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Crypto scammers posing as real brands on X are easily hacking YouTubers

Fighting game YouTuber now fighting Google over “monstrous” post-hack revenue loss. Credit: via Capcom USA For months, popular fighting game YouTubers have been under attack. Even the seemingly most cautious among them...

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Critical WordPress plugin vulnerability under active exploit threatens thousands

Vulnerability with severity rating of 9.8 out of possible 10 still live on >8,000...

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5 charged in “Scattered Spider,” one of the most profitable phishing scams ever

Phishing attacks were so well-orchestrated that they fooled some of the best in the...

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Hundreds of code libraries posted to NPM try to install malware on dev machines

These are not the the developer tools you think they are. Credit: Getty Images An ongoing...

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Android Trojan that intercepts voice calls to banks just got more stealthy

FakeCall malware can reroute calls intended for banks to attacker-controlled numbers. Credit: Getty Images Researchers have...

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Security footage of Boeing repair before door-plug blowout was overwritten

NTSB: Boeing "unable to find the records documenting" repair work on 737 Max 9. A government investigation into a Boeing 737 Max 9 plane's door-plug...

Hackers can read private AI-assistant chats even though they’re encrypted

All non-Google chat GPTs affected by side channel that leaks responses sent to users. AI assistants have been widely available for a little more than...

Microsoft says Kremlin-backed hackers accessed its source and internal systems

Midnight Blizzard is now using stolen secrets in follow-on attacks against customers. Microsoft said that Kremlin-backed hackers who breached its corporate network in January have...

Attack wrangles thousands of web users into a password-password botnet

Ongoing attack is targeting thousands of sites, continues to grow. Attackers have transformed hundreds of hacked sites running WordPress software into command-and-control servers that force...

On DMA eve, Google whines, Apple sounds alarms, and TikTok wants out

DMA forces large platforms to give users more choices, rivals more chances. For months, some of the biggest tech companies have been wrapped up in...

Spotify wins as EU orders Apple to pay $2B and change App Store rules

Apple plans to appeal, insisting there's no evidence of consumer harms. The European Commission (EC) has sided with Spotify, fining Apple nearly $2 billion for abusive App...

WhatsApp finally forces Pegasus spyware maker to share its secret code

Israeli spyware maker loses fight to only share information on installation. WhatsApp will soon be granted access to explore the "full functionality" of the NSO...

Hugging Face, the GitHub of AI, hosted code that backdoored user devices

Malicious submissions have been a fact of life for code repositories. AI is no different. Code uploaded to AI developer platform Hugging Face covertly installed...

Judge mocks X for “vapid” argument in Musk’s hate speech lawsuit

Judge to X lawyer: “I’m trying to figure out in my mind how that’s possibly true." It looks like Elon Musk may lose X's lawsuit against...

How your sensitive data can be sold after a data broker goes bankrupt

Sensitive location data could be sold off to the highest bidder. In 2021, a company specializing in collecting and selling location data called Near bragged that it...

Vending machine error reveals secret face image database of college students

Facial-recognition data is typically used to prompt more vending machine sales. Canada-based University of Waterloo is racing to remove M&M-branded smart vending machines from campus...

“20 fake bank accounts opened in my name”: stolen identity turns into nightmare

Celia from Australia had a firsthand experience of the circles of hell that identity theft victims have to go through. Even years later, she...

Cryptocurrency maker sues former Ars reporter for writing about fraud lawsuit

Bitcoin Latinum angry about quotes from fraud lawsuit and Star Trek reference. The cryptocurrency firm Bitcoin Latinum has sued journalists at Forbes and Poker.org, claiming that the writers made...

Encrypted email service Skiff gets acquired, will shut down in six months

Skiff users will lose their @skiff.com email addresses, need to export data ASAP. Skiff, an encrypted email and productivity startup, is being acquired and shut...

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