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Cybersecurity Then and Now: What Actually Changed (and What Didn't)
A look at how the threats facing ordinary people and the businesses they deal with have shifted over the decades, and why some of the oldest tricks still work best.
US House passes kids' online safety bill, but critics say the cure may be worse than the disease
The KIDS Act cleared the House 267-117 on Monday. It demands new parental controls and bans targeted ads at children, but digital rights groups warn that age-verification rules could quietly strip privacy from every adult online too.
Meta's New AI Tool Can Generate Photos of Instagram Users Without Telling Them
Meta Muse Image AI lets anyone tag a public Instagram account and produce AI-generated images using that person's face. Affected users get no notification at all.
The FTC Is Warning About Fake Party Invitation Scams Arriving by Email and Text
Criminals are sending convincing fake event invitations to steal personal information. Here is what the scam looks like and how to avoid it.
Twitter's Former Security Chief Filed an 84-Page Federal Complaint Accusing the Company of Hiding Security Failures From Regulators
Peiter Zatko says Twitter misled a federal watchdog, left half its servers unprotected, and may have foreign spies on staff. Twitter calls him a disgruntled ex-employee. Congress says it wants answers.
Supreme Court Extends Fourth Amendment Shield to Cell-Site Location Data
A geofence warrant case gives the Court a vehicle to rule that historical location records tied to a phone are constitutionally protected — full stop.
Ultrahuman Data Leak, Ransomware Tradecraft, and a Browser That Mines Your CPU: The Week's Overlooked Stories
Three stories that didn't dominate the feed — a wearable-tech data exposure, a dissection of The Gentlemen ransomware, and Hola Browser quietly bundling a cryptominer.