Meta ordered to pay $942 million over harm to children
A New Mexico court has ordered Meta to pay a total of $942 million after finding that Facebook and Instagram harmed young users and that…
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AI chat bots are sliding into League of Legends friend requests
Lina K., a co-worker, recently shared a firsthand account of how bots are adding League of Legends players via the Riot client friends list immediately…
Anthropic’s Mythos AI used social engineering to target real people
Anthropic’s Mythos AI agent, tested by the UK AI Safety Institute (AISI), has reportedly attempted a real‑world social‑engineering style hack against GitHub maintainers by creating…
Amazon and Apple impersonated in “$149.99 unauthorized charge” scam
If you’ve spent any time browsing lately, you may have run into a full-screen popup warning you that your Apple ID or Amazon account was…
Apple WebKit vulnerabilities reveal your IP address, despite Private Relay
Three WebKit mechanisms have been discovered to bypass Apple’s iCloud Private Relay. In fact, the mechanisms can bypass any browser‑level proxy configuration, including Psylo’s proxy,…
Scammers target OnlyFans users with deepfakes
OnlyFans creators are used to posting adult videos of themselves online, but what happens if someone takes control of their images and uses them for…
Junk Cleaner clears the clutter from your Android
Your phone is full again, and the warning appears at exactly the wrong moment. Suddenly you can’t update apps, record a video, or save another…
Google’s synchronized passkeys can be stolen in ‘Pass‑ta‑key’ attacks
Passkeys were supposed to make stolen passwords a thing of the past. No password to phish, no secret to reuse, and no string of characters…
Californians can tell data brokers to DROP their information
California has launched the Delete Request and Opt‑out Platform (DROP), a state‑run portal that lets residents send deletion and opt‑out requests to all registered data…
Apple battles it out again with the UK over encrypted iCloud access
The UK Home Office has once again demanded Apple allows it access to encrypted iCloud data. The Guardian reports that the Home Office issued a…
Online backlash ends in Google rolling back Google Earth AI tool after a day
Google has walked back an AI feature that allowed users to generate artificial images inside Google Earth, after a predictable flurry of deepfakes. Google switched…
Travelers targeted when logging into hotel Wi-Fi networks
Microsoft has warned that hotel, conference, and other hospitality Wi-Fi networks are being actively abused by a Russian group to target travelers worldwide. The campaign,…