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AI Security

Australia Raises Alarm Over AI Scribes Listening In on Doctor Visits

Federal health officials are warning that AI tools recording patient conversations in GP clinics may pose serious privacy risks — and regulators are now weighing whether new rules are needed.

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Opinion

Flipper Zero firmware goes into maintenance mode as company hands the wheel to volunteers

The pocket-sized hacking gadget's maker is shrinking its firmware team and letting the community vote on what gets built next.

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Policy & Regulation

AI-Powered Street Cameras Are Quietly Building a National Surveillance Grid — And Some Cities Are Walking Away

Cameras made by Flock Safety scan licence plates and flag vehicles automatically. Critics say the resulting data is a federal immigration agency's dream. A growing number of communities are cancelling their contracts.

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Policy & Regulation

US Lifts Export Controls on Anthropic's Fable AI After Two-Week Freeze

The Commerce Department cleared Anthropic's most powerful AI model for international customers following a government review triggered by fears the system could be used to assist serious cyberattacks.

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AI Security

Samsung's New Galaxy S26 Ultra Has a Screen That Blocks Nosy Neighbours — But Is That a Security Feature?

The phone's built-in privacy display is a neat hardware trick. What it can't do is protect the data sitting behind the glass.

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Ransomware

A U.S. Government Agency Quietly Paid $1 Million to a Group That May Not Even Be Ransomware

A leaked negotiation chat and blockchain trail suggest Kairos runs pure data-theft extortion — no file-locking, just threats to leak.

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Threat Intelligence

North Korean hackers flood open-source repositories with 108 booby-trapped packages

The Contagious Interview crew is back, seeding npm, Packagist, Go and Chrome with malware aimed at developers.

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AI Security

Five Eyes spy chiefs warn AI is shrinking the window to stop cyberattacks — and boards need to act now

The heads of five Western cybersecurity agencies say artificial intelligence is already changing how fast criminals can strike. Waiting is no longer an option, they say — and the warning is aimed squarely at company boards, not IT teams.

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AI Security

AI Scams Trick Millions of Americans, Cost $68 Billion

New survey reveals AI-powered scams are growing, impacting millions and costing billions.

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Policy & Regulation

Australian Health Websites Secretly Fed Patients' Fertility and Medication Searches to Meta and TikTok

Australia's privacy regulator has ruled that Monash IVF and Medmate broke the law by embedding invisible tracking code on their health websites — code that sent sensitive visitor data to social media giants without asking anyone's permission.

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Identity & Access

WhatsApp Is Letting You Ditch Your Phone Number — Here's What That Means for Your Privacy

The world's most-used messaging app is adding usernames, so strangers no longer need your phone number to reach you. It's a meaningful privacy upgrade, but it comes with a scramble.

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Vulnerabilities

Seven flaws in a tiny bit of code could shake millions of gadgets

runZero found bugs in FatFs, the filesystem library hiding inside cameras, drones and hardware crypto wallets. Patches are already trickling out, but the fix will take years.

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Ransomware

Meet Avalon: The Swiss-Army Malware That Ends in Ransomware

A newly documented toolkit called Avalon steals passwords, spreads across networks, and locks up files — all from one phishing email.

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Threat Intelligence

Google and FBI cut off NetNut, a two-million-device botnet hidden inside smart TVs

The residential proxy service let hundreds of criminal and spy groups route attacks through ordinary homes.

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Threat Intelligence

Fake Rollup Helper Packages on npm Traced to North Korean Hackers

Two look-alike JavaScript packages copied a popular developer tool line-for-line, then quietly opened a back door onto the machines of anyone who installed them.

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Identity & Access

81 Million Login Attempts: A Massive Password Spray Attack Hit Microsoft 365 Users

Criminals hammered Microsoft accounts with automated login attempts for two weeks. At least 78 accounts were broken into — and many victims had multi-factor authentication switched on, just not set up correctly.

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Threat Intelligence

Three Quick Hits: Canadian Hacker Jailed, Open-Source Flaws Dropped, ATM Jackpotters Sentenced

A week's worth of security stories that deserve a second look — from an Anonymous-linked arrest in Canada to cash-machine criminals facing US prison time.

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Identity & Access

New Phishing Kit 'ARToken' Exposes Full Microsoft 365 Takeover Playbook

Cisco Talos researchers found more than 80 hidden commands inside a phishing service tied to the EvilTokens platform — including tools to steal Microsoft 365 logins, read mailboxes, and quietly hide their tracks.

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Vulnerabilities

Adobe Is Doubling Its Patch Releases — Here's Why That Matters

Starting in July, Adobe will push security fixes twice a month instead of once. Blame faster vulnerability discovery, AI-assisted research, and a threat pace that monthly updates can no longer keep up with.

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Threat Intelligence

Armored Likho: the newly-named hacking crew hitting power grids and government offices

Russian security firm Kaspersky says the group mixes espionage against big institutions with money-driven attacks on ordinary people.

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AI Security

New Chinese AI Models Challenge Cyber Defenses

Recent advances in Chinese AI models reveal vulnerabilities at a rapid pace, posing a challenge to cybersecurity defenses.

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