Samsung patches zero-day security flaw used to hack into its customers’ phones
The Galaxy phone maker said it was notified in August that hackers are actively exploiting the security flaw to target Samsung customers.
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Facebook gave our data to Cambridge Analytica and all I got was this $38.36
Remember back in 2023, when we told you how to get your cut of a $725 million class action settlement? A couple of years later, that money is going out. I received an email earlier this week saying my claim had been approved in In re: Facebook, Inc. Consumer Privacy User Profile Litigation, a class […]
Here’s the tech powering ICE’s deportation crackdown
From phone spyware and facial recognition to forensic phone hacking technology to databases and more, this tech powers Trump’s deportation machine.
Anonymity is dead and we’re all content now
One night, a friend of mine went out for dinner with her husband and toddler. The toddler, who sometimes had trouble swallowing, choked on his food – and threw up, repeatedly, in the restaurant. People around them were laughing while my friend and her family were in distress, adding to their embarrassment. But that wasn’t […]
Signal’s first paid feature adds encrypted media and message backups
Signal is launching its first paid feature: the ability to make secure, end-to-end encrypted backups of your media history older than 45 days and of your text message history for $1.99 per month. “Media requires a lot of storage, and storing and transferring large amounts of data is expensive,” Signal’s VP of engineering, Jim O’Leary, […]
X is now offering me end-to-end encrypted chat — you probably shouldn’t trust it yet
X’s new encrypted messaging feature, XChat, has some red flags.
‘Vibe-hacking’ is now a top AI threat
“Agentic AI systems are being weaponized.” That’s one of the first lines of Anthropic’s new Threat Intelligence report, out today, which details the wide range of cases in which Claude – and likely many other leading AI agents and chatbots – are being abused. First up: “Vibe-hacking.” One sophisticated cybercrime ring that Anthropic says it […]
DOGE uploaded live copy of Social Security database to ‘vulnerable’ cloud server, says whistleblower
The Social Security Administration’s chief data officer has publicly blown the whistle, alleging DOGE put hundreds of millions of Social Security records at risk of compromise.
Device searches at the US border hit record high, new data shows
There have been more border device searches than ever before, per new data, despite the constitutionality of whether these searches are legal.
Harvard dropouts to launch ‘always on’ AI smart glasses that listen and record every conversation
After developing a facial recognition app for Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses and doxing random people, two former Harvard students are now launching a startup that makes smart glasses with an always-on microphone.