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Former Engineer Sentenced to 32 Months for Locking Thousands of Company Devices
A former infrastructure engineer at a New Jersey-based industrial company has been sentenced to 32 months in prison after launching a ransomware-style attack that locked thousands of devices on his former employer’s network.
Nikkei Breached After Attackers Hijack Employee Accounts to Send Phishing Emails
Japanese publishing giant Nikkei has disclosed two recent security incidents in which attackers compromised employee email accounts and used them to send phishing messages.
TikTok Adds AI Shopping Assistant and One-Click Checkout
TikTok is expanding its e-commerce features with a new AI-powered shopping assistant and an in-app checkout option that lets users purchase products directly from brands.
Microsoft Fixes High-Severity Exchange Server Flaw Allowing Privilege Escalation
Microsoft has released out-of-band security updates to address a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server that could allow authenticated attackers to escalate their privileges under certain conditions.
OpenAI Starts Adding Text Watermarks to ChatGPT and Codex
OpenAI is beginning to add invisible, machine-readable watermarks to text generated by ChatGPT and Codex, starting with users in the European Union.
Critical Dell System Update Flaw Lets Attackers Gain Root Access
Dell is urging customers to update its System Update (DSU) software after disclosing a critical vulnerability that could allow unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on vulnerable systems.
WhatsApp Restricted Chat Keeps Private Conversations Off Linked Devices
WhatsApp is rolling out Restricted Chat to beta testers, allowing users to keep selected conversations off linked devices while blocking exports, media saves and Meta AI.
Hacker Claims Millions of Airbnb, Uber and Google Records for Sale
A threat actor known as “Marx” claims to have access to millions of records allegedly linked to major companies, including Airbnb, Uber, PayPal, Booking.com, and Google.
Denmark’s CPR Data Breach Exposes Personal Information of 8.8 Million People
Denmark is investigating a major CPR data breach after unauthorized individuals accessed names, addresses and CPR numbers belonging to about 8.8 million people.
RemoveMacAI Lets Mac Users Reclaim Storage by Removing Apple Intelligence
A new open-source tool called RemoveMacAI can disable Apple Intelligence, delete its local AI models and reclaim 12GB or more of storage on compatible Macs running macOS 27.
OpenAI Expands ChatGPT Ads With New Visual Format
OpenAI is expanding advertising in ChatGPT, with one of its first new formats bringing visual ads to the image-generation experience.
Google Pauses Open Source Bug Bounty Program Amid Surge in AI-Generated Reports
Google has temporarily paused its open source software bug bounty program after seeing a significant increase in automated vulnerability submissions, most of which were found to be invalid.
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