2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (379+ words) App support is slim right now, but Google says more are coming. As longer, more complex passwords have become a necessity, remembering all those strings of numbers, letters, and special characters has become nearly impossible. Password managers can solve that…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (116+ words) A patch gap and the hastened pace of AI-based vulnerability discovery are likely contributors. A nearly identical exploit kit that targets critical vulnerabilities in both Chromium-based browsers and older versions of Windows is being actively used by at least four…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (744+ words) LG TVs are facing scrutiny due to a video seemingly showing the devices’ capability to track users when the TVs are off. YouTube channel Gamers Nexus worked with Level1Techs, a technology-focused YouTube channel, and security researchers to analyze LG TVs’ tracking…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (369+ words) Security gnomes are pumping out patches ahead of an expected onslaught of AI-assisted attacks. Microsoft’s patch for September is a doozy, with a record number of roughly 972 vulnerabilities fixed and 112 of them meeting the high critical-severity threshold. Dustin Childs, a…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (318+ words) In all, 3,700 internal agents posted 18,000 messages discussing cheating on a test. Self-identifying OpenAI agents posted 18,000 messages to a public wiki that discussed ways for other agents to bypass security sandbox restrictions during what was likely internal testing designed to gauge…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (186+ words) A once-overlooked block of unicode that’s invisible to humans is gaining ever wider use. A clever technique used to hide malicious prompts in attacks on AI agents has been adopted by spammers to evade filters on email platforms that are…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (350+ words) Open source, commercial, single-hop, multi-hop, mixnet? The array of options is dizzying. A prominent US senator is asking the National Security Agency to provide guidance to the general public on best practices for using virtual private networks to secure their…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (165+ words) The FBI is reportedly investigating a massive data breach that is unfolding in real time. Not long ago, I rented an SUV from a well-known car rental company. Within hours of an employee scanning my driver’s license, a high-resolution scan…...