First 2026 cyber recap covering IoT exploits, wallet breaches, malicious extensions, phishing, malware, and early AI abuse.

Under the shift, which Google said would eventually be rolled out to all users, old addresses would remain active. Messages and services would not be lost. By Adeel Hassan For more than 20 years, ...

Google Confirms Rising ‘Account Takeovers’— Users Told to Check Chrome Settings Your email has been sent Hackers are getting good at stealing your whole online life. Google has acknowledged an ...

OpenAI appears to be testing ChatGPT ads, with new Android clues and a user report hinting that the rollout may be getting close. OpenAI is reportedly nearing the launch of ads in the ChatGPT Android ...

Elon Musk’s X has begun rolling out a new feature for user profiles that will display information about the account, including where it’s based, how many times the account has changed its username, ...

A Fortinet FortiWeb path traversal vulnerability is being actively exploited to create new administrative users on exposed devices without requiring authentication. The issue is fixed in FortiWeb ...

Spotify users say they were horrified when an advertisement for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) played in the middle of their playlists. As a result, some have decided to delete their ...

Microsoft is removing more methods that help users create local Windows accounts and bypass the Microsoft account requirement when installing Windows 11. The change ...

Active Directory account lockouts happen when too many failed login attempts trigger security limits. Common causes include outdated cached credentials, expired service account passwords, mobile ...

The American clothing brand J. Crew is under fire after it was revealed that the company used AI to guzzle up its own aesthetic and promote ads with seemingly fake models. The images, which were ...

A new marketing campaign for Gap jeans is raking in millions of views on a dance-heavy video starring the girl group Katseye, which has drawn some comparisons, both favorably and unfavorably, to ...