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Microsoft’s Windows 11 Tracker Stays On Even After Privacy Changes
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (354+ words) The report states that Microsoft automatically assigns a GDID when Windows is installed or when a user signs into a Microsoft account. It describes the identifier as a permanent digital fingerprint linked to a specific Windows installation on a physical…...
Fake Police Call Cyber Fraud Gang Busted in Kanpur; 13 Arrested, Over 189 Complaints
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (273+ words) According to police, coordinated raids were carried out in four villages under the Sachendi police station limits after intelligence and technical surveillance indicated that members of the gang were operating from the area. Authorities said drones were deployed to monitor…...
AI Executives Face Rising Threats as OpenAI, Anthropic Boost Security
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (487+ words) As artificial intelligence reshapes economies and unsettles public opinion in equal measure, the executives building it have quietly become targets. Leading AI companies, including OpenAI and Anthropic, are significantly expanding security for senior leaders and staff after a sharp rise…...
WhatsApp’s GhostPairing Scam Steals Access Without a Password
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (388+ words) Cybercriminals have introduced a new social engineering technique called GhostPairing to target WhatsApp users worldwide. Instead of exploiting a software vulnerability or stealing passwords and OTPs, the scam abuses WhatsApp's legitimate Linked Devices feature. If a user is tricked into…...
Hacker Abused Google Gemini CLI to Run Botnet, Automate C2 Migration and Support Cyber Operations
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (188+ words) The report states that the threat actor, identified as “bandcampro,” interacted with Gemini CLI in more than 200 AI sessions during May and June 2026. Analysis of the recovered logs indicates that the AI provided technical troubleshooting on at least 59 occasions and…...
AI Voice Cloning and Deepfakes Could Trigger a “Tsunami” of Financial Fraud
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (534+ words) AI Voice Cloning and Deepfakes Could Trigger a "Tsunami" of Financial Fraud The420.in Artificial Intelligence is rewriting the economics of cybercrime, and the change is arriving faster than institutions can respond. Financial crime specialists now warn that a single fraudster,…...
China Launches Advanced Algorithmic Dragnet Targeting Healthcare Insurance Leakage
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (646+ words) In an unprecedented bid to protect the financial foundations of its massive public welfare infrastructure, the Chinese state has unleashed an aggressive, technology-driven campaign targeting healthcare fraud. Jointly led by the National Medical Products Administration and the National Healthcare Security…...
Cybercriminals Exploit AI Hallucinations To Launch Advanced Phishing Campaigns
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (523+ words) The boundary between a software technical limitation and an active cyber threat vector has entirely dissolved. Artificial intelligence hallucinations, once viewed simply as an algorithmic quirk where systems generate false facts and non-existent links, have officially transitioned into structural security…...
Inside ASTR: The Facial Recognition System Reshaping India’s Telecom Security
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (437+ words) India's Department of Telecommunications has confirmed that its AI-driven facial recognition system, ASTR, has now disconnected more than five crore fraudulent mobile connections, wiping out roughly 3.7 per cent of the world's second-largest telecom network in what officials call the largest…...
8,400 Phishing Domains Targeted Turkish Banks, Group-IB Reveals
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (549+ words) Cybersecurity firm Group-IB has uncovered a sprawling phishing operation using more than 8,400 malicious domains to impersonate Turkish banks and government services, tracking activity between November 2025 and April 2026 across five connected scam schemes. The investigation found the campaigns were not isolated…...