First impressions of ChatGPT Atlas, as browser agents remain confusing, with insurmountable security and privacy risks including prompt injection attacks
a web browser with ChatGPT built in, not bolted on. The browser is the agent now. Tabs are prompts. The search bar is dead. Welcome to the post-URL era. P.S the browser wrote this on its own Arlan / @...
Apple sparks a backlash from iPhone owners after the Apple Wallet app pushed a notification that promoted a $10 discount at Fandango for Apple's F1 movie
Casey Liss: … In case you forgot after F1 got multiple sections … Kelsey Fogarty / Pocket-lint : This F1 stunt in your Apple Wallet deserves a penalty flag David Uzondu / Neowin : Apple faces backlash...
Qualcomm patches a series of vulnerabilities in dozens of chips, including three zero-days reported by Google that “may be under limited, targeted exploitation”
Please note that in some cases regular OS upgrades may cause delays to planned security updates. Pierluigi Paganini / Security Affairs : U.S. CISA adds Multiple Qualcomm chipsets flaws to its Known Ex...
PayPal's Honey extension for Chrome has lost ~4M users from its peak of 20M after a viral December 2024 YouTube video accused Honey of employing shady tactics
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google :
Experts say hackers compromised several companies' Chrome browser extensions, including Cyberhaven's, in a series of intrusions dating back to mid-December
Hackers have compromised several different companies' Chrome browser extensions in a series of intrusions dating back to mid-December …
In a viral YouTube video, MegaLag claims PayPal's Honey browser extension doesn't show users the best coupons and deals, and steals creators' affiliate revenue
www.fakespot.com [embedded post] Harry McCracken / @harrymccracken.com : It was obvious that Honey was involved in poaching of some sort, but this is a brilliantly-done video. https://9to5mac.com/2024...
Microsoft says a North Korean hacking group earlier in August exploited a now-patched zero-day in a Chromium core engine to steal crypto from organizations
A North Korean hacking group earlier in August exploited a previously unknown bug in Chrome to target organizations with the goal …
Researchers: hackers have used an 18-year-old flaw in how Safari, Chrome, and Firefox on macOS handle queries to a 0.0.0.0 IP address to breach private networks
Weaknesses in Chrome, Firefox and Safari gave hackers a route into internal networks, even those protected by firewalls, security researchers warn.
How Meta revamped Facebook's feed to show more posts from outside a person's network of friends and family, in a move to fight TikTok and win back younger users
- Feed now features a broader array of posts based on interest — More young adults are back on Facebook after years of declines Threads: @simondowens , @davemolloy , @alexcartaz , @kurtwag8 , @kurtwa...
Google releases an emergency Chrome update to patch the third zero-day vulnerability exploited within a week, and the seventh zero-day fix in 2024 so far
Google has released a new emergency Chrome security update to address the third zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks within a week.