Italian lawmakers say Italy used spyware to target phones of immigration activists, but not against journalist

A parliamentary investigation answered some — but not all — the questions related to a spyware scandal involving the use of the Israeli company’s spyware, Graphite.

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Cutting-Edge ClickFix Tactics Snowball, Pushing Phishing Forward

Several widespread ClickFix campaigns are underway, bent on delivering malware to business targets, and they represent a new level of phishing sophistication that defenders need to be prepared for, researchers warn.

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Anthropic appoints a national security expert to its governing trust

Anthropic’s long-term benefit trust is a governance mechanism that Anthropic claims helps it promote safety over profit, and which has the power to elect some of the company’s board of directors.

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Cybercriminals Are Hiding Malicious Web Traffic in Plain Sight

In an effort to evade detection, cybercriminals are increasingly turning to “residential proxy” services that cover their tracks by making it look like everyday online activity.

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F5 Acquires Agentic AI Security Startup Fletch

Agentic AI technology will be integrated into the recently launched F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform.

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BADBOX 2.0 Targets Home Networks in Botnet Campaign, FBI Warns

Though the operation was partially disrupted earlier this year, the botnet remains active and continues to target connected Android devices.

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Popular Chrome Extensions Found Leaking Data via Unencrypted Connections

Popular Chrome extensions exposed user data by sending it over unencrypted HTTP, raising privacy concerns. Symantec urges caution for users.

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OpenAI takes down ChatGPT accounts linked to state-backed hacking, disinformation

State-backed threat actors from a handful of countries are using ChatGPT for a range of malicious purposes, including malware refinement, employment scams and social media disinformation campaigns.

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Nigeria jails 9 Chinese nationals for being part of international cyberfraud syndicate

The group was arrested in December as part of a raid that included 599 Nigerians and 193 other foreign nationals, many of them Chinese, on suspicion of being involved in a range of online crimes.

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Apple Mail freezing after updating to iOS 18.5? Here’s a fix you can try

If the Apple Mail app is glitching or causing your iPhone screen to go blank, there are a couple of things you can do to resolve the issue.

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