FTC Chair Tells Tech Giants to Hold the Line on Encryption
FTC Chair Tells Tech Giants to Hold the Line on Encryption Summary The Federal Trade Commission chair, Andrew Ferguson, sent letters to major US tech firms urging them not to…
ClickFix Attack Tricks AI Summaries Into Pushing Malware
ClickFix Attack Tricks AI Summaries Into Pushing Malware Summary Threat monitoring vendor CloudSEK published proof-of-concept research showing a new ClickFix social-engineering variant that weaponises AI-generated text summaries. Attackers embed hidden,…
Google To Require Identity Verification for All Android App Developers by 2027
Google To Require Identity Verification for All Android App Developers by 2027 Summary Google has announced a new developer identity verification requirement that will cover all Android app developers on…
Perplexity’s AI Browser Comet Vulnerable To Prompt Injection Attacks That Hijack User Accounts
Perplexity’s AI Browser Comet Vulnerable To Prompt Injection Attacks That Hijack User Accounts Summary Security researchers from Brave and Guardio Labs independently discovered critical prompt-injection vulnerabilities in Perplexity’s Comet AI…
FTC Warns Tech Giants Not To Bow To Foreign Pressure on Encryption
FTC Warns Tech Giants Not To Bow To Foreign Pressure on Encryption Summary The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), via a letter signed by Chair Andrew N. Ferguson, has warned major…
FTC Chair Tells Tech Giants to Hold the Line on Encryption
FTC Chair Tells Tech Giants to Hold the Line on Encryption Summary Andrew Ferguson, chair of the Federal Trade Commission, sent letters to major tech firms urging them not to…
ClickFix Attack Tricks AI Summaries Into Pushing Malware
ClickFix Attack Tricks AI Summaries Into Pushing Malware Summary CloudSEK published research demonstrating a ClickFix proof-of-concept that weaponises AI-generated text summaries to deliver ransomware. Attackers hide malicious commands inside otherwise…
Fast-Spreading, Complex Phishing Campaign Installs RATs
Fast-Spreading, Complex Phishing Campaign Installs RATs Summary Researchers at Fortinet Labs have observed a fast-growing, global phishing campaign that targets Windows users and delivers remote access trojans (RATs). The attackers…
Russia weighs Google Meet ban as part of foreign tech crackdown
Russia weighs Google Meet ban as part of foreign tech crackdown Summary Russia is considering blocking Google Meet following service disruptions reported last week. A senior lawmaker warned that Western…
Hackers Lay in Wait, Then Knocked Out Iran Ship Comms
Hackers Lay in Wait, Then Knocked Out Iran Ship Comms Summary A hacktivist group calling itself Lab-Dookhtegan (“Sewn Lips”) claims it gained admin access to Linux-based satellite terminal systems on…