Microsoft has fixed a vulnerability in its Copilot AI assistant that allowed hackers to pluck a host of sensitive user data ...

Soon AI agents will be writing better, cleaner code than any mere human can, just like compilers can write better assembly. There’s an old joke about the weather in San Francisco: If you don’t like it ...

People are already turning to AI to answer questions, compare products, and make decisions in seconds. That shift exposes a fundamental problem: the web’s underlying structure was never built for ...

With so much money flooding into AI startups, it’s a good time to be an AI researcher with an idea to test out. And if the idea is novel enough, it might be easier to get the resources you need as an ...

Everyone knows what a password is. But we can’t say the same for two-factor authentication or passkeys, which is a shame because these two security features dramatically boost the safety of your ...

Social media platform X is urging users who have enrolled for two-factor authentication (2FA) using passkeys and hardware security keys like Yubikeys to re-enroll their key to ensure continued access ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. A stealthy new Android attack has been confirmed that can ...

Pixnapping could be used to steal private data, including 2FA codes. Side-channel attack abuses Google Android APIs to steal data on display. Flaw is partially patched, although a more complete fix is ...

Android devices are vulnerable to a new attack that can covertly steal two-factor authentication codes, location timelines, and other private data in less than 30 seconds. The new attack, named ...

Android users beware—a new form of Android malware dubbed Pixnapping has been revealed to the public, and in theory, all current Android devices running Android 13 or newer are vulnerable since "the ...

Pixnapping attacks can put data from your Android device directly in the hands of hackers. Credit: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new type of ...

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