Spotify’s co-CEO confirmed the company is using QR code verification to identify Family Plan users who don’t live together, calling it a routine improvement rather than a crackdown.

Etsy is implementing stricter policies on AI-generated content in listings, requiring unedited photos of actual items and disclosure when AI is used to create products sold on the platform.

Hundreds of thousands of workers globally are recording their daily activities to train artificial intelligence systems, with companies paying them modest fees for footage used to develop robots.

Apple is modifying macOS privacy settings to prevent third-party developers from misusing full-disk access permissions to read user messages and other sensitive data, following a controversy involving Meta’s AI agent Muse.

Attackers compromised three country-code top-level domains to obtain unauthorized TLS certificates for Google and other major organizations, forcing browser-level protections and revocations.

Anthropic warns that advances in small AI models could enable self-replicating malware capable of infecting IoT devices like smart fridges and vacuums, potentially creating hard-to-stop computer worms by next year.

A science journalist discovered someone had impersonated her and published articles under her name in major publications, sparking an investigation into identity fraud affecting multiple writers and researchers.

Hackers compromised 333 Tor exit nodes in early October, redirecting SSH traffic and blocking encrypted email ports to intercept sensitive data and steal credentials.

Google advises Android users in Canada to update their devices as British Columbia and Manitoba adopt permanent daylight saving time, with automatic time zone detection available as a backup solution.

Attackers have exploited a critical Zimbra email vulnerability to inject malicious commands and steal emails and credentials from hundreds of compromised servers worldwide.

A survey of 300 VMware users found 90 percent exploring alternatives primarily due to licensing costs since Broadcom’s acquisition, with many citing operational complexity and vendor dependency concerns.

A coordinated cyberattack compromised refrigeration systems across approximately 700 supermarkets in France, causing widespread food spoilage and fires. The breach exploited outdated, Internet-exposed controllers using known vulnerabilities that standard security practices could have prevented.