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AI Girlfriend Apps Leak Private Chats in 17 Services

AI Girlfriend Apps Leak Private Chats in 17 Services

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Researchers have identified critical security vulnerabilities affecting 17 AI companion and "AI girlfriend" apps on Google Play, potentially exposing private conversations among 150 million...
Systemd Adds Birth Date Field for Age Verification Laws

Systemd Adds Birth Date Field for Age Verification Laws

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Systemd merged a pull request on March 19, 2026 adding an optional birthDate field to its userdb user database records, creating infrastructure for age...
Kyndryl Faces Enterprise Readiness Gap on Quantum

Kyndryl Faces Enterprise Readiness Gap on Quantum

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Kyndryl released its Readiness Report for 2025–2026, revealing significant gaps between enterprise investment in quantum computing and actual preparedness for related security and operational...
OFAC Sanctions DPRK Network Processing $12M Crypto

OFAC Sanctions DPRK Network Processing $12M Crypto

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The US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions targeting a network of North Korean facilitators coordinating IT worker...
Microsoft Fixes 77 Security Flaws in March Update

Microsoft Fixes 77 Security Flaws in March Update

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Microsoft released fixes for 77 security vulnerabilities on March 2026 Patch Tuesday, including a high-severity SQL Server flaw affecting versions back to 2016. Two...
FBI Investigates Breach of Its Wiretapping Network

FBI Investigates Breach of Its Wiretapping Network

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The FBI is reportedly investigating a significant cybersecurity breach of a computer network used for its wiretapping and surveillance operations. The incident, which involves...
Thailand Pushes for Digital Data Sovereignty Law

Thailand Pushes for Digital Data Sovereignty Law

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The government of Thailand is advancing a legislative framework aimed at establishing digital data sovereignty, which would mandate that certain types of data be...
Google Finds Coruna iOS Exploit Kit Fueling Fin Crime

Google Finds Coruna iOS Exploit Kit Fueling Fin Crime

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A sophisticated iOS exploit kit has transitioned from targeted surveillance operations to state-sponsored espionage and is now being used by financially motivated cybercriminals, according...
AI Bot 'hackerbot-claw' Exploits GitHub Actions

AI Bot ‘hackerbot-claw’ Exploits GitHub Actions

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An autonomous AI agent named hackerbot-claw ran a week-long automated attack campaign between February 21-28, 2026, systematically scanning public repositories for exploitable GitHub Actions...
Open Source Repos Face Crisis From 10T Downloads

Open Source Repos Face Crisis From 10T Downloads

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Major open-source registries are facing an operational crisis under the strain of 10 trillion component downloads last year, a volume that rivals the scale...

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