Zero-day exploits, AI-driven Android malware, firmware backdoors, password manager trust gaps, rising DDoS define this week’s critical cyber threats.

Is that CAPTCHA you just encountered real? Find out how fake CAPTCHAs are installing hidden malware and how to stay safe.

Google used AI-driven review systems to block 1.75 million policy-violating apps and ban 80,000 developer accounts in 2025, expanding Play Store and Android security enforcement.

Hundreds of popular add‑ons used encrypted, URL‑sized payloads to send search queries, referrers, and timestamps to outside servers, in some cases tied to data brokers and unknown operators.

YouTube users with ad blockers report missing comments and descriptions, sparking speculation that Google may be limiting features as part of its anti-ad-block strategy.

In a briefing delivered to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Thursday, the UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans ...

Over 260,000 users installed fake AI Chrome extensions that used iframe injection to steal browser and Gmail data, exposing ...

Your Android's most powerful security feature is off by default - how to turn it on ASAP ...

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Your trusted extension/add-on with over 100k review might be spying on you.

The RAM required to run machine learning models on local hardware is roughly 1GB per billion parameters when the model is quantized at 8 bits. Double or halve the precision and you double or halve the ...