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OpenAI has reported an ongoing service incident involving elevated errors across ChatGPT and Codex, with the company confirming that it is investigating degraded performance affecting the two platforms. The issue was marked as “Investigating,” indicating that engineering teams had identified abnormal behavior but had not yet published a confirmed root cause, mitigation timeline, or full […]

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Cybercriminals are using fake acquisition deals to steer employees toward large wire transfers. The campaign, called Phantom Deal, begins with a believable WhatsApp message from someone appearing to be a known executive. It turns everyday corporate safeguards into barriers that the victim is told must be avoided to protect a confidential transaction. The operators used […]

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Hackers are turning rogue remote-support installations into a tool that can spread malicious code between Windows computers. The activity stands out because an infected remote-access client can pass staged payloads to connected systems, widening an intrusion without a lure for every victim. The campaign began with social engineering, including fake technical-support interactions, phishing, and a […]

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Researcher Chaotic Eclipse has claimed to have discovered a zero-day privilege-escalation vulnerability affecting Avast Antivirus and released a public proof-of-concept repository named PrettyPrague. The researcher behind the project, using the GitHub handle MSNightmare, says the issue can be exploited on fully patched Avast Antivirus installations running fully updated Windows 11 25H2 systems. The alleged flaw […]

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Anthropic’s Claude AI experienced a partial outage on September 3, 2026, disrupting requests across several Claude models and affecting developers, enterprise users, and individuals relying on the platform for coding, research, writing, and creative work. The incident began to draw attention at around 9:40 AM EDT, when users reported elevated error rates, stalled responses, and […]

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Hackers are putting QR codes in phishing emails to steal login credentials. Known as quishing, the method hides a dangerous web address inside a square and persuades recipients to scan it with a phone. The tactic exploits a habit: people distrust suspicious links but may view a QR code as a routine shortcut. A convincing […]

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A dark web identity theft service known as Nexus has reportedly offered scans of more than 153 million driver’s licenses from people in the United States and Canada. The FBI’s New Orleans field office has opened an investigation into the suspected source of the records, which may be linked to Louisiana-based identity verification provider IDScan.net. […]

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Researchers have developed SweepLED, a low-cost smartphone accessory designed to help travelers find concealed cameras in hotel rooms and short-term rentals. The prototype uses an LED-equipped phone case, computer vision, and machine learning to identify the optical signatures of camera lenses in under 5 seconds. Hidden cameras can be placed inside common objects such as […]

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Thomson Reuters has disclosed a data breach affecting C-Track, a court case management platform operated by its subsidiaries, exposing court records and sensitive personal information across courts in at least 12 US states, the US Virgin Islands, and Canada. The company published the disclosure publicly on Wednesday, along with separate notification pages for affected individuals in the United States and Canada. What happened, and when Thomson Reuters said it discovered unauthorized activity involving certain C-Track … More →

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