Google to pay $1.375 billion to settle Texas data privacy violations
Google has agreed to a $1.375 billion settlement with the state of Texas over a 2022 lawsuit that alleged it had been collecting and using…
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iClicker site hack targeted students with malware via fake CAPTCHA
The website of iClicker, a popular student engagement platform, was compromised in a ClickFix attack that used a fake CAPTCHA prompt to trick students and…
Bluetooth 6.1 enhances privacy with randomized RPA timing
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has announced Bluetooth Core Specification 6.1, bringing important improvements to the popular wireless communication protocol. One new feature highlighted…
ChatGPT is finally adding Download as PDF for Deep Research
ChatGPT’s Deep Research, which allows you to conduct multi-step research for complex tasks, is finally getting an option to save the report as a PDF. With ChatGPT’s Deep…
Fake AI video generators drop new Noodlophile infostealer malware
Fake AI-powered video generation tools are being used to distribute a new information-stealing malware family called ‘Noodlophile,’ under the guise of generated media content. The…
Microsoft Teams will soon block screen capture during meetings
Microsoft is working on adding a new Teams feature that will prevent users from capturing screenshots of sensitive information shared during meetings. Those joining from unsupported…
Police dismantles botnet selling hacked routers as residential proxies
Law enforcement authorities have dismantled a botnet that infected thousands of routers over the last 20 years to build two networks of residential proxies known…
Google Chrome to use on-device AI to detect tech support scams
Google is implementing a new Chrome security feature that uses the built-in ‘Gemini Nano’ large-language model (LLM) to detect and block tech support scams while browsing…
Ascension says recent data breach affects over 430,000 patients
Ascension, one of the largest private healthcare systems in the United States, has revealed that a data breach disclosed last month affects the personal and…
Chinese hackers behind attacks targeting SAP NetWeaver servers
Forescout Vedere Labs security researchers have linked ongoing attacks targeting a maximum severity vulnerability impacting SAP NetWeaver instances to a Chinese threat actor. SAP released…
Germany takes down eXch cryptocurrency exchange, seizes servers
The Federal police in Germany (BKA) seized the server infrastructure and shut down the ‘eXch’ cryptocurrency exchange platform for alleged money laundering cybercrime proceeds. During the…
End-of-life routers hacked for cybercrime proxy networks
The FBI warns that threat actors are deploying malware on end-of-life (EoL) routers to convert them into proxies sold on the 5Socks and Anyproxy networks. These…