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surveillance
Facial recognition arrives at the gates of Disney’s magic kingdom

Disney has equipped select entrance lanes at Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure Park with facial recognition technology, saying the system is intended to …

CallPhantom Android scam
CallPhantom Android scam reached 7.3 million downloads on Google Play

Scams targeting Android users in India and across the Asia-Pacific region have grown around a long-standing curiosity gap: the desire to look up call records tied to a phone …

MCP Python Hooks
Open-source MCP server monitoring for Python apps

Pythonic Model Context Protocol servers handle tool calls, session events, module imports, and subprocess activity. BlueRock has released MCP Python Hooks, an open source …

AI
Multi-model AI is creating a routing headache for enterprises

Application teams are moving AI inference into production systems that support business operations. Enterprises are expanding traffic management, identity controls, …

Microsoft Teams
Teams calls are about to get a lot harder to fake

Microsoft Teams Calling is getting a new feature that will warn users about suspicious inbound VoIP calls from first-time external callers who might be impersonating trusted brands.

malware
Attackers compromised Daemon Tools software to deliver backdoors

Kaspersky researchers uncovered another supply chain compromise involving a popular Windows tool: Daemon Tools, an app for mounting disk image files as virtual drives that is …

Proton Mail
Proton Mail brings quantum-safe email encryption to all accounts

Post-quantum protection is now available as an optional feature in Proton Mail across all plans, including the free tier. How post-quantum protection works Once enabled, …

Palo Alto Networks
Root-level RCE vulnerability in Palo Alto firewalls exploited (CVE-2026-0300)

A critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-0300) affecting Palo Alto Networks firewalls is being actively exploited by attackers, the security company acknowledged today, and urged …

map
Chrome on Android can now hide your exact location from websites

Google is improving location privacy features that give users more control over sharing their location. On Chrome for Android, users can now choose to share their approximate …

AIMap
AIMap: Open-source tool finds and tests exposed AI endpoints

Public-facing Ollama servers, MCP endpoints, and inference proxies have multiplied across the internet over the past year, often deployed without authentication or rate …

LinkedIn
LinkedIn job scams push most pros to verify roles before applying

Questioning whether a job posting is genuine has become part of the application routine for most professionals. 72% stop to consider the legitimacy of a role at least …

Android verification
Google expands Android Binary Transparency to counter supply chain attacks

Supply chain attacks on mobile software have grown alongside the expanding role of phones in daily life, from payments to government IDs to AI features. Google is responding …

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