Third-Party SDKs Raise Privacy Questions for Apps Marketed to U.S. Military
The biggest privacy risk on smartphones may not be the apps themselves, but the third-party code quietly running inside them....
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Trump’s AI Safety Chief Is Out — After Just 90 Days on the Job
The Trump administration’s top AI testing official is out after just 90 days on the job. Chris Fall has resigned...
Hackers Already Exploiting Newly Patched WordPress Flaws, Researchers Warn
Hackers are already exploiting two newly patched WordPress vulnerabilities, exposing millions of websites that have yet to install the latest...
Craneware Confirms Data Theft After Cyberattack, Investigations Underway
Hackers have stolen data from Craneware, a healthcare software provider serving thousands of U.S. hospitals and pharmacies, highlighting how cybercriminals...
AWS Billion-Dollar Software Bug Explained
A runaway cloud bill can trigger instant panic. For some Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers, that panic arrived in the...
23andMe Agrees to $18M Settlement With 43 States Over 2023 Data Breach
An $18 million settlement is the latest consequence of 23andMe’s 2023 data breach—and a reminder that some stolen information can...
Microsoft’s ‘Project Perception’ Could Challenge Anthropic’s Mythos in AI Security
Microsoft is reportedly preparing a new security product, called Project Perception, that would work similarly to Anthropic’s Mythos, deployed within...
Critical Zoom Flaw Could Let Attackers Take Over Windows Accounts
A critical flaw in Zoom’s Windows software could allow an unauthenticated attacker to remotely take over an account, giving organizations...
New FCC Proposal Pits Phone Privacy Against Fraud Prevention
The days of buying an anonymous burner phone in the U.S. could be numbered. The Federal Communications Commission has proposed...
The Biggest Data Breaches of 2026 So Far, Ranked by Impact
A single cyber breach can expose millions of people, disrupt essential services, and leave victims dealing with the consequences for...
SpaceXAI Open-Sources Grok Build After Privacy Backlash
SpaceXAI has open-sourced Grok Build, its terminal-based AI coding agent and text user interface (TUI), releasing the project’s source code...
Claude for Chrome Flaw Puts Gmail at Risk From Rogue Extensions
A security flaw in Anthropic’s Claude for Chrome could allow a malicious browser extension to trigger Gmail, Google Docs, and...
ThreatsDay: Game Cheat Spyware, 24-Hour Ransomware, Chrome Sync Stalking + 12 More Stories
Ravie LakshmananJul 16, 2026Hacking News / Cybersecurity News A lot of this week’s trouble starts with something that looks close...
Jalisco, OmegaLord Phishing Kits Target Microsoft 365 Accounts
New phishing kits beat Microsoft’s MFA at its own game. Researchers at cybersecurity company ReliaQuest have uncovered two phishing toolkits,...
