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President Donald Trump has signed a scaled-back version of an executive order governing AI that he had shelved less than two weeks ago, after senior aides persuaded him that the administration could not indefinitely delay establishing a framework for the technology, according to two officials familiar with the matter. The
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Minecraft has remained a mainstay in the gaming landscape for over a decade thanks in large part to the abundant number of mods available for the game. Hackers are now weaponizing this prevalence of mods in the Minecraft ecosystem, with security firm McAfee detailing a new malware campaign that started
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You can tap into several new features while watching the tournament. 3 min read Fans ready to watch FIFA World Cup 2026 -- undoubtedly the biggest TV sports event of the summer -- have plenty of ways to keep up with the tournament from home. Xfinity is offering its customers
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* Weedhack spreads via poisoned Minecraft mods on YouTube * Malware disables defenses and enables remote access * Offered as MaaS with free and paid tiers Cybercriminals are using YouTube to disseminate malware that targets Minecraft users and takes full control over their computers. In January this year, security researchers McAfee Labs spotted
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* A new Surfshark study found that over 50% of the top 15 mobile browsers collect user location data. * Microsoft Edge, Aloha, Yandex, and Phoenix collect precise location data, with Edge and Aloha openly sharing it with third parties. * Privacy-focused browsers like Tor, Brave, and DuckDuckGo do not collect app-level location
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At Microsoft’s annual Build conference on Tuesday, the company announced a slew of new or expanded AI initiatives, including a super app, in-house reasoning models, a cybersecurity tool, and OpenClaw-esque AI agents. All this news added up to a clear message: Microsoft is positioned to be one of the
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If we look back at the year of 2026 so far, it might be easy to see cybersecurity falling by the wayside, as much of the world’s attention remains on wars raging, the climate worsening, and we’re seemingly just one dodgy sneeze away from the next global pandemic.
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A suspected China-aligned cybercrime group tracked as TA4922, previously known for targeting organisations in East Asia, is now running campaigns against organisations in the UK, Germany, Italy, and South Africa. Proofpoint researchers said the group has increased its attacks in recent months, using familiar phishing tactics with a growing set
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AI is our new leader. We just accept and do what it tells us. Maybe we should be a bit more circumspect. Concern over the performance of AI agents has been constant, ranging from ‘leaky’ to just plain wrong decision-making. Since the pressure to use more agents more autonomously because
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* Malware hides payload in Steam Community comments * WordPress sites used to host backdoors * Nearly 2,000 sites compromised since July Security researchers from GoDaddy found a cheeky new malware campaign that used comments made by Steam Community accounts as command-and-control (C2) infrastructure. Here is how the attack plays out: The
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In a major expansion of its global cybersecurity strategy, artificial intelligence pioneer Anthropic has announced that it is widening access to its highly restricted Claude Mythos Preview model to 15 countries, explicitly including India. The rollout, orchestrated under an industry initiative known as Project Glasswing, will distribute the elite model
