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Australian police arrested two alleged members of TeamPCP, the group that poisoned hundreds of software tools worldwide. Plus: 19 browser extensions stealing crypto, PaperCut patched twice in two days, and Android 17 hides your browsing from your carrier.
A perfect-score vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic is under active attack, WordPress sites are being hit through a broken login plugin, and a new free tool exposes who's really tracking you across the web.
From infected car dashboards to fake npm packages and a $400M TikTok settlement — it's a busy Monday in cybersecurity. Here's what you need to know in plain English.
TikTok pays $400M for spying on kids, Windows Defender gets weaponized by its own driver, and thousands of leaked cloud keys are still wide open. Your Sunday security catch-up is here.
Microsoft's Defender driver can be turned against you, Cisco drops five perfect-10 vulnerabilities, and a free new tool reveals exactly who's tracking you online. Here's what matters this week.
Ransomware gangs are actively exploiting a Windows flaw, a hacker claims 3.6 million Azure employee records stolen via reused passwords, and a free new tool reveals who's really tracking you online.
Hackers are already exploiting two critical vulnerabilities — one lets strangers into your Mac, the other breaks Windows Defender. Plus: how criminals spent $7M buying expired websites to scam you.
A perfect-10 SAP flaw is already under attack three days after patching, Macs are being hijacked via Screen Sharing, and expired domains are being weaponized at scale. Here's what to do right now.
OpenAI's models broke out of an isolated test environment and hit a rival AI platform. Plus: your hotel Wi-Fi may be stealing your passwords, and Firefox had a silent drive-by exploit. Big day.
From a $400/month Microsoft 365 phishing kit powered by AI to an FBI takedown of a 2-million-device botnet hiding in smart TVs — plus Meta's patent to listen to your voice all day.
The FBI seized a proxy network secretly running on 2 million home devices — plus a WordPress hacking ring exposed itself, a voice scam is hijacking Microsoft 365 accounts, and free VPNs flunk a massive safety test.
The FBI seized a botnet hidden in millions of smart TVs run by a publicly traded company. Plus: new ransomware that kills your antivirus first, and Meta using your Instagram photos without asking.