Teenage WikiLeaks volunteer: Why I served as an FBI informant
A young Icelandic boy’s journey as an informant all began with a cryptic e-mail sent to the United States Embassy in Reykjavík from Sigurdur “Siggi” Thordarson (Sigurður Ingi Þórðarsson), then an 18-year-old. Thordarson had been involved with WikiLeaks during the previous 18 months, moving ever-closer to the inner circle of the group—Julian Assange eventually promoted […] more…Banking malware returns to basics to evade detection, Trusteer says
Financial malware authors are trying to evade new online banking security systems by returning to more traditional phishing-like credential stealing techniques, according to researchers from security firm Trusteer. read more more…Ice IX malware tricks Facebook users into exposing credit card details, says Trusteer
A new configuration of the Ice IX malware attempts to trick its victims into exposing their credit card details when they try to access their Facebook accounts, according to security firm Trusteer. read more Incoming search termsjoai teerJUWI teerbramateerTeerconm comnietteerbrama teersilon teer comteer silonnithteerteerboos more…Free iPad 3 Scams Steer Users to Bad Sites
Scammers have snatched up the opportunity to victimize people by leveraging the interest and anticipation over the upcoming release of iPad 3. Just days before its supposed launch, we have noted several posts on Facebook that claim to give away free iPad 3s to some “lucky” users. Unlike previous Facebook threats we’ve blogged recently, this […] more…Sizing the PHP exposure window for CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 with VirusTotal
On October 20, the PHP security team announced an out-of-band security release for Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at 14:00 UTC, fixing two critical vulnerabilities rated CVSS v4.0 9.2 (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619). Hours before the release, technical details leaked publicly. They point to the session.upload_progress feature, which has been part of PHP since 5.4.0 and is […] more…An undisclosed Microsoft presentation is now central to a multi-million dollar antitrust fight
There’s a new development in a Microsoft antitrust case, originally filed in England’s High Court in April 2021, and it doesn’t look good for the tech giant. A consent order from the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal is demanding documents from past and present Microsoft executives that may have a bearing on a £270 million (about […] more…An undisclosed Microsoft presentation is now central to a multimillion-dollar antitrust fight
There’s a new development in a Microsoft antitrust case, originally filed in England’s High Court in April 2021, and it doesn’t look good for the tech giant. A consent order from the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal is demanding documents from past and present Microsoft executives that may have a bearing on a £270 million (about […] more…BigBear 2.0 phishing campaign hijacks Microsoft 365 sessions after MFA
A phishing-as-a-service operation targeting Microsoft 365 users has harvested thousands of session cookies that could be used to hijack authenticated sessions after victims complete multifactor authentication, CloudSEK said. The cybersecurity firm said in a report that it uncovered the operation, known as BigBear 2.0, in June after gaining access to its administrative panel. The panel contained 5,137 […] more…How to automate your Gmail inbox — without AI
Gmail is filled with hidden features and add-on possibilities, but one of the service’s most powerful organizational tools is sitting right in the heart of its regular settings. As you may have guessed by now (especially if you read this story’s headline, you clever little cat), I’m talking about filters — Gmail’s long-standing system for […] more…Anthropic makes changes to stop AI agents running amok again
Learning from the OpenAI-Hugging Face fiasco, as well as from recent revelations about its own model, Anthropic is revamping its security and alignment practices. The company has established controls that flag when a model attempts to break out of a sandbox or successfully accesses the live internet, cordoned off its highest-risk test environments, and proposed […] more…OpenClaw becomes a nonprofit foundation as it seeks to be ‘the Switzerland of AI’
OpenClaw’s announcement that it has become a nonprofit foundation is generating IT excitement because of the potential for governance and development consistency that the popular platform has thus far lacked. Still, some worry about the risks created by the move. “Our ambition is for OpenClaw to be the Switzerland of AI. Neutral ground where every […] more…6 ways to make AI accountability stick
As intelligent systems move into production environments and begin taking actions, organizations quickly discover that accountability becomes much harder. Unlike traditional enterprise software, these tools can produce unpredictable outcomes as they interact dynamically with data, APIs, and business workflows. “When something goes wrong with AI, it is generally assigned to whoever was closest to the […] more…Welcome to AI’s creepy era
For the past few days, I’ve been immersed in Google’s latest vision of the future — an AI-infused dashboard that taps into info from all of your Google app activity and then uses that data to cook up a series of daily “stories” designed to “connect you with what matters.” And — believe me, I […] more…Why Waymo settled for the wrong car
Forget “Florida Man.” Want to hear a California Man story? Here goes. A California man rolled up to a yoga studio in San Francisco’s Marina District in a self-driving Waymo car, walked into the studio, grabbed an armful of yoga shorts, got back in the Waymo and took off. Six months later, police still haven’t […] more…Why the axios supply chain attack should have Apple worried
The recent supply-chain attack against axios, a widely used open-source HTTP client, highlights a strategic weakness in the global technology stack: critical digital infrastructure is increasingly maintained by under‑resourced individuals, and its failure has systemic economic and national security consequences — even for tech giants like Apple. At the center of your code Axios is a programming library […] more…Google embeds Gemini AI deeper into Workspace apps
Google on Wednesday introduced several new ways for Gemini AI assistant to create and edit content in Workspace apps such as Docs, Slides and Sheets. The changes, said Julie Geller, principal research director at Info-Tech Research Group, represent “incremental improvements more than revolutionary features, but they address real workflow gaps. The actual value is that […] more…More information
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