2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (267+ words) Ukrainian national Oleksii Lytvynenko has received a four-year US prison sentence for his role in Conti, the ransomware operation linked to more than $150 million in victim payments. A Ukrainian national who helped in the Conti ransomware operation has been sentenced…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1018+ words) Australian Steam users are facing a new age-verification barrier when trying to view or buy games rated 18+: Valve asks them to add a valid Australian credit card before they can access mature content. The change took effect Sept. 9, when Australia’s…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (511+ words) Google has released Chrome 153 with security fixes for desktop and Android users, including a vulnerability that attackers are already exploiting in the wild. Google is urging Chrome users to update their browsers after patching a security vulnerability that is already…...

5+ day ago   (591+ words) Instagram content creators say scammers are abusing the platform’s copyright-reporting system to get accounts suspended, then demanding money to make the complaints disappear. Losing access to a social media account can cost content creators much more than followers. It can…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (445+ words) Branches of the US military have reportedly disabled ad-tracking on government-issued phones and computers, following concerns that commercially-available location data has been used to target American forces in the Middle East. Confirmation that the US Army, Air Force, Navy, and…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (474+ words) If you ever linked your Dropbox account to a Lenovo ID - perhaps to make life easier when logging in via a Lenovo laptop - you might want to take heed. Dropbox has confirmed that approximately 5,000 customer accounts were accessed between 4-21 August,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (873+ words) A coalition of technology companies, cybersecurity vendors, banks and other organizations is calling for an urgent global effort to strengthen cyber defenses as artificial intelligence reshapes the threat landscape. The open letter, published by OpenAI, warns that organizations have a…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (826+ words) WhatsApp is strengthening account protection with full passwords for two-step verification, support for multiple passkeys and more information about calls from unknown numbers. New account-security upgrades are meant to make account takeovers more difficult and help users think twice before…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (543+ words) Every time you add an extension or plugin to your browser, there's a risk that you might be doing more than managing your cryptocurrency wallet, generating passwords, taking notes, or tracking sports results. There's a chance that you have just…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (364+ words) We dissect what fooled others so it won’t fool you. Current status: patching knowledge gap vulnerabilities. Expect new updates every 2 weeks. Three suspected Russian cyber-espionage clusters are abusing legitimate authentication features to compromise personal accounts of people in sensitive sectors…...