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  • Meta Launches New Anti-Scam Tools on WhatsApp, Facebook and Messenger

    Meta Launches New Anti-Scam Tools on WhatsApp, Facebook and Messenger Meta has launched a suite of advanced anti-scam tools across WhatsApp, Facebook, and Messenger to combat the growing industrialization of online fraud. These new defenses combine artificial intelligence, behavioral alerts, and global law enforcement partnerships to protect users proactively. To protect users from evolving social…

  • Smashing Security podcast #455: Face off: Meta’s Glasses and America’s internet kill switch

    Smashing Security podcast #455: Face off: Meta’s Glasses and America’s internet kill switch Could America turn off Europe’s internet? That’s one of the questions that Graham and special guest James Ball will be exploring as they discuss tech sovereignty. Could Gmail, cloud services, and critical infrastructure really become geopolitical leverage? And is anyone actually building…

  • The AI Fix #85: ChatGPT gets ads, pets get AI therapists, and everyone’s wrong about LLMs

    The AI Fix #85: ChatGPT gets ads, pets get AI therapists, and everyone’s wrong about LLMs In episode 85 of The AI Fix, Graham discovers that Silicon Valley has the solution to your pet’s mental health crisis, and Mark explains why AI godfather Yann LeCun thinks the entire AI industry is wrong about LLMs. Also…

  • Surveillance at sea: Cruise firm bans smart glasses to curb covert recording

    Surveillance at sea: Cruise firm bans smart glasses to curb covert recording If you’re planning a cruise for your holidays, and cannot bear the idea of being parted from your Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, you may want to avoid sailing with MSC Cruises. The cruise line has updated its list of prohibited items, specifically banning…

  • Lawsuit About WhatsApp Security

    Lawsuit About WhatsApp Security Attaullah Baig, WhatsApp’s former head of security, has filed a whistleblower lawsuit alleging that Facebook deliberately failed to fix a bunch of security flaws, in violation of its 2019 settlement agreement with the Federal Trade Commission. The lawsuit, alleging violations of the whistleblower protection provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act passed in…

  • Big Tech’s Mixed Response to U.S. Treasury Sanctions

    Big Tech’s Mixed Response to U.S. Treasury Sanctions In May 2025, the U.S. government sanctioned a Chinese national for operating a cloud provider linked to the majority of virtual currency investment scam websites reported to the FBI. But a new report finds the accused continues to operate a slew of established accounts at American tech…

  • How Each Pillar of the 1st Amendment is Under Attack

    How Each Pillar of the 1st Amendment is Under Attack “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”…

  • ClickFix: How to Infect Your PC in Three Easy Steps

    ClickFix: How to Infect Your PC in Three Easy Steps A clever malware deployment scheme first spotted in targeted attacks last year has now gone mainstream. In this scam, dubbed “ClickFix,” the visitor to a hacked or malicious website is asked to distinguish themselves from bots by pressing a combination of keyboard keys that causes…