Using chatbots for medical advice could elicit hallucinations and even expose you to security and privacy risks. Here’s what’s at stake and how to stay safe.
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MFA Prompt Bombing: Why Your Second Factor Isn’t Saving You
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) was supposed to close a critical gap in identity security. It meant that, even if an attacker possessed the account credentials, they couldn’t log in without the second factor. While that logic was sound, attackers have now figured out that they don’t need to steal the second factor: they just need the…
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Your Chatbot Has a Long Memory. That Isn’t Always a Good Thing.
It may keep offering you advice based on information that may be dated—or wasn’t even about you in the first place.
AI, Exploits, Global Security News, malware, Network Security, Risk Management
CVE-2026-45585: YellowKey BitLocker Bypass Exposes Encrypted Data on Windows Devices
BitLocker is designed to protect data at rest even when a device is lost, stolen, or powered off, which is why a bypass against that trust model draws immediate attention. The CVE-2026-45585 vulnerability, publicly referred to as YellowKey, is a Windows security feature bypass flaw that Microsoft says can let an attacker with physical access…
AI, Global Security News
Google API Keys Remain Active After Deletion
A security researcher discovered the API keys can still be used for 23 minutes after deletion, even though the cloud provider claims deletion is immediate.
AI, Cybersecurity, Global Security News, Network Security
Cisco Trims Workforce as AI Demand Drives Record Revenue
Even with record quarterly revenue, Cisco is axing jobs again. The company said it will eliminate “fewer than 4,000 roles,” representing less than 5% of its workforce, as it reorganizes around AI. That comes as revenue climbed to $15.8 billion, up 12% year over year and ahead of expectations The timing may feel counterintuitive, but…
AI, Global Security News
Anthropic Raising $30 Billion More as AI Labs Absorb Majority of VC Funding
The AI front-runner could raise even more as a tiny number of companies get an unprecedented share of investment this year.
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When ransomware gets physical: cybercriminals turn to threats of violence
Pay up, or we’ll pay someone to pay you a visit. Cybercrime gangs are increasingly turning to real-world threats – and even hiring local muscle to deliver the message. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
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Elon Musk Summoned to France to Face Criminal Charges
Paris prosecutors investigating X say Musk and ex-CEO Yaccarino will face charges even if they don’t appear; the company has called probe ‘abusive.’
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Day Zero Readiness: The Operational Gaps That Break Incident Response
Having an incident response retainer, or even a pre-approved external incident response firm, is not the same as being ready for an incident. A retainer means someone will answer the phone. Operational readiness determines whether that team can do meaningful work the moment they do. That distinction matters far more than many organizations realize. In…
AI, Compliance, Cybersecurity, Endpoint, Exploits, Global Security News, Network Security, Risk Management
Human-centric failures: Why BEC continues to work despite MFA
Business email compromise (BEC) is still thriving even in organizations that have implemented multi-factor authentication (MFA). As security professionals, we often assume that MFA is the silver bullet for email security, but real-world incidents suggest otherwise. Attackers exploit human behaviors, process gaps and operational blind spots that MFA alone cannot address. In many modern BEC…
AI, Exploits, Global Security News, privacy, Risk Management
Firefox bug CVE-2026-6770 enabled cross-site tracking and Tor fingerprinting
CVE-2026-6770 let attackers fingerprint Firefox and Tor users, even in Private mode. Firefox 150 and Tor Browser 15.0.10 fixed it. A vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-6770, allowed attackers to fingerprint Firefox users, even in Private Browsing, and also impacted the Tor Browser. The flaw worked even when Tor’s New Identity feature was used, bypassing protections meant…
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The Most Impactful U.S. Inventions
We asked readers which U.S. technologies, including the cotton gin, the microchip and even the dishwasher, have mattered most.
Data Breaches, Global Security News, Risk Management
That data breach alert might be a trap
Ignoring a real breach notification invites risk, but falling for a bogus one could be even worse. Stop reacting on autopilot.
AI, Exploits, Global Security News, privacy, Risk Management
iPhone forensics expose Signal messages after app removal in U.S. case
An FBI case in Texas shows Signal messages can still be recovered from iPhones even after app uninstall, via system artifacts, challenging privacy assumptions. The recent revelations about FBI forensic access to Signal messages on an iPhone have reignited a long-standing misunderstanding about mobile privacy: the belief that disappearing messages and encrypted apps guarantee that…
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FBI Recovers Deleted Signal Messages Through iPhone Notifications
Signal messages may persist in iPhone notification data, enabling FBI access even after deletion, a court case reveals.
AI, Global Security News
iTWire TV: SAP’s Thomas Pfiester – Your AI Won’t Work If Your Data Is a Mess
SAP is betting big on something it calls “agentic transformation.” The idea is simple, even if the execution is anything but: a future where human workers and AI agents coexist across every business process.
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“Responsible” Use of AI in Education is a Range, Turnitin Finds in First Learning Integrity Insights Report
Turnitin’s report shows a consistent percentage of “traditional” plagiarism, even in the age of AI
AI, Global Security News, Government & Policy, Risk Management
US tech sector lost jobs in March, stalling growth
The US tech sector lost 15,000 jobs in March even though the overall US economy saw 178,000 jobs gained across all sectors, according to data from multiple sources, including the US Department of Labor. CompTIA, which analyzed the Friday jobs data released by Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), pegged the unemployment rate for…
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Apple Breaks Precedent, Patches DarkSword for iOS 18
Even organizations with users unwilling or unable to adopt iOS 26 can now protect themselves from a severe mobile OS-cracking tool.
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I Looked Inside the First iPhone and Saw 50 Years of Apple History
Apple showed me hidden prototypes and rare archival materials that even Tim Cook hadn’t known about. They tell the story of America’s most iconic company.
AI, Compliance, Global Security News, Network Security, Risk Management
Microsoft builds its own AI stack to help wean it from its reliance on OpenAI
Microsoft seems to be meeting OpenAI on its own turf, even as it continues its strategic partnership with the AI darling, with the release of three in-house, commercially-available AI models. MAI-Transcribe-1 (for speech transcription), MAI-Voice-1 (for voice generation), and MAI-Image-2 (for image creation) are now available on Microsoft Foundry and the MAI Playground. These new…
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SAP’s Thomas Pfiester: Your AI Won’t Work If Your Data Is a Mess
SAP is betting big on something it calls “agentic transformation.” The idea is simple, even if the execution is anything but: a future where human workers and AI agents coexist across every business process.
AI, APAC, Apps, Exploits, Global Security News, Network Security, privacy, Risk Management, Venture
The dark side of chatbots with ‘personality’
They say you can find anything on Amazon. Now, you can even get a personality. Not for yourself, but for your AI “friend,” Alexa. Amazon has announced four new “conversation styles” or “personalities” for its voice-interaction Alexa+ AI chatbot. Users can now choose between “Brief,” “Chill,” “Sweet,” and “Sassy” styles and pick from a range…
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Critical Zero-Click Flaw in n8n Allows Full Server Compromise
The critical vulnerability affecting both cloud and self-hosted n8n instances requires no authentication or even n8n account to be exploited
Cybersecurity, Global Security News, Risk Management
Healthcare organizations are accepting cyber risk to cut costs
Healthcare organizations are cutting cybersecurity budgets under financial pressure even as the threats targeting their systems intensify. A PwC survey of 381 global healthcare executives, conducted between May and July 2025, puts numbers to the gap between the risks the sector faces and the controls it has in place. Key findings (Source: PwC) Data protection…
AI, Apps, Exploits, Global Security News, Risk Management
Your dependencies are 278 days out of date and your pipelines aren’t protected
Applications continue to ship with known weaknesses even as development workflows speed up. A new Datadog State of DevSecOps 2026 report examines how dependency management and pipeline practices are influencing exposure across cloud native environments. Across the environments studied, 87% of organizations run at least one exploitable vulnerability in production services, affecting 40% of those…
AI, Compliance, Europe, Exploits, Global Security News, Network Security, Russia
AI-augmented threat actor accesses FortiGate devices at scale
Commercial AI services are enabling even unsophisticated threat actors to conduct cyberattacks at scale—a trend Amazon Threat Intelligence has been tracking closely. A recent investigation illustrates this shift: Amazon Threat Intelligence observed a Russian-speaking financially motivated threat actor leveraging multiple commercial generative AI services to compromise over 600 FortiGate devices across more than 55 countries…
Cybersecurity, Global Security News, Politics, privacy
Online Privacy – Why It’s Important And How To Protect It
Our online privacy is important to us, and many don’t even know that we’re being tracked by the apps and sites we use. Proxies can help protect you. The internet is continuously evolving and has become a crucial tool for businesses and individuals. From market research, social, communication, governance, and politics, we are all using…
AI, Exploits, Global Security News
Open-source benchmark EVMbench tests how well AI agents handle smart contract exploits
Smart contract exploits continue to drain funds from blockchain projects, even as auditing tools and bug bounty programs grow. The problem is tied to how Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) contracts work: code is deployed permanently, runs autonomously, and often controls large pools of assets. That environment has created demand for better ways to measure whether…
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How to Ace a Job Interview With an AI
For starters, speak naturally, as if you are talking to a human interviewer, even if you aren’t.
AI, Global Security News, malware, Russia
Keenadu backdoor found preinstalled on Android devices, powers Ad fraud campaign
Kaspersky uncovered Keenadu, an Android backdoor used for ad fraud that can even take full control of devices. Kaspersky has identified a new Android malware called Keenadu. It can be preinstalled in device firmware, hidden inside system apps, or even distributed via official stores like Google Play. Currently used for ad fraud by turning infected…
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Move Over, Super Bowl: AI Giants Turn China’s Lunar New Year Into a Giveaway Blitz
AI developers in are offering free tea, free use of cars and even robots in promotions aimed at locking in users.
AI, Cybersecurity, Global Security News
AI Agents Are Here to Stay, Businesses Say
The AI bots are becoming widespread among large companies, even as a range of cybersecurity and tech governance issues still need to be ironed out.
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FIRST Forecasts Record-Breaking 50,000+ CVEs in 2026
This year should break all the records in terms of vulnerability disclosed, reaching or even surpassing 50,000 new CVEs disclosed
AI, APAC, Apps, Global Security News, Infrastructure, Risk Management
Java Adoption Accelerates for AI Workloads, Azul Survey Finds
Java is increasingly being positioned as a core language for enterprise AI development, even as organizations accelerate plans to move away from Oracle Java due to pricing and licensing concerns, according to Azul’s newly released 2026 State of Java Survey & Report. The annual study is based on responses from more than 2,000 Java professionals…
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How Top CISOs Solve Burnout and Speed up MTTR without Extra Hiring
Why do SOC teams keep burning out and missing SLAs even after spending big on security tools? Routine triage piles up, senior specialists get dragged into basic validation, and MTTR climbs, while stealthy threats still find room to slip through. Top CISOs have realized the solution isn’t hiring more people or stacking yet another tool…
AI, Apps, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Global Security News, malware, Password, password protection, Risk Management, Threat Lab
Strengthen your digital defenses on World Password Day
In today’s digital world, passwords have become a necessary part of life. But even though you use them for almost everything you do online, you probably don’t give them the thought they truly deserve. May 1, 2025, is World Password Day, a reminder that passwords are the unsung heroes of cybersecurity, the first line of…
AI, Apps, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Global Security News, malware, Password, password protection, Risk Management, Threat Lab
Strengthen your digital defenses on World Password Day
In today’s digital world, passwords have become a necessary part of life. But even though you use them for almost everything you do online, you probably don’t give them the thought they truly deserve. May 1, 2025, is World Password Day, a reminder that passwords are the unsung heroes of cybersecurity, the first line of…
AI, Apps, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Global Security News, malware, Password, password protection, Risk Management, Threat Lab
Strengthen your digital defenses on World Password Day
In today’s digital world, passwords have become a necessary part of life. But even though you use them for almost everything you do online, you probably don’t give them the thought they truly deserve. May 1, 2025, is World Password Day, a reminder that passwords are the unsung heroes of cybersecurity, the first line of…