tasks, in a post on the Google blog on October 2
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US Homeland Security Orders Federal Civilian Agencies to Stop Using and Remove DeepSeek AI Products
The US Department of Homeland Security issued an order on Monday directing federal civilian agencies to stop using technology products from Chinese AI lab DeepS
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Eight US States Sue OpenAI, Alleging ChatGPT Endangered Children for Profit
The attorneys general of eight US states have filed lawsuits against OpenAI, alleging that the ChatGPT maker deceived and endangered the public, particularly ch
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UK ICO Secures Data Protection Commitments From OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Seven Other AI Developers
The UK data protection regulator, the ICO, says ten of the largest AI developers, including OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft, have changed how they handle personal
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Anthropic Asks Claude Users to Share Voice Recordings for AI Training With a New Opt-In Setting
Anthropic has started asking Claude users to share their voice conversations so the company can use them to train and improve its AI models.
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Apple Will Require Explicit User Action to Grant Full Disk Access in macOS, Citing AI Agents
Apple will introduce additional controls for Full Disk Access in macOS, so that users can grant an app access to the entire system only through "very explicit u
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New Mexico Jury Finds Facebook Violated Consumer Protection Law More Than 43 Million Times
A New Mexico jury has found that Facebook violated the state's Unfair Practices Act (UPA) more than 43 million times, according to the New Mexico Department of
Privacy News
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Anthropic Asks Claude Users to Share Voice Recordings for AI Training With a New Opt-In Setting
Anthropic has started asking Claude users to share their voice conversations so the company can use them to train and improve its AI models.
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Anthropic Says Hackers Abused Claude to Scan 1.8 Million Android Apps for Secrets
According to a company threat report, Anthropic states that a number of threat groups, including those motivated by financial gain and state-sponsored espionage
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ChatGPT Conversations Are Being Used as Court Evidence With No Legal Privilege Protecting Them
It has become more and more common for people to have private conversations with AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, and such conversations do not benefit from the leg
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Ring Rolls Out "Throw Away the Key" Encryption That Deletes Its Keys After 24 Hours
Ring is introducing a new encryption system known as TAKE (Throw Away the Key Encryption) as the default setting for all its users, the company stating that it
VPNs News
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Mullvad shuts down its public encrypted DNS service: switch to Quad9 or another resolver now
Mullvad's free public encrypted DNS service, the DNS over HTTPS and DNS over TLS resolvers at dns.
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ExpressVPN on Linux with a Graphical Interface
ExpressVPN has officially introduced a graphical user interface (GUI) for its Linux application, a long-awaited upgrade that brings a modern and user-friendly e
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NordVPN’s New Tech Claims to Outsmart VPN Blockers—Here’s How
NordVPN has introduced a new protocol, NordWhisper, which it claims can help users bypass VPN blocks in regions with restrictions.
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Proton VPN Chrome extension: free setup, features and limits
The Proton VPN Chrome extension is free for anyone with a Proton account.
Encryption News
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VeraCrypt 1.26.7 update brings major changes: read this before updating
It took the developers of the open source encryption software VeraCrypt more than 18 months to release VeraCrypt 1.
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Google Authenticator's mysterious security update does not enable end-to-end encryption
Google has released a new update for its Google Authenticator application.
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Dropbox acquires cloud encryption service Boxcryptor
The founders of the cloud encryption service BoxCryptor announced this week that Dropbox has acquired the company's intellectual product.
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VeraCrypt 1.25.9 Encryption Software fixes BSOD on Windows
VeraCrypt is a popular open source encryption software that is based on the abandoned TrueCrypt application.
Antivirus News
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Kaspersky users in the US say their antivirus was replaced by UltraAV
Kaspersky users in the US have discovered that their antivirus has been replaced by UltraAV.
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It looks like Microsoft Excel has a new Macro-like vulnerability
Microsoft started blocking certain macros in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint back in July, in an attempt to protect against cyberattacks targeting users across the
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Some Android app APIs have been putting users at risk
Rather worryingly, an analysis of 600 Android apps, which are available on the Google Play Store has found that around 50% of all the apps examined were leaking
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Virus scanning service VirusTotal releases VT4Browsers extension for Chrome and Firefox
VirusTotal is a useful online virus scanning service that Google acquired in 2012.
