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Microsoft has fixed the GIF functionality in the Emoji Panel for Windows 11 users after the provider shut down its service.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says Amazon will pay a $2.25 million civil penalty to settle charges that it blocked identity theft victims' access to transaction records.

Adobe has released security patches for seven maximum-severity vulnerabilities in the ColdFusion web app development platform and the Campaign Classic marketing automation platform.

Anthropic has confirmed that the Department of Commerce has lifted export controls on Claude's two most powerful models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5.

Anthropic is now rolling out Sonnet 5, and it's almost as good as the Opus range, but it is designed to be cheaper than the company's flagship model.

A new prompt injection attack dubbed "BioShocking" could trick AI-powered browsers into treating real-world risky actions as part of a fictional scenario, causing them to ignore any safety guardrails.

Microsoft announced today that it is accelerating its quantum-safe security roadmap, saying advances in quantum computing are bringing the need to replace today's encryption standards sooner than previously expected.

A campaign active since last November has been targeting Python developers building Telegram bots with trojanized Pyrogram forks that allow attackers to read arbitrary files on compromised servers.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe said artificial intelligence capabilities are "akin to digital nuclear weapons.”

The Kids Internet and Digital Safety (KIDS) Act passed with bipartisan support by a 267-117 margin, winning the two-thirds majority needed to greenlight the legislation under a process that speeds up a bill’s path to a vote but requires…

A malicious extension in the Chrome Web Store is masquerading as the Perplexity AI answer engine, intercepting search traffic and collecting browsing information.

Business Email Compromise is more than an email scam. It's a coordinated operation involving compromised accounts, financial research, and cash-out networks. Flare explores how underground forums reveal how BEC attacks are planned and…

Russell Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), assumed hands-on responsibility for overseeing the spending plans of intelligence agencies following the recent departure of Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, a senior…

American insurance giant Aflac has disclosed a new data breach after attackers breached its Japan subsidiary's systems and stole personal and bank account information of 4.38 million customers.

Microsoft has introduced a new Teams admin policy that allows organizers to prevent third-party bots from joining meetings without approval.