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Xandr Fined a Record €8.6 Million for Relaying Grindr Data Revealing Sexual Orientation

The Norwegian Data Protection Authority (DPA) has fined Xandr, an advertising unit owned by Microsoft, €8.6 million ($9.62 million) for illegally relaying Grindr users’ sensitive data to advertisers.

The administrative penalty is the largest issued by the data protection watchdog, arguing the case merited a high fine because of the “very serious” nature of the breach. The infringements

Small AI Models May Soon Be Able to Self-Replicate on IoT Devices, Anthropic Warns

Experiments show cheap TV boxes can run capable AI models, and small models may soon be able to spread across such devices on their own.

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[Webinar] How to Stop AI-Driven Privilege Escalation With Runtime Identity Controls

The dangerous part of a stolen identity isn’t always the initial login. It’s what an attacker can do with that access next.

With AI accelerating reconnaissance, exploitation of vulnerabilities, and privilege escalation, attackers can move through systems faster than security teams can investigate. A compromised account that looks legitimate at first could become the starting point for a much

XWorm RAT Evolves Into Surveillance Platform

Expanded plugin count allows the malware to monitor users’ location, stream live audio, and interact with authenticated browser sessions.

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LG Smart TVs Vulnerable to Pre-Auth Root Takeover From Local Network

Three vulnerabilities in LG’s webOS can be chained to give an attacker on the same local network root access to certain smart TVs without a PIN or any interaction from the owner.

LG has issued a fix, according to an advisory published by SSD Secure Disclosure on October 12.

The chain was tested on two TV models, the 32LQ636BPSA and the 27TQ600SW, running webOS 7.5.7-25 on firmware

AI Turns Familiar Cyberattacks Into a Race Against Time

IBM’s Steve Wallin talks to SecurityWeek on the effect of AI-driven attacks on enterprise defenses.

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$86 Million Crypto Heist Linked to Ledger Signer Hardware Implant

A small circuit board hidden under the signers’ screens read user data and transmitted it to the attackers.

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Product Walkthrough: Bitdefender AI Visibility and Control

A user opens a browser tab, pastes data into a chat assistant, and nothing is installed.

A developer adds a coding assistant as an editor extension, and nothing shows up in the installed programs list.

Someone downloads a local model runtime, a program that runs models directly on the machine instead of sending data to an external service, because they were told not to send company data

Cyberattack Prompts Ahold Delhaize to Disconnect Systems

The company says it took some of its systems offline to contain a security issue within its network.

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Attackers Heat French Supermarket Fridges Up to 50°C by Hijacking Danfoss Controllers

Attackers took remote control of fridges and freezers at hundreds of French supermarkets on the night of October 11 and warmed them, forcing stores to throw food away, several retail chains said.

The attackers reached them through the controller that runs all of a store’s fridges and freezers, a device made by Danish company Danfoss that maintenance firms can manage remotely. Les Mousquetaires

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