‘Digital squatting’ hits new levels as hackers target brand domains

Impersonation comes in many shapes and forms, and stealing domains seems to be one of them.

Top photo ID apps leak user data – over 150,000 thought to have been affected

Database misconfigurations resulted in a huge data leak which hackers already picked up on.

AI Is Here to Replace Nuclear Treaties. Scared Yet?

The last major nuclear arms treaty between the US and Russia just expired. Some experts believe a combination of satellite surveillance, AI, and human reviewers can take its place. Others, not so much.

Iran’s Digital Surveillance Machine Is Almost Complete

After more than 15 years of draconian measures, culminating in an ongoing internet shutdown, the Iranian regime seems to be staggering toward its digital surveillance endgame.

Moltbook, the Social Network for AI Agents, Exposed Real Humans’ Data

Plus: Apple’s Lockdown mode keeps the FBI out of a reporter’s phone, Elon Musk’s Starlink cuts off Russian forces, and more.

ICE Agent’s ‘Dragging’ Case May Help Expose Evidence in Renee Good Shooting

The government has withheld details of the investigation of Renee Good’s killing—but an unrelated case involving the ICE agent who shot her could force new revelations.

Senator, who has repeatedly warned about secret U.S. government surveillance, sounds new alarm over ‘CIA activities’

The two-line letter to the CIA’s director is the latest warning in recent years from a long-serving Democratic senator with knowledge of secret government programs and intelligence operations.

Anthropic says its new Opus 4.6 platform found over 500 previously unknown high-severity security flaws in open-source libraries during testing

New Opus improves significantly than the previous generation, Anthropic says, urging defenders to deploy it ASAP.

Conduent data breach might have been much worse than initially expected

Tens of millions of people are most likely affected by the January 2025 Conduent breach.

Top investment platform hit in data breach – over 1.4 million Betterment accounts exposed

Betterment accounts were not compromised, but users might start getting phishing emails.