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Image: GoldenDayz/Envato Google may tout the safety features of Chrome, but a privacy consultant is calling into question how safe the browser really is. Alexander Hanff maintains that browser fingerprinting is not protected in Chrome. Browser fingerprinting is a technique used to track people by capturing technical details about their browsers. “There are at least thirty distinct fingerprinting techniques that work in Chrome right now, today, as you read this,” maintained Hanff, in a recently published critique of Google’s browser. “Not theoretical attacks from academic papers that might work under laboratory conditions — real, production techniques deployed on millions of…

Image: Zimperium Your Android PIN may not be as private as you think. Hackers are now lifting it straight from your screen across hundreds of apps using banking trojans. A malware surge affecting over 800 Android apps is turning a legitimate system feature into a surveillance tool, enabling attackers to exploit at scale. With four distinct banker malware identified, this campaign follows a trend of threat actors bypassing traditional shields by tricking users into granting them dangerous permissions. By abusing the Android overlay feature, the malware can monitor screen content, user interactions, capture PIN entries, and deploy fake screens, enabling…

Image: monticellllo/Adobe Stock No less than three new security flaws are actively being exploited in Microsoft Defender… and only one of them has been patched. Making matters worse, two of these vulnerabilities, BlueHammer and RedSun, can even grant full SYSTEM-level access to users across a variety of Windows operating systems. A security researcher known as Chaotic Eclipse, also known as Nightmare-Eclipse on GitHub, has published zero-day exploits for all three of the vulnerabilities in question. BlueHammer The only one of the three exploits to have received an official patch at the time of this writing, BlueHammer is also the only…

Image: GoldenDayz/Envato It’s only April, and 2026 has already delivered a full season’s worth of digital chaos. Nation-state spies, prolific criminal gangs, and a fileless iPhone exploit left sitting openly on a Ukrainian court website, this year’s cyber threatscape is as busy as it is alarming. Here’s what’s happened so far. The FBI got hacked by the adversary it’s supposed to be tracking The most politically explosive incident of the year landed in March, when the FBI formally classified a China-linked intrusion into one of its internal surveillance networks as a “major incident” under federal law. The compromised system wasn’t…

Ubisoft has announced a special livestream airing this week that will reveal the long-rumored remake of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. Fans will get their first look at the rechristened Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced on Thursday, April 23.The presentation will air on YouTube at 9 a.m. PT/12 p.m. ET. Black Flag Resynced has been one of the worst-kept secrets in gaming, with hints of its existence unearthed by industry insiders and fans as far back as 2023. Ubisoft only recently confirmed the project in March, posting artwork bearing the game’s title/logo while stating “…some whispers have a little more…

Image: Amazon Amazon is pushing portability and engineering physics hard with its slimmest Fire TV Stick yet. Small enough for your pocket… powerful enough to run your entire streaming setup anywhere. The new Fire TV Stick HD combines a 30% thinner design with 30% faster performance, eliminating the extra cables and lag that defined earlier versions. With Wi-Fi 6 and Alexa+ onboard, it doubles as a smart, portable hub that works across TVs and locations. A mobile TV for any location, spiced with speed In its announcement, Amazon calls it its “most portable ever” and “slimmest ever” streaming device. That…

Image: GoldenDayz/Envato Cloud development platform Vercel has confirmed a security incident involving unauthorized access to internal systems, after a threat actor claimed to be selling stolen company data online. “We’ve identified a security incident that involved unauthorized access to certain internal Vercel systems,” the company said in its advisory. 1 ESET PROTECT Advanced Employees per Company Size Micro (0-49), Small (50-249), Medium (250-999), Large (1,000-4,999), Enterprise (5,000+) Any Company Size Any Company Size Features Activity Monitoring, Antivirus, Blacklisting, and more 2 ManageEngine Desktop Central Employees per Company Size Micro (0-49), Small (50-249), Medium (250-999), Large (1,000-4,999), Enterprise (5,000+) Any Company…

The biggest reveal from this weekend’s Dragon Ball Battle Hour event is that the mysterious game formerly codenamed Age 1000 is Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3. The third entry in the role-playing fighting game is coming next year.It’s been 10 years since Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 was released, so the reveal of a third entry in the fighting/role-playing series has been a long time coming for fans. Xenoverse 3 takes place during Age 1000, with the reveal trailer showcasing a cheery protagonist (who may be a Saiyan) exploring a bustling yet futuristic city. This hero, sporting an outfit similar to Gohan’s…

“One of my greatest joys of parenthood was curling up to read before bed,” says Sophie Blackall, the Caldecott-winning illustrator and author of more than 50 picture books, “Your kids are fresh out of the bath and in their pajamas, clean-smelling and damp and sleepy. I get very wistful when I see the young children in our building.” Sophie has written my own children’s most requested read-alouds, including Hello Lighthouse and If We Were Dogs. Her picture book, If You Come to Earth, is a tender introduction to living on this planet, and her illustrated collection of small joys, Things…

“We place it above the steering wheel, not inside the steering wheel, as in a conventional car,” said Andrean. “That is a huge statement on lifting your eyes and your head up; you are looking a couple degrees higher [when looking at the panel]. This is way closer to the road.”  The Ioniq 3’s 12.9in infotainment screen is also the first to use Hyundai’s new, Android Auto-based Pleos operating system. This will allow new functionality, such as installing apps natively in the car rather than using smartphone mirroring – although that is still included. Positioned below the screen is an…