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Meta might be secretly scanning your phone’s camera roll – how to check and turn it off
/in General NewsSome Facebook users have noticed new settings that let Meta analyze and retain your phone’s photos. Yes, you read that right.
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Large Interpol Cybercrime Crackdown in Africa Leads to the Arrest of Over 1,200 Suspects
/in General NewsDubbed Operation Serengeti 2.0, the operation took place between June and August.
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Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection
/in General NewsCybersecurity researchers have shed light on a novel attack chain that employs phishing emails to deliver an open-source backdoor called VShell.
The “Linux-specific malware infection chain that starts with a spam email with a malicious RAR archive file,” Trellix researcher Sagar Bade said in a technical write-up.
“The payload isn’t hidden inside the file content or a macro, it’s encoded directly
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95% of business applications of AI have failed. Here’s why
/in General NewsHere’s what the other 5% is getting right.
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In Other News: McDonald’s Hack, 1,200 Arrested in Africa, DaVita Breach Grows to 2.7M
/in General NewsNoteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: cryptojacker sentenced to prison, ECC.fail Rowhammer attack, and Microsoft limits China’s access to MAPP.
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Your Google Home setup is getting its long-awaited Gemini upgrade soon – what to expect
/in General NewsGemini for Home is poised to take over from Google Assistant – and that’s a big deal. Here’s why it matters.
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Should you buy a $120 Android tablet from Amazon? I tried one, and here’s what you actually get
/in General NewsFor around $125, the Tabwee T80 is not as bad as I was expecting.
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Do Claude Code Security Reviews Pass the Vibe Check?
/in General NewsAI-assisted security reviews from Anthropic and others could help level up enterprise application security in the era of vibe coding.
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INTERPOL Arrests 1,209 Cybercriminals Across 18 African Nations in Global Crackdown
/in General NewsINTERPOL on Friday announced that authorities from 18 countries across Africa have arrested 1,209 cybercriminals who targeted 88,000 victims.
“The crackdown recovered $97.4 million and dismantled 11,432 malicious infrastructures, underscoring the global reach of cybercrime and the urgent need for cross-border cooperation,” the agency said.
The effort is the second phase of an ongoing law
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Chinese Hackers Murky, Genesis, and Glacial Panda Escalate Cloud and Telecom Espionage
/in General NewsCybersecurity researchers are calling attention to malicious activity orchestrated by a China-nexus cyber espionage group known as Murky Panda that involves abusing trusted relationships in the cloud to breach enterprise networks.
“The adversary has also shown considerable ability to quickly weaponize N-day and zero-day vulnerabilities and frequently achieves initial access to their targets by
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