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Apple Fixes Hide My Email Bug Exposing Real Addresses

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Apple patched a flaw that let users’ real addresses appear in Mail app logs after a year‑long discovery by Tyler Murphy.

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Android AI agents let invisible screen text run code on host PCs

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Open‑source Android AI agents can covertly transmit commands via hidden overlays, letting attackers run code on connected PCs.

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FakeGit Uses 7,600 GitHub Repos to Spread SmartLoader Malware

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A new campaign named FakeGit hijacked thousands of GitHub repos to deliver SmartLoader malware via fake AI servers.

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Hackers Leak Children’s School Data on Dark Web

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School files with children’s personal data sold on the dark web.

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Exposed Elasticsearch Database Holds 24 Billion Credential Pairs

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A newly uncovered Elasticsearch database contains more than 24 billion stolen username/password combinations, exposing a massive trove of compromised credentials that could be leveraged by attackers worldwide.

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Sony Reveals Parental Controls for PlayStation Kids

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Sony announced new parental‑control tools aimed at giving parents visibility over their children’s PlayStation activity.

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Sony Password Storage Breach Exposes User Credentials

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Sony stored user passwords without proper encryption, exposing them on December 9, 2018.

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WordPress Core Flaw Enables Unauthenticated Code Execution

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An unauthenticated attacker can run arbitrary code on any vulnerable WordPress core installation via crafted HTTP requests.

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NTIA Recommends New Online Safeguards for Children

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The U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration issued a July 22 report outlining measures to shield kids from digital harm, including stricter age verification and anti‑dark‑pattern design rules.

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EU Orders Google to Open Android Mic, Camera & Screen APIs

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The European Commission ordered Google to give rival AI assistants access to Android’s mic, camera, screen, wake‑word detection while the display is off, and background app control by August 1 2027.

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Automated Reconnaissance Surge Hits 36,000 Scans/Second

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Attackers now conduct about 36 000 malicious scans per second—a 16.7 % increase from last year—raising concerns about rapid vulnerability discovery.

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TuxBot v3 Evolution Shows LLM-Assisted IoT Botnet

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Researchers uncovered an IoT botnet framework that used a large language model to generate code, highlighting how AI lowers barriers to creating sophisticated malware.

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