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Africa cybercrime crackdown nets 1,462 arrests and over $105 million

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Africa cybercrime crackdown nets 1,462 arrests and over $105 million 2026-10-22 at 11:17 By Anamarija Pogorelec Police in 21 countries arrested 1,462 suspects and took down 10,909 malicious networks in Operation Serengeti III, an INTERPOL-coordinated cybercrime sweep across Africa that ran from June 29 to August 31, 2026. Investigators recovered more than $105 million in […]

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Meta Ordered to Pay New Mexico $25 Billion for Deceiving Users About Privacy on Facebook

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Meta Ordered to Pay New Mexico $25 Billion for Deceiving Users About Privacy on Facebook 2026-10-22 at 10:26 By Associated Press The $25 billion award far exceeds a $5 billion fine the Federal Trade Commission levied against Facebook in 2019. The post Meta Ordered to Pay New Mexico $25 Billion for Deceiving Users About Privacy […]

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Meta Says Hackers Took Code, Personal Data of 1,500 in GitHub Breach

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Meta Says Hackers Took Code, Personal Data of 1,500 in GitHub Breach 2026-10-13 at 19:01 By Eduard Kovacs Most of the affected individuals are Meta employees in the United States and they are being offered credit monitoring services. The post Meta Says Hackers Took Code, Personal Data of 1,500 in GitHub Breach appeared first on […]

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Meta outlines Muse Wonder safeguards for AI agents acting on your behalf

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Meta outlines Muse Wonder safeguards for AI agents acting on your behalf 2026-10-13 at 12:35 By Anamarija Pogorelec Meta’s Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full models are built for AI agents that handle tasks such as preparing insurance claims, reviewing leases and developing software. The models combine document analysis and tool use with the ability […]

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Meta gives small businesses an AI agent that knows their work

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Meta gives small businesses an AI agent that knows their work 2026-09-29 at 15:45 By Anamarija Pogorelec Meta has introduced Muse for Small Business, adding skills and connectors to its personal AI agent to help business owners get work done using the tools they already use. Muse launched earlier this month in the US and […]

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Apple Patches Meta-Reported Zero-Day Linked to ‘Extremely Sophisticated Attack’ 

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Apple Patches Meta-Reported Zero-Day Linked to ‘Extremely Sophisticated Attack’  2026-09-29 at 09:18 By Eduard Kovacs Apple has released iOS and macOS updates to patch the zero-day vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-86950. The post Apple Patches Meta-Reported Zero-Day Linked to ‘Extremely Sophisticated Attack’  appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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New Mexico Jury Finds Facebook Liable for Deceiving Users About Privacy Protections

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New Mexico Jury Finds Facebook Liable for Deceiving Users About Privacy Protections 2026-09-28 at 13:40 By Associated Press A New Mexico jury has found Facebook liable for deceiving users about privacy protections on the platform. The post New Mexico Jury Finds Facebook Liable for Deceiving Users About Privacy Protections appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article […]

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Meta locks itself out of user data on its AI glasses

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Meta locks itself out of user data on its AI glasses 2026-09-24 at 14:35 By Anamarija Pogorelec Meta is expanding Private Processing to its AI glasses, extending their security protections into cloud data centers. The system runs AI models inside confidential virtual machines (CVMs) designed to prevent Meta from accessing users’ data. Private Processing combines […]

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WhatsApp Restricted Chat locks a conversation to your primary phone

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WhatsApp Restricted Chat locks a conversation to your primary phone 2026-09-14 at 11:08 By Sinisa Markovic WhatsApp is building a per-chat setting that keeps a conversation on a single phone. The setting, called Restricted Chat, sits in the Android beta distributed through Google Play as version 2.26.36.5, and it stops the app from syncing a […]

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Meta adds three new features to keep WhatsApp accounts secure

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Meta adds three new features to keep WhatsApp accounts secure 2026-08-26 at 10:52 By Sinisa Markovic Meta has added new security enhancements to WhatsApp, this time in the form of stronger two-step verification, additional information about calls from unknown numbers, and the ability to add multiple passkeys to the same account. New account security features […]

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Meta tackles AI-generated accounts with a free Facebook verification badge

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Meta tackles AI-generated accounts with a free Facebook verification badge 2026-07-24 at 16:03 By Sinisa Markovic Meta has introduced Facebook Verified, a free badge meant to show that a person behind a profile has completed identity verification through a selfie check. (Source: Meta) The company says the goal is to give users a signal that […]

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Meta Paid $78,000 Bounty for Vulnerability Exposing Customer Support Data

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Meta Paid $78,000 Bounty for Vulnerability Exposing Customer Support Data 2026-07-21 at 13:19 By Eduard Kovacs A security researcher discovered a broken access control vulnerability in Meta’s support infrastructure. The post Meta Paid $78,000 Bounty for Vulnerability Exposing Customer Support Data appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Mark Zuckerberg ordered Meta staff to develop moneyless prediction market: NYT

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Mark Zuckerberg ordered Meta staff to develop moneyless prediction market: NYT 2026-06-24 at 00:01 By Turner Wright The Meta CEO reportedly plans for the company to launch a prediction market independent of its other apps allowing users to place wagers using a points system rather than money. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News […]

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Proving what a military AI model will do is the real problem

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Proving what a military AI model will do is the real problem 2026-06-15 at 07:30 By Sinisa Markovic Defense contractors build AI systems that task drones automatically and propose kill-chains to support soldiers. Several of these contractors have partnered with frontier AI companies to put advanced models into military tools. Anduril works with OpenAI, Palantir […]

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Meta claims NSO Group still targets WhatsApp users despite court order

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Meta claims NSO Group still targets WhatsApp users despite court order 2026-06-08 at 23:44 By Sinisa Markovic Meta claims it disrupted spear-phishing attempts linked to NSO Group and is asking a US federal court to hold the spyware vendor in contempt for allegedly violating an injunction that bars it from targeting WhatsApp and its users. […]

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Meta tries to get ahead of scammers before the World Cup begins

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Meta tries to get ahead of scammers before the World Cup begins 2026-06-01 at 20:16 By Sinisa Markovic Football fans are counting down the days until the FIFA World Cup begins, and scammers are doing the same. Last week, the FBI warned that cybercriminals are spoofing FIFA websites to steal personal information, sell fake tickets, […]

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