Cryptopolitan

I Almost Got Hacked on a Microsoft Teams Call — Here’s How the Scam Works

Let me tell you how I came within steps of becoming a victim in an elaborate social engineering scheme designed to exploit something so routine and apparently ...
Krebs on Security

Who is the Kimwolf Botmaster “Dort”?

Who is the Jacob that Qoft referred to as their business partner? The breach tracking service Constella Intelligence finds the password used by [email protected] was reused by just one other ...
Psychology Today

Tinder Calls 'Clear Coding' a 2026 Dating Trend

The dating app Tinder has listed 'Clear Coding' as one of the dating trends for 2026. Are you ready to get with the program ...

Let me see some ID: age verification is spreading across the internet

Apple is bringing age verification to the UK, as the latest iOS 26.4 beta prompts users to verify that they’re over 18 following installation. As shown in screenshots posted to Reddit, Apple says ...
Eurogamer

Discord advises UK users that they "may be part of an experiment" where instead of their age verification data never leaving their phone, it will now actually leave their phone

UK Discord users have raised concerns about the company's new age verification processes, claiming that while it had originally promised that "video selfies submitted for facial age estimation will ...
The New York Times

Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts

The department has sent Google, Meta and other companies hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment on Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officials and tech workers said ...
India.com

You can use WhatsApp without sharing your phone number – Here’s how most users don’t know

WhatsApp is secretly developing new privacy features that will revolutionize communication. But until WhatsApp rolls out a native option to hide your phone number from other users, you can use a few ...
The Clarion-Ledger

North, Central Mississippi phone numbers getting new area code. What we know

New phone numbers in Mississippi will get a new area code, starting now. Here's what to know about when, where and why the change is happening, how it could affect you. The Mississippi Public Service ...
Channel NewsAsia Singapore

Phone makers in India not mandated to share source code, say industry body and government

SINGAPORE: There is no mandate from the Indian government requiring phone makers to share their source code, industry body MAIT said in a statement on Wednesday (Jan 14). The statement by the group, ...
Infosecurity-magazine.com

VVS Stealer Uses Advanced Obfuscation to Target Discord Users

A Python-based malware family known as VVS stealer has been observed using advanced obfuscation and stealth techniques to target Discord users and extract sensitive ...
The Hacker News

New VVS Stealer Malware Targets Discord Accounts via Obfuscated Python Code

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new Python-based information stealer called VVS Stealer (also styled as VVS $tealer) that's capable of ...
The New York Times

When the Phone Number in That TV Show Actually Connects Somewhere

Passing on the classic 555 number, “Stranger Things” is the latest show to offer Easter eggs for viewers who try to call a fictional character. By Victor Mather In the final season of the Netflix hit ...