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Filtr is a new privacy tool that blocks ads in almost every iPhone and Mac app
Using an ad blocker is good for your security, privacy, and even the FBI recommends them to defend from online…
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Chinese spies are using LinkedIn to lure Westerners into sharing sensitive information
Spies working for Chinese intelligence are using job search and recruitment websites, including LinkedIn, to lure Western workers into sharing…
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Instagram is alerting users who were targeted by hackers during AI chatbot attacks
The widespread hacking campaign that relied on simply asking Meta AI’s chatbot to take over a victim’s Instagram account appears…
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Hackers hijacked Instagram accounts by tricking Meta AI support chatbot into granting access
Instagram has resolved a security issue that allowed several users’ accounts to get hacked. The attack appeared to rely on…
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Microsoft under fire for threatening security researcher with criminal investigation
After a security researcher published a series of unpatched bugs in Microsoft products, along with code to exploit them, the…
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Hackers are trying to steal Signal users’ backups in new wave of phishing attacks
Hackers are targeting Signal users in an attempt to steal their chat backups as part of a new hacking campaign,…
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UK Visa Portal exposed thousands of applicants’ passports and selfies — then called the lawyers on us
A website called UK Visa Portal publicly exposed thousands of passports and selfie photos of applicants who paid the site…
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CrowdStrike and Google take down botnet used by hackers to target software developers in supply chain attacks
CrowdStrike, working with Google and Shadowserver, a nonprofit organization that scans and monitors the internet for cyberattacks, took down a…
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UK Visa Portal spilled thousands of applicants’ passports and selfies online — and hasn’t fixed the leak
A website called UK Visa Portal is publicly exposing the passports and selfie photos of applicants who signed up and…
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7-Eleven data breach affects over 185,000 people’s personal data
Data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned says a data breach at convenience store chain 7-Eleven affects over 185,000…
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These special phone and app features can help protect you from spyware
Spyware attacks on journalists, human rights defenders, and political dissidents are no longer rare or exotic. In early 2025, WhatsApp…
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Kash Patel’s clothing brand website shut down after reports it was hacked
The merchandise website of FBI director Kash Patel was taken offline on Friday after reports that it had been hijacked…
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