Massachusetts votes to pass new privacy rights bill that bans sale of precise location data

The bill is expected to blanket ban companies and startups from selling people’s precise location data across the state.

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Instagram Glitch Reportedly Exposed Contact Info of Zuckerberg and Other Users

Instagram glitch exposed Mark Zuckerberg’s email addresses and phone number, plus contact details of other top users, through a password reset flaw.

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Silent Ransom Group Uses DNS Fast Flux in Attacks

Focusing on hacking law firms in the US, the ransomware group relies on fast flux to hide its C&C infrastructure.

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VerdantBamboo Deploys BSD Variant of BRICKSTORM on Linux Appliances

A China-nexus cyber espionage group has been observed deploying a BSD variant of a known backdoor called BRICKSTORM, as well as two other malware families codenamed PLENET (aka GRIMBOLT) and AGENTPSD to target Linux systems.

The activity has been attributed by Volexity to a threat cluster it tracks as VerdantBamboo, which it said overlaps with hacking groups known as Clay Typhoon (Microsoft),

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Instagram Recovery Tool Bug Exposed 20,225 Accounts to Password Reset Abuse

Meta says an Instagram recovery tool bug allowed attackers to abuse password resets, affecting 20,225 accounts and exposing users without 2FA to account takeover risk.

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174,000 Impacted by Lansing Community College Data Breach

Hackers accessed personal information stored on certain Lansing Community College systems in February 2025.

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OpenAI Rolling Out ChatGPT Account Security Controls

The Active Sessions and Lockdown Mode features are being made more broadly available by the AI giant.

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UNC3753 Used Vishing and Physical Intrusions in U.S. Data Theft Extortion Campaign

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a financially motivated data theft extortion campaign that has targeted dozens of organizations across professional, legal, and financial services in the U.S. between January and May 2026.

The activity has been attributed by Google Mandiant and Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) to a threat actor dubbed UNC3753, which is also known as

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VS Code Adds 2-Hour Extension Auto-Update Delay to Limit Supply Chain Attacks

Microsoft has announced that Visual Studio Code (VS Code) will apply a two-hour delay before extensions for the integrated development environment (IDE) are updated automatically to a newer version in an attempt to tackle software supply chain threats.

“When automatic updates are enabled, new versions are auto-updated two hours after they are published, adding an extra layer of protection

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Meta Says 20,000 Instagram Accounts Hacked via AI Tool Abuse

The social media giant has informed authorities about the impact of the recent attack involving an account recovery support tool.

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