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Jan 15 • 4 months ago

Many Bluetooth devices with Google Fast Pair vulnerable to “WhisperPair” hack

Even Google's own earbuds are vulnerable to the Fast Pair hack. ...

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Jan 15 • 4 months ago

A single click mounted a covert, multistage attack against Copilot

Exploit exfiltrating data from chat histories worked even after users closed chat windows. ...

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Jan 14 • 4 months ago

Never-before-seen Linux malware is “far more advanced than typical”

VoidLink includes an unusually broad and advanced array of capabilities. ...

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Jan 10 • 4 months ago

Rocket Report: A new super-heavy launch site in California; 2025 year in review

SpaceX opened its 2026 launch campaign with a mission for the Italian government. ...

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Jan 09 • 4 months ago

Michigan man learns the hard way that “catch a cheater” spyware apps aren’t legal

Spying doesn't become legal just because "cheaters" are the targets. ...

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Jan 06 • 4 months ago

The nation’s strictest privacy law just took effect, to data brokers’ chagrin

Californians can now submit demands requiring 500 brokers to delete their data. ...

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Dec 31 • 4 months ago

Supply chains, AI, and the cloud: The biggest failures (and one success) of 2025

The past year has seen plenty of hacks and outages. Here are the ones topping the list. ...

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Dec 18 • 5 months ago

Browser extensions with 8 million users collect extended AI conversations

The extensions, available for Chromium browsers, harvest full AI conversations over months. ...

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Dec 17 • 5 months ago

Google will end dark web reports that alerted users to leaked data

Google says the reports lacked "helpful next steps." ...

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Dec 16 • 5 months ago

Microsoft will finally kill obsolete cipher that has wreaked decades of havoc

The weak RC4 for administrative authentication has been a hacker holy grail for decades. ...

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Dec 04 • 5 months ago

Admins and defenders gird themselves against maximum-severity server vuln

Open source React executes malicious code with malformed HTML—no authentication needed. ...

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Nov 22 • 6 months ago

This hacker conference installed a literal antivirus monitoring system

Organizers had a way for attendees to track CO2 levels throughout the venue—even before they arrived. ...

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