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Fake Proton VPN extensions slip into Chrome Web Store — here’s how to stay safe
1+ hour, 33+ min ago (720+ words) Malicious extensions impersonating Proton VPN passed Google's checks and stayed live for weeks Proton has warned that fake Proton VPN extensions have appeared in Google's Chrome Web Store, often staying there for weeks before being removed. The company says it…...
Pentagon launches high-stakes AI drone swarm challenge
2+ hour, 6+ min ago (395+ words) SpaceX and xAI join the contest, despite Elon Musk's previous stance on AI use The US Department of Defense has opened a six-month competition promising a $100 million reward for teams capable of building voice-controlled autonomous drone swarms. The initiative is…...
5 essential features of bookkeeping software
2+ hour, 24+ min ago (881+ words) Keeping your finances in check is key to preventing unwanted surprises. Here are our top five must-haves for bookkeeping software TechRadar created this content as part of a paid partnership with QuickBooks. The contents of this article are entirely independent…...
Dangerous Massiv Android malware poses as IPTV app to infect devices and steal banking info
3+ hour, 37+ min ago (247+ words) Portuguese users are being targeted by a fake IPTV app If you're looking for a new IPTV app, make sure you don't install Massiv, because it is just a banking trojan pretending to be a legitimate IPTV app. It targets…...
Top Android AI photo and video editor exposes nearly two million user images and videos
4+ hour, 21+ min ago (235+ words) Misconfigured database holding millions of images and videos found online In total, more than 1.5 million user images, and more than 385,000 videos were stored in the bucket. Furthermore, it stored more than 2.87 million AI-generated videos, more than 386,000 AI-generated audio files, and…...
‘We are going to be able to safely relax restrictions’: OpenAI’s ChatGPT adult mode plans face fresh scrutiny — but a key safety leader just left under a cloud
5+ hour, 13+ min ago (916+ words) OpenAI insists new safeguards make adult mode responsible, but the timing of a prominent critic's departure is a red flag OpenAI is about to give ChatGPT an adults-only option. At almost the same moment, the company has parted ways in…...
AI bots are becoming more 'search-like' - and it's affecting how brands are seen online
5+ hour, 16+ min ago (307+ words) AI crawlers are rising as traditional search remains flat A new Hostinger study of more than 66 billion bot requests across five million websites has revealed just how ingrained AI has become in our searching habits, and how important it is…...
Criminals using fake enterprise software to gain access to company systems
5+ hour, 21+ min ago (255+ words) Someone put in a lot of effort to hide a RAT in plain sight A group of cybercriminals went to great lengths to infect businesses with a remote access trojan (RAT), setting up an entire company, vibe-coding a website, and…...
How to write effective prompts for AI website builders
5+ hour, 58+ min ago (830+ words) Get better results out of your AI toolkit You've decided to use an AI website builder, typed in a quick description, and hit generate. The result? A generic template that looks like every other AI-generated site you've seen. The problem…...
Recent AWS outages blamed on internal AI tools
6+ hour, 16+ min ago (249+ words) Amazon's own AI caused two recent outages At least two recent AWS outages were caused by incidents involving Amazon's own AI coding tools, the company has said. A report by the Financial Times (FT) notes a 13-hour interruption in mid-December…...