Google wants to host your personal vibe-coded apps in the Play Store
Google has already added a few AI features to the Play Store, but a lot more are coming. The previously released Ask Play feature is expanding to offer more AI-powered…
The Paris Auto Show is full of interesting cars Americans can’t have
Perhaps the days when auto shows debuted new models aren’t entirely over. The big trade shows for cars were a gateway drug for many, expos where you could see the…
GitHub Tightens npm Publishing After Flaw Left 1,500+ Packages Vulnerable to Hijacking
GitHub has taken the step of expiring unvalidated npm trusted publishing configurations 48 hours after creation after researchers found that it was possible for an attacker to push new versions…
Jury Convicts Ohio Blogger Of Harassment For Sending A Naked Shrek Pic To A Local Politician
In today’s episode of “wtf,” we have a jury deciding a local blogger is a criminal because a local politician didn’t appreciate being sent a Shrek bereft of clothes to…
High-speed video reveals how honey bee stingers pump venom
Credit: Ramirez-Esquivel et al 202 Credit: Ramirez-Esquivel et al 202 Honey bees are known to leave their stingers embedded in tender flesh once they sting you and fly away. Scientists…
Xandr Fined a Record €8.6 Million for Relaying Grindr Data Revealing Sexual Orientation
The Norwegian Data Protection Authority (DPA) has fined Xandr, an advertising unit owned by Microsoft, €8.6 million ($9.62 million) for illegally relaying Grindr users’ sensitive data to advertisers. The administrative…
[Webinar] How to Stop AI-Driven Privilege Escalation With Runtime Identity Controls
The dangerous part of a stolen identity isn’t always the initial login. It’s what an attacker can do with that access next. With AI accelerating reconnaissance, exploitation of vulnerabilities, and…
Judge Orders Trump To Stop Airing Taxpayer-Funded Midterm Propaganda Ads (For Now)
Last week, the DNC sued the Trump administration for using $20 million in taxpayer money on strange and ineffective midterm ads. The use of taxpayer money technically violates multiple laws…
Product Walkthrough: Bitdefender AI Visibility and Control
A user opens a browser tab, pastes data into a chat assistant, and nothing is installed. A developer adds a coding assistant as an editor extension, and nothing shows up…
LG Smart TVs Vulnerable to Pre-Auth Root Takeover From Local Network
Three vulnerabilities in LG’s webOS can be chained to give an attacker on the same local network root access to certain smart TVs without a PIN or any interaction from…