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For millions of Indians, buying something, scanning QR code and the payment is done in seconds just on a click has become a routine. Whether it is paying for groceries, ordering food or splitting a restaurant bill, Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has made digital payments simple. But after more than
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* Attackers spoofed LastPass Authenticator via SEO‑poisoned GitHub pages, delivering malicious ZIP files * Malware Rapuncel uses DLL sideloading, kills 145 AV products, and steals passwords, wallets, and tokens * Campaign ongoing for months; LastPass vaults unaffected, but users urged to download only from trusted sources Be careful when downloading the LastPass
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Four days. That’s how long you have left to save up to $200 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass before prices increase on September 25 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Register here for your ticket savings, plus 50% off a second. We’re on to the second reason
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The conversation around BRICS and technology is moving beyond artificial intelligence as a policy priority. For Indian startups, the more practical question is whether the grouping can create a path from policy discussions to customers, deployments, and repeat business across emerging markets. Building technology for the Global South is not
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* Researcher Patrick Wardle finds zero‑day in Meta’s new Muse AI assistant, * Dubbed not‑a‑mused, the exploit requires local compromise, voice dictation, and app integrations; attackers can hijack tokens and exfiltrate data * Meta has been informed but no patch yet; flaw highlights risks of AI assistants with broad
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Most organizations running operational technology (OT) or connected medical devices do not keep those systems on their own dedicated network segments, according to new research from Forescout’s Vedere Labs. The cybersecurity firm’s researchers examined 47,700 network segments holding more than 2.5 million devices across 209 organizations,
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* BigCommerce confirms supply‑chain breach via compromised Ribon app credentials affecting merchant storefronts * Master of Malt notified customers: names, emails, phone numbers, and addresses were exposed * Attack ran Sept 13–17 2026; ICO notified, law firm warns of phishing risks for affected retailers Ecommerce platform BigCommerce was recently hit with
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A Chinese threat actor has been targeting vulnerable ZyXEL GS1900 switches worldwide for sensitive information exfiltration, threat intelligence firm GreyNoise warns. Tracked as CVE-2026-7273 (CVSS score of 8.8), the security defect is described as a stack-based buffer overflow that could be exploited without authentication to execute OS commands via
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Google confirmed Friday that Gemini hacked three real companies back in May. The incident is the first known autonomous Gemini AI breakout and closely follows—well, technically precedes—similar disclosures from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta. The breaches occurred during a cybersecurity "capture‑the‑flag" exercise run by Israeli
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Apple reportedly has no immediate plans to shut down Fitness+, but subscribers may soon notice fewer new workouts in one part of the service. Apple reportedly laid off a handful of Fitness+ employees as it reassesses its fitness subscription. The cuts affected staff working on audio features such as Time
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Two newly disclosed incidents involving rogue AI agents are raising questions about what happens when autonomous software operates through apparently legitimate access. In both cases, agents were able to use valid accounts or credentials and continue searching for ways into systems and data beyond the access they had been given.
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Texas utility CenterPoint Energy has confirmed a data breach after a threat actor published customer information online and claimed to have stolen around 7.5 million records. CenterPoint said an unsanctioned third party accessed personal information through one of its external-facing systems. The company has brought in cybersecurity experts to
