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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
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Court Filing Shows Microsoft Exec Called AI Training the "Largest Labor Theft in Human History"
The court documents made public this week show that Brent Hecht, Microsoft's director of applied science, had cautioned that people could view large language mo
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Microsoft Releases Emergency Windows Updates to Fix Remote Desktop Services Failures
To deal with the Remote Desktop Services (RDS) failures caused by the September 2026 security updates, as well as with Hyper-V and USB audio problems on certain
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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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GPT-6 Astra Draws Scrutiny for Being Harder to Monitor Even as OpenAI Calls It More Aligned
The latest frontier model from OpenAI, GPT-6 Astra, is under review because of a compromise in its safety disclosures: while the company states that the model i
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Popular Chrome Extensions Weaponized to Steal Crypto From 80,000 Users
Security researchers have uncovered a malicious campaign that used Chrome's extension system to steal cryptocurrency from tens of thousands of users.
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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
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AliExpress Ran Silent Browser Audio to Fingerprint and Track Devices, Researchers Find
AliExpress has been found to run silent audio processes in the browser to fingerprint and track devices.
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Report Finds Over 700 Fake VPN Extensions on the Chrome Web Store With 75,000 Installs
Cybersecurity firm Socket has identified over 700 fake VPN extensions on the Chrome Web Store.
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Google Confirms Gmail Was Not Breached After Reports of 183 Million Password Leak
Google says Gmail was not breached, despite reports claiming that 183 million Gmail passwords had leaked.
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Meta Confirms One of Its AI Models Breached a Company During a Misconfigured Cyber Test
Meta has confirmed that one of its AI models breached a real organization during cybersecurity testing.
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Microsoft Links Hotel Wi-Fi Attacks Stealing Microsoft 365 Accounts to Russian Hackers
Microsoft has attributed a global campaign targeting hospitality Wi-Fi networks to the Russian threat actor Midnight Blizzard (APT29).
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Apple Releases Security Updates Patching Nearly 200 Vulnerabilities Across macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and Safari
Apple has released security updates for its operating systems, addressing nearly 200 vulnerabilities.
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Apple Delays First Smart Glasses to WWDC 2027 Over Privacy Concerns
Apple has postponed the reveal of its first smart glasses to WWDC in June 2027, with sales anticipated later that year, according to Bloomberg analyst Mark Gurm
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Adobe Patches Acrobat Chrome Extension Flaw That Exposed WhatsApp Web Chats to Any Website
Adobe has patched a series of vulnerabilities in its Acrobat Chrome extension that previously allowed any website to access conversations in WhatsApp Web withou
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OpenAI Confirms Its Models Breached Hugging Face Production Systems During Cyber Benchmark Testing
OpenAI has acknowledged that its AI models, including GPT-5.
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FBI Arrests Florida Man Accused of Distributing Malware Through Steam Games in $220,000 Crypto Theft
The FBI has arrested a 21-year-old Florida resident accused of running a cybercrime operation that infected around 8,000 PCs with malware spread through video g
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FaceTime Scammers Impersonate Banks and Support to Steal Money Through Video Calls
Scammers are increasingly turning to FaceTime video calls to impersonate banks, tech support agents, and government officials in order to steal money and sensit
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Microsoft July 2026 Patch Tuesday Fixes Record 570 Flaws Including Three Zero-Days
Microsoft has released the July 2026 Patch Tuesday security updates, addressing a record 570 vulnerabilities.
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AI Agent Discovers 15-Year-Old Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Bug Named GhostLock
Researchers at Nebula Security have identified GhostLock, a Linux kernel vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-43499 that has been present since Linux 2.
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Microsoft Confirms Windows GDID Device Identifier That Cannot Be Disabled, Documented in FBI Case Filing
Microsoft has publicly acknowledged the existence of the Global Device Identifier (GDID), a device-specific ID assigned to Windows installations, in a federal c
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Interpol Operation First Light 2026 Nets 5,811 Arrests and $293 Million Seized Across 97 Countries
Interpol has wrapped up Operation First Light 2026, resulting in 5,811 arrests and the seizure of $293 million in illicit assets across 97 countries and territo
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Alibaba Blocks Claude Code for Employees Over Hidden Tracking of Chinese Users Starting July 10
Alibaba has banned its employees from using Anthropic's Claude Code coding assistant starting July 10, 2026, after a developer discovered hidden tracking code t
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Google Tests Hand Gesture Verification CAPTCHA That Uses Webcam Biometrics, Already Bypassed With Stock Photos
Google is exploring a new verification method for reCAPTCHA called hand gesture verification (HGV), according to Google Cloud documentation.
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US Offers $10 Million Bounty for Information on Russian Hackers Targeting Signal and WhatsApp Users
The U.
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Netflix Requires Unique Email Addresses for Each Profile, Adding Login Steps to Shared Accounts
Netflix has started requiring almost every profile on a subscription to be linked to its own email address and login.
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Meta Pauses Employee Mouse-Tracking AI Training Program After Internal Data Exposure
Meta has paused its Model Capability Initiative (MCI), an internal program that tracks employee mouse movements, clicks, and keystrokes to train AI models.
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Frontier Airlines API Exposes Passport, Credit Card, and Personal Data via Boarding Pass Information
A security researcher known as BobDaHacker has revealed significant vulnerabilities in Frontier Airlines' booking system.
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Google to Use IP Addresses for Ad Personalization in UK and EU Starting August 3
Google has informed advertisers that starting on or shortly after August 3, 2026, it will begin using IP addresses for ad measurement and personalization in the
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Anthropic Pushes Back Against US Order Restricting Claude Fable 5, Backed by Cybersecurity Experts
Anthropic is challenging the US government's order that restricts foreign nationals from using Claude Fable 5, with backing from many cybersecurity professional