A wave of websites is offering to check whether your antivirus is working. They call themselves SysScan, carry Microsoft branding, and all reach the same conclusion: Your computer has serious problems, and the cause is the antivirus software you installed. Windows, they claim, no longer supports third-party antivirus. Uninstall it immediately. That is false, and […]

GTA 6 footage really has leaked online, and Rockstar has an official Extended Look coming to Netflix on August 27. But cybercriminals are exploiting the hype with fake Rockstar sites that lead visitors to password-stealing malware. We identified a network of sites appearing in searches for a GTA 6 demo and impersonating Rockstar Games. One […]

While monitoring Android threats in June 2026, we discovered a new piece of Android malware. What struck us as unusual was that it installed like an ordinary user app yet made no attempt to disguise itself as legitimate software: it had no user interface at all. This led us to suspect the app might be […]

Healthcare technology giant CareCloud has confirmed that a data breach earlier this year impacted more than 3.75 million people, making it one of the largest healthcare data incidents disclosed this year. The New Jersey-based company, which provides electronic health record (EHR) and practice management services, first flagged the intrusion in an SEC filing back in […]

Did you know there is still a good reason to physically destroy your expired credit card? Scientific research found that the expiration date used by payment terminals on some contactless cards was not effectively protected against tampering. University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers Raja Hasnain Anwar, Gerard DeCunha, and Muhammad Taqi Raza tested contactless cards across […]

OpenAI has addressed complaints around teens’ use of its ChatGPT system by introducing ChatGPT for Teens, a version of the AI assistant designed specifically for users aged 13 to 17. But will it prevent determined kids from bucking the system? It brings together several protections OpenAI has introduced over the past year, along with new […]

The Dutch Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP) has advised Twitch users to opt out of sharing data with Amazon AI. Twitch launched as a live-video platform and is currently owned by Amazon. Its core product is live broadcasting with a built-in chat culture: streamers broadcast gameplay, commentary, performances or other live content while viewers interact in real […]

We identified a network of 41 websites impersonating popular games and Windows software, all designed to push visitors towards the same Download Studio installer. The sites advertise everything from Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Fallout, Roblox, PUBG, and The Witcher to VLC, 7-Zip, Paint.NET, VMware, Total Commander, and Foxit PDF. They go to surprising lengths to look convincing, using […]

Researcher Jeremiah Fowler found a cloud database containing more than 9 million image files accessible without authentication, WIRED reports. The leaky bucket, containing some 450 GB of images, was traced back to a US-registered company called ClarityCheck. In their own words, ClarityCheck says: “Use reverse image search to identify anyone in a photo. Find names, […]

Your Mac comes with a built-in firewall, but it’s probably not something you’ve given much thought to.  A firewall helps control incoming connections—requests from apps and other devices that want to connect to your Mac—giving you an extra layer of protection whenever you’re online.  For most people, the default settings work just fine. But if […]