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A new Android vulnerability called GhostMap causes devices to enter a crash loop simply by installing a malicious app, leaving phones unusable.

Google has banned Videostrong Technology after discovering an unauthorized backdoor in 1.3 million Android TV set-top boxes used for ad fraud and malware.

Google has banned Chinese manufacturer Videostrong Technology after 1.3 million Android devices were secretly turned into a botnet for ad fraud and data theft.

Cisco Talos researchers have identified VOLTA, a self-deleting Windows infostealer that uses AI to rank stolen victim assets by value before exfiltrating the data.

Cisco Talos researchers discovered Volta-Autodoxer, an AI infostealer malware that uses large language models to profile victims and prioritize high-value targets.

A malicious claude extension in the Cursor marketplace exposed thousands of developers to potential backdoor access. Anthropic confirms its systems were not breached.

Fraudsters are increasingly targeting session cookies to hijack accounts without needing passwords or triggering alerts. Here is how the theft works and how to stop it.

Researchers at Eye Security have disabled the vulnerable updater for the abandoned Popcorn Time fork Time4Popcorn, preventing potential botnet creation on millions of devices.