Study of 281 Free Android VPN Apps Finds Traffic Leaks, Unencrypted Data, and Tracking
Researchers ran 281 of the most popular free VPN apps on the Google Play Store through a new testing system and found that many fail at the basics people ins...
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Ransomware exploiting Exchange vulnerabilities and Fortinet flaws, targeting municipalities, legal firms, and manufacturing.
Also known as: play ransomware, playcrypt, play malware
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DuckDuckGo browser now blocks YouTube video ads
DuckDuckGo announced that its browser can now block most video ads on YouTube, including those shown before the video starts playing and during playback. [.
ESET Threat Report H1 2026 Highlights Malicious AI Skills, ClickFix Surge, and EDR Killers
ESET’s H1 2026 threat report shows attackers accelerating the use of familiar playbooks with AI-flavored lures, social engineering, and defense evasion rathe...
How to Evaluate an AI SOC Platform in 2026: 6 Capabilities That Separate Leaders from Bolt-On AI solutions
Building a shortlist for an AI SOC evaluation can be tough. SIEM, SOAR, and pureplay AI SOC vendors are all saying the same thing.
The Lean Expansion Playbook AI Startups Are Using to Build Global Teams
Learn how AI startups use global hiring, EOR partners, and remote systems to access talent, stay compliant, and extend runway efficiently for sustainable gro...
Qilin Dominates Ransomware Market Amid Growing Cybercrime Consolidation
The ransomware landscape is reconsolidating around major players, with Qilin emerging as the leading RaaS operation, researchers say
Fake Google Play Store Pages Use Trusted Brand Names to Push Gambling PWAs
Scammers are exploiting consumers’ trust in household and financial brands by deploying polished fake Google Play Store pages and social media ads that push ...
New BioShocking Attack Tricks AI Browsers Into Leaking User Credentials
Convince an AI browser that it is playing a game, and it can hand over your login details. That is the finding behind BioShocking, a technique from security ...
Rokarolla Uses Fake Google Play Protect App to Target Banking and Cryptocurrency Users
Rokarolla, a sophisticated Android banking trojan distributed via malicious websites that masquerade as trusted applications such as TikTok, Google Chrome an...
Mythos is a signal, not a siren: What frontier AI should change for CISOs
When a new AI capability starts making headlines, I see the same pattern play out in boardrooms and executive staff meetings. The technology is introduced as...
New ‘Blacksite’ phishing kit bundles AiTM with scanner evasion
The kit includes Cloaked.gg, which displays benign sites to detected scanners and sandboxes.
Google releases new privacy controls for activity history, personalization
Google is rolling out new privacy controls for Search services and Google Play, giving you more control over saved history and personalized recommendations. [.
Android Malware Campaign Uses Fake Document Reader App with 100K Google Play Downloads
Android Malware Campaign Uses Fake Document Reader App with 100K Google Play Downloads tracks a fresh Anatsa campaign that abused trust in a seemingly useful...
Google Workspace expands password reset alerts to all admins
Google’s Alert Center, a dashboard in the Google Admin console that displays security and administrative alerts and helps administrators identify, investigat...
FFmpeg PixelSmash Flaw Allows RCE on Video Players, Media Servers, NAS Appliances
Attackers can send crafted media files to execute code in any application that uses FFmpeg’s libavcodec library. The post FFmpeg PixelSmash Flaw Allows RCE o...
GTA 6 early access offers are taking gamers’ crypto
Scam websites are circulating across the internet with a pitch aimed at millions of gamers: a way to play Grand Theft Auto VI before its release. The pages p...
CodeStorm Phishing Campaign Targets M365 Tenants With Token Reuse and Replay Attacks
A multi-organization phishing campaign attributed to the CodeStorm family is actively targeting Microsoft 365 tenants with a tenant-aware AiTM (adversary-in-...
AI fuels faster, more convincing messaging scams, report finds
Nearly two-thirds of scam victims globally, or 64.5%, believe AI tools played a role in the fraud attempts.
New Rokarolla Android Trojan Targets 217 Banking and Crypto Apps
Rokarolla Android malware targets 217 banking and crypto apps, steals credentials, blocks bank calls, intercepts SMS, and disables Play Protect. Zimperium’s ...
Security researcher reportedly accesses FIFA World Cup broadcast controls via API flaw
The researcher, known as BobDaHacker, said they exploited a flaw in FIFA's back-end API by registering as a player agent.