Items tagged with security
Researchers at security firm Kaspersky are warning Steam gamers to be on guard, as threat actors have started to distribute malware on Valve's platform via infected live wallpapers. This campaign displays just how creative hackers are...
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Apple has quietly released a wave of wireless audio updates, deploying critical software patches to its flagship AirPods and Beats devices to safeguard user data and optimize performance.
The most urgent update targets the Beats Studio...
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SMS spam has evolved far beyond the era of low-effort annoyances, transforming into a massive, industrialized ecosystem. Today, it’s a highly calculated numbers game consisting of fake package notifications, urgent bank alerts, and...
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Cybersecurity researcher and current Microsoft nemesis, Nightmare-Eclipse, has released a new pair of zero-day Windows exploits following this week's Patch Tuesday, which had patched the last of Eclipse's initial six zero-days.
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Another month, another Patch Tuesday for Windows users. This one's a bit bigger than usual, though: Microsoft has released a record-breaking Windows 11 patch addressing a whopping 206 vulnerabilities. The former record-holder was this past...
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Google's latest Stable Channel update for Google Chrome on desktop includes a whopping 74 security fixes, including a patch for major zero-day (CVE-2026-11645) that is currently being exploited out in the wild.
CVE-2026-11645 was...
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AI-powered malware is a growing threat, but the extent of that threat was nebulous until researchers from the University of Toronto, Vector Institute, and CleverHans Lab presented a new PoC (proof of concept) attack developed with a local...
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Meta has deployed an “AI support assistant” to help handle customer service requests, which is a monumental task considering the company has hundreds of millions of users worldwide. Unfortunately, hackers discovered that it was possible to...
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Google has rolled out a fake phone call detection feature designed to intercept sophisticated AI voice impersonators and number spoofing scams before users fall victim. Rolling out globally this month as part of the June 2026 Android...
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Minecraft has remained a mainstay in the gaming landscape for over a decade thanks in large part to the abundant number of mods available for the game. Hackers are now weaponizing this prevalence of mods in the Minecraft ecosystem, with...
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Law enforcement in the Netherlands has dismantled a massive global botnet that hijacked more than 17 million consumer devices worldwide. The coordinated strike targeted 200 command-and-control servers physically hosted within Dutch...
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Windows 11 has been hit by a series of zero-day exploits recently, which were brought to light by aggrieved cybersecurity researcher Nightmare-Eclipse. In response, Microsoft published a blog post threatening legal action against the...
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The hacker group ShinyHunters has been on a tear this year, having compromised several organizations and leaking the information of those that refused to pay up. The latest data breach involves Charter Communications, which offers...
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The problem with most existing encryption methods is that since they are bound to machines reliant on binary code composed of 1s and 0s, and apparently-random sequences of numbers are not fully random. This reality makes a looming scenario...
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A particularly ingenious phishing attack against Microsoft 365 users has caught the FBI's attention, courtesy of Kali365. The new attack, which utilizes the Kali365 Phising-as-a-Service (PhaaS) platform, bypasses multi-factor...
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Solid state drives, named as such for their lack of moving parts, are an essential part of the modern PC ecosystem, but no moving parts does not mean no security vulnerabilities. In fact, the specific manner in which SSDs function...
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Phone theft is a significant and growing problem in cities around the world. London alone recorded over 71,000 smartphone thefts last year, and that number does not account for the countless incidents that go unreported. It can happen in...
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Scammers are taking advantage of the immense hype surrounding the upcoming launch of Grand Theft Auto VI with fake websites targeting potential victims. These sites dangle exclusive beta keys and pre-release installers that do not actually exist, according to NordVPN's Threat Intelligence...
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The hacker group ShinyHunters have struck once again, this time targeting the convenience store chain 7-Eleven. The group managed to pilfer sensitive data affecting more than 183,000 individuals who participate in the company’s franchisee...
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Following an announcement that the company had inked a massive SpaceX compute deal, Anthropic has unveiled Project Glasswing, a collaborative cybersecurity initiative that deploys its most capable AI to harden critical software before bad...
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Multiple Linux exploits have been uncovered over the last few weeks, including Copy Fail, and the newest of which are dubbed "PinTheft" and "SSH-keysign-pwn." Both have been recently patched, but relate to long-running bugs that have been...
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Chromium, the base upon which Google Chrome and several other browsers including Microsoft Edge, Opera, and Vivaldi, is under attack. Sadly, the attack may have been avoidable, but since Google accidentally publicly posted proof of concept...
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