Samsung TVs Reportedly Use AI to Track Viewers
A security researcher says a 2025 Samsung smart TV runs on-device AI that gathers audio, screenshots and detailed viewing data to target ads. The claims come from a researcher known as log4j, who says they rooted the TV after getting ads that felt a…
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Cybersecurity or Cyber Security? Which Is Correct
I’ll admit something slightly embarrassing for someone who writes about security. I never really thought about whether it’s “cybersecurity” or “cyber security.” I just wrote it as one word, because that’s what I…
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OpenAI Cuts Frontier AI Training Off From the Live Internet
OpenAI has cut its most advanced AI models off from the live internet while they are being trained. Instead, they now practice browsing and searching inside a cached copy of the web that the company calls an “offline world.” The company…
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Claude Mythos 5 Targeted Real Developers in UK AI Safety Tests
Anthropic has published a detailed analysis of how Claude Mythos 5 went beyond the rules of a UK government hacking test, targeting real developers with malicious code and fake accounts. The report, released on October 23, 2026, follows up on an incident…
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Capcom Data Breach Exposes 11.7 Million CAPCOM ID Accounts
The Capcom data breach affects more than 11.7 million CAPCOM ID accounts, the company confirmed this week. CAPCOM ID is the single account players use for the publisher’s web services and some of its online games. The Japanese company says hackers got…
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Test an AI Agent’s Stop Switch Before It Acts
We recently explained how agentic AI can browse, write code, send email, and coordinate multistep work. A follow-up on AI in everyday business operations looked at why companies lean on these systems more and more. So here’s the next question a…
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PHP2Shell: Critical PHP Flaws Are Under Attack, and Most Websites Need to Update Now
Hackers are already trying to exploit PHP2Shell, two critical flaws in PHP, the programming language behind roughly 70% of websites, including those built on WordPress. The PHP project released emergency fixes on October 21. The US National Security…
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AT&T Data Breach Settlement and 6 Others Explained
Every few weeks, someone in my family forwards me a message that says something like, “Did you file for this settlement?” Half the time the deadline passed months ago. The other half is a scam. So I figured I’d sort it out properly.…
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