Massive Allianz Life data breach impacts 1.1 million people
Hackers have stolen the personal information of 1.1 million individuals in a Salesforce data theft attack, which impacted U.S. insurance giant Allianz Life in July.…
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ERMAC Android malware source code leak exposes banking trojan infrastructure
The source code for version 3 of the ERMAC Android banking trojan has been leaked online, exposing the internals of the malware-as-a-service platform and the operator’s infrastructure. The…
Over 800 N-able servers left unpatched against critical flaws
Over 800 N-able N-central servers remain unpatched against a pair of critical security vulnerabilities tagged as actively exploited last week. N-central is a popular platform…
UK sentences “serial hacker” of 3,000 sites to 20 months in prison
A 26-year old in the UK who claimed to have hacked thousands of websites was sentenced to 20 months in prison after pleading guilty earlier this…
Mozilla warns Germany could soon declare ad blockers illegal
A recent ruling from Germany’s Federal Supreme Court (BGH) has revived a legal battle over whether browser-based ad blockers infringe copyright, raising fears about a…
Recent Windows updates may fail to install via WUSA
Microsoft has mitigated a known issue that caused Windows update failures when installing them from a network share using the Windows Update Standalone Installer (WUSA).…
OpenAI releases warmer GPT-5 personality, but only for non thinking model
OpenAI has confirmed it has begun rolling out a new warmer personality for GPT-5, but remember that it won’t be as warm as GPT-4o, which…
HR giant Workday discloses data breach amid Salesforce attacks
Human resources giant Workday has disclosed a data breach after attackers gained access to a third-party customer relationship management (CRM) platform in a recent social…
Claude can now end conversations to prevent harmful uses
OpenAI rival Anthropic says Claude has been updated with a rare new feature that allows the AI model to end conversations when it feels it…
U.S. seizes $2.8 million in crypto from Zeppelin ransomware operator
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced the seizure of more than $2.8 million in cryptocurrency from suspected ransomware operator Ianis Aleksandrovich Antropenko. Antropenko, indicted in…
Google is adding “Projects” feature to Gemini to run research tasks
Google’s Gemini never stops delivering, and it’s now testing a new feature called “Projects.” This will be similar to OpenAI’s Project Feature for ChatGPT. With…
Microsoft Teams to protect against malicious URLs, dangerous file types
Microsoft recently revealed that it’s currently enhancing protection against dangerous file types and malicious URLs in Teams chats and channels. “Microsoft Teams now blocks messages…