According to Cyber Security News, North Korean hackers are targeting developers with fake job interviews containing malicious code stored in SVG images.
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Gamers Nexus tested an LG monitor and found it automatically installs an LG app on a Windows system without asking permission, which has access to "All System Resources" and includes McAfee ads.
California AB 1856 has had its planned expansion of age checking to browsers and websites removed, leaving just closed-source operating systems on the hook for age checking.
Researchers at ESET discovered that secure boot on Linux and Windows could be bypassed using decade-old UEFI shim bootloaders still signed by Microsoft.
The next model of Meta's smart AI glasses will reportedly activate the onboard camera for AI features without notifying anyone via the camera indicator LED.
OpenAI's James Sun announced that their agentic AI browser, Atlas, launched just last October, will be discontinued.
Apple fixed an app fingerprinting issue in iOS 27 Developer Beta 3, an early preview of the next major version of iOS, making it a bit harder for apps to fingerprint you.
Researchers at Nebula Security discovered a privilege escalation bug in the Linux kernel that's been lying dormant for over 15 years that affects every Linux distribution before version 7.1.
Google, Lumen, and the FBI have worked in lockstep to disrupt the massive malicious residential proxy network NetNut, also known as Popa, that has its claws in millions of devices.
Attackers are exploiting a new phishing technique to get access to your account from a legitimate Microsoft login page, according to Kaspersky.
ShinyHunters continue to run amock in the latest cascading data breach.
The Sysdig Threat Research Team has discovered what they believe to be the first ever ransomware attack carried out fully end-to-end by agentic AI.
Brave has released a new containers feature to allow you to isolate your browsing between different identities.
Google's reCAPTCHA service will start asking for camera permission to scan your hand in different positions to determine if you're human.
Researchers have discovered six vulnerabilities across Apple's AirDrop and Android's Quick Share file sharing protocols, some of which are zero-clicks.
Fake GTA 6 "early access" sites promise access to the game if you pay hundreds in cryptocurrency, but offer only malware instead.
Framingham, MA has cancelled its contract for Flock Safety cameras after months of extensive public backlash due to privacy concerns.
This week bad luck (or poor planning) struck LastPass, Polymarket, Meta, and an "AI-powered healthcare company."
A court has determined that the US DOJ cannot force Apple and Google to hand over the information of around 100,000 users of the EZ Lynk app.
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