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OpenAI is testing an AI-powered browser that uses Chromium as its underlying engine, and it could debut on macOS first.

Microsoft recently revealed that it's currently enhancing protection against dangerous file types and malicious URLs in Teams chats and channels.

A security researcher has released a partial proof of concept exploit for a vulnerability in the FortiWeb web application firewall that allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication.

ChatGPT's Voice mode is already pretty good, but OpenAI is working on a new feature that will allow you to control how Voice mode actually works.

OpenAI is working on a cheaper plan called ChatGPT Go, and we previously thought it would be just limited to a few regions like India, but that may not be the case.

Man-in-the-Prompt: a new threat targeting AI tools like ChatGPT and Gemini via simple browser extensions, no complex attack needed.

ERMAC V3.0 source code leak exposes full malware backend, flaws, and 700+ targeted apps

Microsoft empowers Project Ire with specialized reverse engineering tools, multi-level reasoning for automated threat classification.

PXA malware is a potent infostealer that has targeted users across 62 countries to sell stolen data on Telegram-based marketplaces.

EncryptHub exploits CVE-2025-26633 with social engineering and rogue MSC files, delivering Fickle Stealer malware.

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A district appeals court ruled that the FCC “correctly determined” that telecoms had a duty to protect customer location data that was sold and later misused by third parties.

The London-based tech and telecom company Colt Technology Services confirmed that a cyberattack earlier this week caused technical issues that it is still addressing.

Cybercriminal groups peddling sophisticated phishing kits that convert stolen card data into mobile wallets have recently shifted their focus to targeting customers of brokerage services, new research shows. Undeterred by security controls at these trading platforms that block users from…

A new report described how criminals use “ghost-tapping” — when stolen payment card details are uploaded onto a burner phone and used in-person to purchase goods.

A cybercriminal was found selling scanned IDs that were stolen from guests at Italian hotels on underground forums, warned CERT-AGID.

National Public Data has changed ownership. Does this mean your personal information has changed hands too?

UAT-7237 exploits unpatched Taiwan servers using SoundBill, Cobalt Strike, and SoftEther VPN for persistent control.

The rules, introduced during the Biden administration, would force telecoms to notify customers when their personally identifiable information is exposed in a hack.

The vulnerability, which Cisco said it discovered during internal security testing, could allow unauthenticated attackers to execute high-privilege commands.

Most companies are planning major AI investments to address growing threats to OT systems.

UK-based telecommunications company Colt Technology Services is dealing with a cyberattack that has caused a multi-day outage of some of the company's operations, including hosting and porting services, Colt Online and Voice API platforms.

Only three in 10 respondents said their application security programs were highly mature.

Microsoft has reminded customers that Windows 10 will be retired in two months after all editions of Windows 10, version 22H2 reach their end of servicing on October 14.

Cisco is warning about a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the RADIUS subsystem of its Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) software.

Germany, the Netherlands and four of the Five Eyes countries share a common asset inventory for industrial cybersecurity

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Cisco Talos discovered UAT-7237, a Chinese-speaking advanced persistent threat (APT) group active since at least 2022, which has significant overlaps with UAT-5918.

Agentic AI shifts privacy from control to trust, challenging laws like GDPR and risking legal exposure.

U.S. sanctions Garantex, successor Grinex, after $100M illicit crypto flow fuels ransomware and sanctions evasion.