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Fake ABC News Website Scam Using Facebook Ads to Defraud Australians of Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars

Jun 22, 2026 | Podcast

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-23/fake-abc-website-scam-facebook-ads/106653690 Scammers are running an industrial-scale operation using pixel-perfect clones of the ABC News website, promoted through Facebook advertising, to convince Australians to pour money into...

Passkeys vs Passwords: Readers Debate Whether a Smartphone PIN Can Really Be Safer Than a Complex Password

Jun 19, 2026 | Podcast

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jun/14/readers-reply-experts-say-we-should-use-passkeys-but-can-a-smartphone-pin-really-be-safer-than-a-password A lively reader debate has erupted in The Guardian’s long-running Notes and Queries column after a...

FIFA Bug in World Cup Streaming Infrastructure Opened Door to Remote Takeover

Jun 18, 2026 | Podcast

https://bobdahacker.com/blog/fifa-hack A security vulnerability discovered in FIFA’s digital infrastructure supporting World Cup streaming has been found to expose the platform to remote takeover, raising significant concerns about the cybersecurity posture of...

The Digital Trove: How a Single Hack Exposed One Man’s Entire Life and Why We’re All Vulnerable

Jun 17, 2026 | Podcast

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/your-digital-self-is-vulnerable.html The New York Magazine published a fantastic article about how a person who had good security practices had years of personal information exposed. The breach had originated when the person...

A Three-Stage Vulnerability Chain Turning Microsoft 365 Copilot Into a Silent Data Exfiltration Weapon

Jun 16, 2026 | Podcast

https://www.varonis.com/blog/searchleak Varonis Threat Labs has disclosed a critical vulnerability chain dubbed SearchLeak that transforms Microsoft 365 Copilot Enterprise Search into a silent data exfiltration tool, capable of extracting emails, security codes,...

Malicious JetBrains Marketplace Plugins Discovered Stealing AI API Keys from Developers

Jun 15, 2026 | Podcast

https://www.aikido.dev/blog/multiple-jetbrains-ide-plugins-caught-stealing-ai-keys Security researchers have uncovered malicious plugins on the JetBrains Marketplace that have been specifically designed to steal AI API keys from developers, targeting credentials used...

Apple Introduces Automatic Password Changing Feature for Compromised Credentials

Jun 11, 2026 | Podcast

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/06/08/apple-passwords-can-now-automatically-fix-passwords-with-agentic-ai Apple has unveiled a new security feature that will automatically change passwords that have been identified as compromised, marking a significant step forward in...

OpenClaw AI Agent Found Vulnerable to Phishing Attacks, Leaking Sensitive User Data

Jun 10, 2026 | Podcast

https://www.varonis.com/blog/openclaw-phishing Security researchers at Varonis have discovered that OpenClaw, an AI agent platform, is susceptible to phishing attacks that can trick the system into surrendering sensitive user data, raising serious concerns about the...

Anthropic Rolls Out Claude Fable 5 in Limited-Time Free Release Before Usage-Based Pricing Kicks In

Jun 9, 2026 | Podcast

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-rolls-out-claude-fable-5-but-its-available-for-a-limited-time Anthropic has made its latest AI model, Claude Fable 5, available to users free of charge, though the complimentary access window is...

GitHub Announces Sweeping npm Security Overhaul to Combat Supply Chain Attacks

Jun 8, 2026 | Podcast

Upcoming breaking changes for npm v12 GitHub has announced a series of significant security enhancements to the npm package registry in a determined effort to combat the growing threat of software supply chain attacks, with the changes introducing restrictions to how...
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