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Researchers find alarming overlaps among 18 popular VPNs
App stores treated the VPNs as separate products, despite shared parent companies, codebases and vulnerabilities.
AI browsers may be the best thing that ever happened to scammers
A new report shows Perplexity's agentic AI falling for obvious phishing sites and executing malicious prompts.
Prosecutors charge man who allegedly used botnet to take down X this spring
An Oregon man has been charged on allegations of operating a botnet for hire that conducted cyberattacks since 2021.
Russia reportedly implicated in hack on US federal courts' databases
Databases used by US federal courts for sharing and managing case documents have been hacked, according to reports from Politco and The New York Times.
There's a Tea app for men, and it also has security problems
TechCrunch discovered several security issues at TeaOnHer, which is currently second most popular lifestyle app on iOS.
Researchers hacked Google Gemini to take control of a smart home
Cybersecurity researchers were able to control smart home devices by hacking the Google Gemini artificial intelligence assistant.
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Data breach at Tea reportedly contains images and DMs from last week
Last week's data breach at social network Tea may be larger than initially stated by the company.
A Lovense security flaw may be letting people take over accounts without a password
The sex toy maker appears to be once again leaking intimate personal data.
ExpressVPN patches Windows bug that exposed remote desktop traffic
The vulnerability would have been hard to exploit, but might have leaked the real IP addresses of RDP users.
Google is suing the BadBox 2.0 botnet group
Google announced that it has filed a lawsuit against the operators of a TV botnet group called BadBox 2.0.
The EU's border security software is reportedly full of holes
A new Bloomberg report found SIS II to be vulnerable to attacks.
If you're using Microsoft Authenticator to store your passwords, don't
Current Authenticator users can start using Microsoft Edge or else will need to find a replacement for the password manager capabilities.
Android 16 will protect users from fake cell towers and potential spying threats
A new feature in Android 16 will warn if you connect to an unencrypted network or if it requests sensitive info from your device.
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A huge unsecured credential database discovery is a great reminder to change your passwords
It may not have literally exposed 184 million people, but it's still a threat.
Extortionists bribed Coinbase employees to give them customer data
Coinbase has been betrayed from within in a cyber crime that could cost the cryptocurrency exchange up to $400 million.
Now's a good time to check in on your Steam account security
After a hacking scare, Valve says Steam systems haven't been breached.
Hackers have gained access to the membership data of UK retailer Co-op
Hacking group DragonForce gained access to Co-op's membership data during a recent cyberattack, the company confirmed in a press release. That includes names and contact details.
Apple sends spyware warnings to iPhone users in 100 countries
At least two people have come forward and said they were told to take the threats seriously.

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