EasyOptOuts Co-Founders Disclose Apple Hide My Email Bug
Tyler Murphy and Ben Weiner of EasyOptOuts reported the Hide My Email flaw to Apple on June 13, 2025. The bug allowed…
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Open-Source Android AI Agents Vulnerable to Invisible Screen Text Attacks Leading to Host Code Execution
Researchers have demonstrated that open-source Android AI agent frameworks are vulnerable to a novel attack chain where invisible screen text can lead…
EU Orders Google to Open Android Mic, Camera and Screen to Rival AI Assistants
The European Commission has issued binding specification decisions under the Digital Markets Act, ordering Google to grant rival AI assistants the same…
Unpatched Shark Vacuum Flaws Expose Millions to Remote Code Execution via AWS IoT Misconfiguration
A security researcher publishing under the handle tokay0 has disclosed an unpatched vulnerability in SharkNinja's Shark robot vacuum cleaners that could allow…
PETS 2026: Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium
PETS 2026 is the 26th Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium, held in Calgary, Canada, from July 20-25, 2026, where the crypto wallet study…
Google and Microsoft Pull ModHeader Extension With 1.6 Million Installs After Dormant Data Collector Found
Google and Microsoft have removed the ModHeader browser extension from their respective web stores after security researchers discovered a dormant browsing-history collector…
Meta Files Patent for AI That Listens All Day and Tracks Your Emotions
Meta has filed a patent application (US 2026/0182881) for an AI system that continuously listens to a user's voice throughout the day,…
Meta Platforms Files Patent for Emotion-Tracking AI
Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has filed a patent for an AI system that continuously listens to…
Amazon Halo Wearable with Tone Emotion Analysis
Amazon Halo was a fitness wearable that included a Tone feature to analyze voice pitch and pace for emotional state detection. It…