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Browsing tools and Ad blockers: A guide to cleaner web experiences

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Web pages have become increasingly busy. Alongside the content people actually want to read, many sites now include display advertising, video promotions, pop-ups, cookie banners, sponsored elements, and social widgets. Ad blockers offer a way to reduce some of that clutter directly within a browser. However, they are not all designed in the same way. Some […]

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GitHub disputes Wiz’s claim that Copilot Autofix wrote a Snowflake flaw

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A security company said on Monday that an AI wrote a critical flaw into Snowflake’s code, and that another AI found it and broke in. The second half holds up. The first half came apart in about eight hours. What is left is still worth your attention. It is just not the story that travelled. […]

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An AI agent built a working exploit for this macOS flaw in four hours

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A security company built working exploits for two pre-authentication root bugs in macOS. It took four hours. The firm, Calif, used an AI agent. It now withholds technical details of one of those bugs, CVE-2026-65400, until most Macs carry the patch. The reason is the speed. Producing the exploit was too easy. Attackers are using […]

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France’s tax agency lost data on 678,000 people to a stolen login

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The French tax agency says an attacker took data belonging to 678,000 individuals and businesses. The intrusions happened in June and July. The agency did not establish that anything had left its systems until the attacker said so in August. The Direction générale des Finances publiques set out what the attacker reached in a statement […]

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The Supreme Court will not help Verizon recover $47mn over location data

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The US Supreme Court has refused Verizon’s request to amend a June ruling so it could pursue a refund of the $47mn it paid over selling access to customer location data. AT&T, whose case is procedurally different, can still seek reimbursement of its $57mn. Verizon will not get back the $47mn it paid over customer […]

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SafePal breach leaks the addresses but not the crypto, which may be the bigger problem

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SafePal, the Binance-backed maker of hardware and software crypto wallets, has disclosed a data breach affecting roughly 39,798 customers, all of whom placed orders between 2 March 2025 and 11 April 2026. The exposed records cover order information, namely names, physical addresses and contact details. It is the kind of leak that feels almost quaint […]

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OpenAI’s new ChatGPT feature logs your keystrokes and stores them in plain text

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OpenAI has launched Computer History, a ChatGPT feature that records clicks, keystrokes, keyboard shortcuts and app switches on macOS to build a searchable memory. The memory files are stored locally as unencrypted plain text, and the feature is not available in the EEA, Switzerland or the UK. OpenAI has given ChatGPT a record of what […]

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A phone company just lost 1.6 million records to a phone call

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Have I Been Pwned logged the leaked records, and The Register reported the dump on 14 August. Jessica Lyons, its cybersecurity editor, wrote it. A ShinyHunters spokesperson told her the group broke in by voice-phishing a member of staff. There was no exploit and no unpatched flaw. Someone picked up the phone. The detail that […]

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Cl0p claims a mass hack of Shell, Philips, and dozens more

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The Russia-linked ransomware group Cl0p has claimed a fresh wave of cyberattacks, naming Shell and Philips among its victims and, by some counts, dragging close to 50 companies into the mess. It is a familiar sort of headline, and one that reads more than a little like a rerun of the Oracle-linked breaches that have unsettled corporate […]

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Volvo’s new app grades your driving and sends the grade to your insurer

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Volvo is launching Safety Coach, an optional app that scores braking, acceleration and cornering, with high scorers offered cheaper usage-based insurance through Volvia. It starts in Sweden and Norway this month, with the United States and other European markets to follow. Volvo is launching an app that scores how you drive and hands the result […]

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