Trailer for Anaconda meta-reboot leans into the laughs
Sony Pictures has dropped a trailer for its upcoming horror comedy, Anaconda, a meta-reboot of the 1997 campy cult classic—and frankly, it looks like a lot of fun. Starring Paul…
After child’s trauma, chatbot maker allegedly forced mom to arbitration for $100 payout
Deeply troubled parents spoke to senators Tuesday, sounding alarms about chatbot harms after kids became addicted to companion bots that encouraged self-harm, suicide, and violence. While the hearing was focused…
Gemini AI solves coding problem that stumped 139 human teams at ICPC World Finals
Like the rest of its Big Tech cadre, Google has spent lavishly on developing generative AI models. Google’s AI can clean up your text messages and summarize the web, but…
Trump admin says Social Security database wasn’t “leaked, hacked, or shared”
The Trump administration yesterday issued a lengthier denial of a whistleblower’s allegation that DOGE officials at the Social Security Administration (SSA) copied the agency’s database to an insecure cloud system.…
Why, as a responsible adult, SimCity 2000 hits differently
When I was a child, SimCity 2000 felt like a fun, animated set of urban-themed Lego blocks to tinker with. Revisiting the game roughly three decades later, though, I’ve found…
New FileFix Variant Delivers StealC Malware Through Multilingual Phishing Site
Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a new campaign that’s leveraging a variant of the FileFix social engineering tactic to deliver the StealC information stealer malware. “The observed campaign uses a…
SlopAds Fraud Ring Exploits 224 Android Apps to Drive 2.3 Billion Daily Ad Bids
A massive ad fraud and click fraud operation dubbed SlopAds ran a cluster of 224 apps, collectively attracting 38 million downloads across 228 countries and territories. “These apps deliver their…
Chaos Mesh Critical GraphQL Flaws Enable RCE and Full Kubernetes Cluster Takeover
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed multiple critical security vulnerabilities in Chaos Mesh that, if successfully exploited, could lead to cluster takeover in Kubernetes environments. “Attackers need only minimal in-cluster network access…
RaccoonO365 Phishing Network Dismantled as Microsoft, Cloudflare Take Down 338 Domains
Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit said it teamed up with Cloudflare to coordinate the seizure of 338 domains used by RaccoonO365, a financially motivated threat group that was behind a phishing-as-a-service…
DOJ Resentences BreachForums Founder to 3 Years for Cybercrime and Possession of CSAM
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday resentenced the former administrator of BreachForums to three years in prison in connection with his role in running the cybercrime forum and…