The popular video platform TikTok has found itself at the center of a new scandal involving alleged violations of European data protection laws. It has emerged that the service tracks user activity not only...
In an industry where artificial intelligence increasingly sets the rules of the game, one startup has found itself at the center of a high-profile scandal. A hacker known by the alias “Kira” exposed the...
Many of us have installed an app “just once”—simply to breeze through registration, dismiss pop-ups, and finally reach the button we need. But when it comes to gadgets controlled via a smartphone, such haste...
The streaming platform SoundCloud has confirmed that recent outages and problems accessing the service via VPN were the result of a security incident: attackers exfiltrated a database containing users’ email addresses and profile information....
Browser extensions have long been a familiar way to boost productivity and add useful features, yet another incident illustrates how easily this convenience can be transformed into a channel for the quiet harvesting of...
In the autumn of 2025, files began circulating in the public domain that are attributed to the Iranian hacking group APT35, also known as Charming Kitten. That initial wave of disclosures shed light on...
A tool has been released into the public domain that enables covert monitoring of user activity on WhatsApp and Signal using nothing more than a phone number. This surveillance technique spans more than three...
A data leak at the Chinese company Knownsec—long heralded as one of the flagships of the nation’s cybersecurity industry—has dealt the firm a reputational blow and forced an unexpected admission of internal weaknesses. In...
The American manufacturer of aerospace and defense components ADC Aerospace has come under scrutiny following a potential cyberattack: a post on the underground leak site operated by the ransomware group Play claims that corporate...
The GrapheneOS mobile operating-system project has announced that it is severing ties with OVHcloud, expressing concern that French jurisdiction no longer offers a reliably secure environment for protecting user data and devices. The developers...
Messages in the WhatsApp messenger may contain hidden geolocation data even when the user has deliberately chosen not to share their location. This was brought to light by digital forensics specialist Elom Daniel. According...
A fresh controversy has unfolded on platform X around the long-awaited Grand Theft Auto VI — users spent several days dissecting alleged gameplay leaks that ultimately proved to be AI-generated clips. The episode underscored...
