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Another type of ‘spyware’: The most invasive everyday apps revealed
4+ hour, 13+ min ago (454+ words) The Meta pair of Instagram and Facebook come in first place'with an index score of 61.47 out'of 100.'Both apps are among the most widely used'worldwide. Conventional spyware refers to malicious code that hijacks an app to take data from the user....
Copy made: Where is identity theft rising fastest in the USA?
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (333+ words) Number #1: The statistics show that Georgia reported 55,955 identity theft cases in 2024 . A new review of identity theft reveals that the Southern states dominate identity theft rankings, with Georgia and Florida taking the top spots. South Dakota has the lowest rate…...
GEO experiment indicates competitor sabotage ‘possible’ using AI models
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (455+ words) New experimental results on AI sabotage have exposed just how some businesses are. A survey found that almost one in five businesses would consider sabotaging their competitors, such is the cut-throat inherent dynamic of capitalism. Now, with the growth of…...
Laser-etched glass can store data for millennia, Microsoft says
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (555+ words) Thousands of years from now, what will remain of our digital era? The ever-growing vastness of human knowledge is no longer stored in libraries, but on hard drives that struggle to last decades, let alone millennia. However, information written into…...
Global report charts rise in ransomware attacks
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (467+ words) A new report contains anonymized information about data movement across hundreds of organizations and should be used to assess risk associated with cybercrime. Cybersecurity news of concern. There has been a 49% year-over-year increase in publicly disclosed ransomware attacks, reaching a…...
AI ‘arms race’ risks human extinction, warns top computing expert
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (624+ words) Tech CEOs are locked in an artificial intelligence "arms race" that risks wiping out humanity, said computer science researcher Stuart Russell. Tech CEOs are locked in an artificial intelligence "arms race" that risks wiping out humanity, top computer science researcher…...
Enterprise Adoption of Autonomous AI Raises Data Leak Risks: Edison.Watch Introduces Deterministic AI Security Framework
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (506+ words) New agent-aware deterministic access controls designed to help enterprises prevent autonomous AI data exposure DOHA, QA / ACCESS Newswire / February 17, 2026 / As enterprises accelerate the deployment of autonomous AI agents capable of independently accessing systems, sending communications, and moving data across cloud…...
EquiDeFi Positions Itself as Infrastructure Powering Modern Private Investing
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (262+ words) Fintech company reinforces its compliance first SaaS model supporting private capital markets without acting as a broker dealer or investment advisor FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA / ACCESS Newswire / February 16, 2026 / EquiDeFi, a financial technology software company, announced its continued focus on providing secure…...
Job threats, rogue bots: five hot issues in AI
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (567+ words) As artificial intelligence evolves at a blistering pace, world leaders and thousands of other delegates will discuss how to handle the technology at the AI Impact Summit, which opens Monday in New Delhi. Here are five big issues on the…...
Interpol backroom warriors fight cyber criminals 'weaponising' AI
1+ week, 17+ hour ago (770+ words) From perfectly spelled phishing emails to fake videos of government officials, artificial intelligence is changing the game for Interpol's cat-and-mouse fight against cybercrime at its high-tech war rooms in Singapore. Their foe: crime syndicates, structured like multinational firms, which are…...