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Researchers traced mercenary spyware on Al Jazeera devices to ordinary online ads. Here is how an ad auction became a targeting route, what the evidence proves, and how high-risk people and newsrooms can reduce the exposure.
Attackers reached root on a fully patched Ivanti Connect Secure appliance and cleaned up much of their trail. The repair needs two receipts: proof that the entry path is closed and evidence that the earlier appliance was not already used.
A proposed US copyright law would let courts order large VPN, broadband, and DNS providers to block access to foreign sites. Here is what the bill says, where collateral damage begins, and what privacy-conscious users should watch.
A China-aligned phishing campaign relayed real Microsoft sign-ins while stealing the resulting sessions. The defence starts with origin-bound authentication, independent verification, and a response plan that revokes more than a password.
A federal judge blocked Utah’s demand that adult websites identify every visitor physically inside the state, even behind a VPN. The narrow ruling shows why privacy tools need honest limits, precise laws, and a threat model that survives contact with the network.
Cloud AI can process a private conversation inside a hardened server, but the message still crosses a new trust boundary. Keep that transfer visible, deliberate, and narrow.
A court transferred Radaris.com after a New Jersey privacy case. Here is what that changes, what it leaves behind, and how to reduce a people-search trail without mistaking one removal for invisibility.
Iran-linked operators used researched conversations and convincing files to put spyware on Windows computers. The useful defence starts before the download, with a separate-channel check that preserves both the message and the device.
Revolut released sensitive customer records after fraudulent requests arrived from a legitimate government agency email domain. The failure offers a practical lesson for every team that handles official demands for data.
Some police have been told to hide or blur their use of license plate readers in reports. Here is how the missing name breaks oversight, and which records can restore the trail.
Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, Oregon, and Virginia now restrict the sale of precise location data. Here is what those laws close, what they leave open, and what you can do about the trail your phone creates.
Android 17 brings Encrypted Client Hello to mobile connections. It closes a revealing gap beside HTTPS, but the address, timing, app, and destination can still leave clues.