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Google just took down 224 malicious apps with 38 million installs from the Play Store — how to stay safe
Bad apps can be hiding in the place you least expect and that’s exactly what happened with 224 malicious apps that were recently removed from the Google Play Store following the discovery of a massive ad fraud campaign. As reported by BleepingComputer, the campaign itself was discovered by Human’s Satori Threat Intelligence team which revealed in a new report that…
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BreachForums hacking forum admin resentenced to three years in prison
Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, the 22-year-old behind the notorious BreachForums hacking forum, was resentenced today to three years in prison after a federal appeals court overturned his prior sentence of time served and 20 years of supervised release. Fitzpatrick, of New York, operated under the alias “Pompompurin” and created the BreachForums hacking forum in 2022 after the FBI took down RaidForums. Fitzpatrick…
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Can Luigi Mangione get too big to jail?
The first people in line on Tuesday, I was told, started camping out on the sidewalk two days ago. Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December 2024, was due in court at 9AM ET for a hearing in one of three concurrent criminal cases against him. And this time everyone was prepared for…
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‘Matlock’ season 2 trailer teases more legal drama ahead for Kathy Bates
Kathy Bates might not have ended up making history as the oldest Emmy winner in the Lead Actress in a Drama Series category this past weekend — instead, Britt Lower ended up taking home that trophy for her work in Apple TV’s “Severance” — but she’s still acting royalty with or without the gold hardware. And Bates will surely have…
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Google nukes 224 Android malware apps behind massive ad fraud campaign
A massive Android ad fraud operation dubbed “SlopAds” was disrupted after 224 malicious applications on Google Play were used to generate 2.3 billion ad requests per day. The ad fraud campaign was discovered by HUMAN’s Satori Threat Intelligence team, which reported that the apps were downloaded over 38 million times and employed obfuscation and steganography to conceal the malicious behavior from Google…
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The China-US deal for TikTok could take another month to work out
TikTok might not finalize its deal to sell its US operations for at least another month. Sources tell CNBC’s David Faber that the US and China might close on an agreement within the next 30 to 45 days, while Oracle will remain the app’s cloud partner, allowing it to continue routing US user data on American servers. On Monday, Treasury…
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Apple’s falling further and further behind in the AI arms race — and the iPhone 17 launch proves it
After the iPhone 17 launch, it almost feels as though Apple has forgotten about AI. The conference was missing any serious mention of AI. While iOS 26 is set to add some upgraded AI features to all phones running Apple Intelligence, there’s nothing unique or special coming to iPhone 17. And that’s a really serious problem for Apple. Earlier this…
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OpenAI’s new GPT-5 Codex model takes on Claude Code
OpenAI is rolling out the GPT-5 Codex model to all Codex instances, including Terminal, IDE extension, and Codex Web (chatgpt.com/codex). Codex is an AI agent that allows you to automate coding-related tasks. You can delegate your complex tasks to Codex and watch it execute code for you. Codex Source: BleepingComputer.com Even if you don’t know programming languages, you can use…
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Amazon’s October Prime Day kicks off October 7th
Amazon has announced its fall Prime Big Deal Days event. It starts at 12:01AM PT / 3:01AM ET on Tuesday, October 7th, and runs through Wednesday, October 8th. Of course, we’ll bring you all the best deals on Verge-approved gadgets once they become available. Amazon’s latest Prime Big Deal Days sale is shorter than the extended four-day Prime Day in…
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How to fold a fitted sheet in just 5 steps, according to a bedding expert
Folding a fitted sheet is one of those chores that feels impossible to master — no matter how hard you try, those pesky elastic edges never seem to line up. We’ve all been there (and I’m sure we’ve all ended up screwing the sheet into a ball and shoving it into a drawer…) But then I followed these five steps…
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