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Age verification: Child protection or privacy risk?

With governments demanding actual age verification on websites with adult content, and platforms like social media and Roblox introducing restrictions based on a user’s age, the controversy about different types of age verification and their implications is growing. Last week, Roblox announced new age estimation technology which, it says, should help to confirm users’ ages […]

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iPhone vs. Android: iPhone users more reckless, less protected online

The smartphone wars have a winner, and it’s Android. No, this isn’t about which device has the best camera, the snappiest processor, or the flashiest AI features—this is about which device owners are safer online, and in many ways, it is Android users who take the crown. According to a new analysis from Malwarebytes, when

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Introducing the smarter, more sophisticated Malwarebytes Trusted Advisor, your cybersecurity personal assistant

You ever get that feeling when you double-check the locks, but still wonder if you’ve missed something? That’s what a lot of people feel about cybersecurity.   That’s where Malwarebytes Trusted Advisor comes in. You can see it as your very own cybersecurity personal assistant, giving you real-time insight into how protected you are, without

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AI-generated image watermarks can be easily removed, say researchers

Now that AI can make fake images that look real, how can we know what’s legitimate and what isn’t? One of the primary ways has been the use of defensive watermarking, which means embedding invisible markers in AI-generated images to show they were made up. Now, researchers have broken that technology. Generative AI isn’t just

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Startup takes personal data stolen by malware and sells it on to other companies

A tech startup is using personal data stolen by infostealer malware that it has found on the dark web, and then selling access to that data. And it claims to be working within the law. According to 404 Media, for as little as $50, Farnsworth Intelligence will give companies a look at records from infostealer

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‘Car crash victim’ calls mother for help and $15K bail money. But it’s an AI voice scam

A woman in Florida was tricked into giving thousands of dollars to a scammer after her daughter’s voice was AI-cloned and used in a scam. Sharon Brightwell says she received a call from someone who sounded just like her daughter. The woman on the other end was sobbing and crying, telling her mom that she

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“Ring cameras hacked”? Amazon says no, users not so sure

In the last week, countless Amazon Ring users on TikTok, Reddit, and X have been saying they believe their Ring cameras were hacked starting May 28. Many posted screenshots of their accounts, showing multiple unauthorized device logins, making these claims hard to ignore. Forbes looked into the issue and even the journalist found several logins

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Meta execs pay the pain away with $8 billion privacy settlement

Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg and several other members of the social media giant’s top brass agreed to settle increasingly heated privacy violation claims for the price of $8 billion. It is far from the first time that the company, its subsidiary Facebook, or its executives have responded to alleged user privacy violations with billions upon

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