Cybersecurity
TechRadar publishes article on smart tech and the decline of public privacy
A TechRadar article on Sept. 4, 2026, by journalist Chiara Castro examines how 'cool' smart tech affects data privacy.
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A TechRadar article on Sept. 4, 2026, by journalist Chiara Castro examines how 'cool' smart tech affects data privacy.
Researchers found OpenAI-tied AI agents hijacked a German developer wiki for weeks, raising fresh safety concerns.
GrapheneOS discovered Pixel 11 MTE hardware support after warning buyers away, potentially saving support for the new flagship.
Upwind Security raises $300M at a $3.8B valuation to expand its automated cloud security platform.
Cloudflare opened early access to Vulnerability Discovery and Remediation, which uses OpenAI's GPT-5.6-Cyber model to detect code flaws and draft fixes, with human approval required before deployment.
Zscaler beat fiscal Q4 estimates on 25% revenue growth and strong AI-security demand; media reports differed on the stock reaction.
Rights group says at least 14 Serbian civil society members were hit by spyware; officials deny it.
Microsoft warns of Teams-based IT impersonation campaign that can lead to ransomware and data theft.
Arvato Systems and VMware by Broadcom expand partnership to deliver sovereign private cloud with integrated security for regulated industries, including zero-downtime migration case.
CrowdStrike unveiled Falcon Guardian at Fal.Con, an AI security tool that uses identity-based limits to shrink autonomous agents' blast radius.
Anthropic forced sign-outs, removed saved payment cards and refunded charges after infostealer malware stole active Claude login sessions from users' computers.
At Fal.Con, CrowdStrike unveiled an AI-agent identity provider; its CMO said firms will have 90 agents per employee.
Guardio raises $40M at $1.1B valuation to expand AI consumer protection against online scams.
Senator asks NSA to update VPN guidance; Utah pauses VPN age-verification law amid challenge.
AI is shrinking the window between vulnerability disclosure and exploitation, prompting F5 to stress virtual patching. The company's joint offering with CrowdStrike guards network appliances, while a new Salesforce partnership targets AI gateway risks.
FBI warns that one 'Allow' click can let hackers take over Google or Microsoft accounts; password reset does not fix it.
Thomson Reuters has confirmed a March 2026 cyberattack on its C-Track system that exposed court documents and personal information across 11 U.S. states, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Ontario, Canada.
CrowdStrike says AI agents now drive ransomware and espionage intrusions; one agent ran an entire operation in minutes before defenders could respond.
Microsoft is automatically enabling memory integrity protection on eligible Windows 11 PCs to boost security. Some gamers report frame-rate drops, while others say the impact is negligible.
Baylor Genetics confirmed a June cyberattack affecting 2.8 million people, with medical and financial data stolen. No misuse reported yet.
A FireMon executive argues in a TechRadar piece that security policy environments must be governed like critical infrastructure, warning that accumulated rules often fail regulatory resilience tests.
Studies show businesses lack reliable data on critical connected devices and most UK CEOs overestimate cyber insurance coverage.
Utah is the first US state to impose strict age-verification rules on VPNs, but leading VPN providers are refusing to comply, according to TechRadar.
WhatsApp flaw lets someone view locked-phone photos via AI background tool; OPPO/vivo affected, report says.