… As WIRED reported at the start of April, some communities of men online are doxing women they know, sharing their private images, and buying hacking services to use against partners and friends. “They will sometimes put women’s contact details online with the intention that other men will cause har…
… Legal consultant Ahmed Elnaggar, managing partner of Elnaggar & Partners, says the rationale for arrests related to online activity is consistent with that framework. “Content shared during emergencies is assessed not only for its accuracy, but also for its potential impact on stability, security, … …
… And WIRED looked at arrests in the United Arab Emirates resulting from people sharing screenshots and other online content. And there’s more. Each week, we round up the security and privacy news we didn’t cover in depth ourselves. …
… Meta, meanwhile, is sprucing up its age-verification tech after a study found that kids are tricking online age checks using simple techniques—including one child hero who circumvented online age verification by drawing on a fake mustache. …
… Then there’s a ton of security bundles, which include services like NordProtect, Norton LifeLock, and Aura. These bring multiple security and privacy services under one roof. …
… The report, titled “The Online Safety Act: Are Children Safe Online?” showed that 46 percent of 9- to 16-year-olds believe that circumventing age controls is very easy. …
… Like millions of others, scammers, grifters, and low-level hackers are getting annoyed about AI encroaching into their lives and the rise of low-quality AI slop being posted in their online communities. “People don’t like it,” says Ben Collier, a security researcher and senior lecturer at the Unive… …
… Numerous people online, as well as the Swiss National Cybersecurity Center, have reported receiving phishing messages after losing or having their iPhones stolen, with the attackers aiming to get access to Apple iCloud accounts and remove them from phones. “To make the messages look convincing, the… …
… Most of the events have been moved to Paris or online, according to UNESCO’s website. …
Security researcher Dor Zvi and his team at the cybersecurity firm he cofounded, RedAccess, analyzed thousands of vibe-coded web applications created using the AI software development tools Lovable, Replit, Base44, and Netlify and found more than 5,000 of them that had virtually no security or auth… …