When AI copycats steal real creators' faces and content, social platforms do little to help. I spoke with victimized creators and legal experts to figure out how we can actually protect ourselves, and what will make platforms like Instagram and YouTube take the problem seriously.
3 weeks, 5 daysWhen AI copycats steal real creators' faces and content, social platforms do little to help. I spoke with victimized creators and legal experts to figure out how we can actually protect ourselves.
1 monthThe attacks used Meccha Chameleon community maps as Trojan horses to install malware.
1 monthAlongside bug fixes, iOS 26.6 will alert you when you've hit the maximum limit of blocked contacts.
1 monthWhether it's your inbox or your physical mailbox, data brokers are likely the reason it's full of junk you don't want. Here's how to reduce your exposure.
1 monthLG monitors quietly installed an app that showed a pop-up ad for McAfee software, an example of how third-party devices can leverage Windows to install bloatware and adware.
1 month, 1 weekAre OpenAI's AI models having a Jurassic Park moment? During a cybersecurity benchmark, they escaped their sandboxed test environment and 'reached a node with internet access.'
1 month, 1 weekIn one example, a closed model broke out of an internal network to post on GitHub, demonstrating how models can 'learn the blind spots of an approval system,' OpenAI says.
1 month, 1 week7-Zip plugged the vulnerability last month, but the program doesn't have an auto-update feature, meaning users must manually install the latest version.
1 month, 1 weekProduction operations at Fairlife are temporarily suspended in the US but not in Canada.
1 month, 1 weekMicrosoft is embracing AI to help it find vulnerabilities in Windows, but says it's prioritizing quality with humans in the loop. Still, the company has a history of bug-filled OS updates.
1 month, 3 weeksA vulnerability report warns that five versions of Tenda firmware contain an 'undocumented authentication backdoor' that a hacker could use to gain full admin access over an affected router.
1 month, 3 weeksThe FBI used a Microsoft device identifier, dubbed GDID, to link a teenager to a hack attributed to Scattered Spider, raising privacy red flags about Windows' surveillance capabilities.
1 month, 3 weeksApple has been investigating the bug since June last year, while the feature continues to expose the real email IDs it is supposed to protect, 404 Media reports.
1 month, 4 weeksLastPass is back in the headlines, Apple users are facing a troubling hardware flaw, and AI is making life easier for scammers. Here's what happened in cybersecurity this week.
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