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Not in my browser! Vivaldi capo doubles down on generative AI ban

Thu, 28/08/2025 - 20:33
Web browsing belongs to the people, not the bots

Jon von Tetzchner, CEO of Norway-based browser maker Vivaldi, believes the tech industry's efforts to automate web browsing using generative AI models have gone too far.…

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FBI, Dutch cops seize fake ID marketplace that sold identity docs for $9

Thu, 28/08/2025 - 20:10
$6.4M VerifTools marketplace offline

The FBI and Dutch police today said that they seized two domains and a blog tied to VerifTools, an international criminal marketplace that sold identity documents for as little as $9.…

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How does China keep stealing our stuff, wonders DoD group responsible for keeping foreign agents out

Thu, 28/08/2025 - 19:40
'The homeland is no longer secure,' says Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency leader

The Pentagon outfit responsible for preventing foriegn agents from infiltrating defense agencies says the US isn't doing a very good job of preventing state secrets from falling into Chinese hands.…

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16 billion credentials exposed: why your business needs a password manager now

Thu, 28/08/2025 - 17:23
Your passwords may already be at risk.

Partner Content  Ever felt that gut punch after losing something important, like your house keys? Now picture those, along with 184 million others, resting in plain sight at the wildest equivalent of Comic-Con for criminals.…

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SK Telecom walloped with $97M fine after schoolkid security blunders let attackers run riot

Thu, 28/08/2025 - 15:53
Regulator points to lack of 'basic access controls' between internet-facing systems, internal network

South Korea's privacy watchdog has slapped SK Telecom with a record ₩134.5 billion ($97 million) fine after finding that the mobile giant left its network wide open to hackers through a catalog of bungles.…

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TransUnion admits 4.5M affected after third-party support app breached

Thu, 28/08/2025 - 14:54
Credit agency offers own services as compensation

Credit scoring and monitoring biz TransUnion says that it recently suffered a breach affecting nearly 4.5 million individuals.…

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