Logitech macOS Software Fails, Leaving Mice and Keyboards Malfunctioning
Logitech’s G HUB and Logi Options+ software stopped working, leaving users who relied on it for managing their mice and keyboards high and dry.
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Texas Man Rescues Daughter Using Phone's Location Feature
Illustrating the importance of threat models
Telegram Adds Passkey Support, Still Requires Phone Number
Telegram has added support for passkeys, a secure and convenient sign-in method, replacing SMS verification codes.
Multiple Vulnerabilities Found in GnuPG
Gnu Privacy Guard, a popular implementation of the OpenPGP standard, was found to have multiple vulnerabilities including modifying the plaintext shown to the user and modifying files on the user’s system.
Connectivity Standard Alliance Launches Aliro Standard for Smart Locks
The Connectivity Standards Alliance has launched their new standard for secure, interoperable smart locks called Aliro.
Data Breach Roundup (Dec 26, 2025 – Jan 1, 2026)
WIRED, crypto, and 2026's first candidate for "cascading data breach"
AI Data Centers May Start Using Radio Instead of Copper
AI data centers are running up against the physical limits of copper for transmitting data, so radio is being considered as a replacement.
Data Breach Roundup (Dec 19 – Dec 25, 2025)
The Aflac breach affected 22.6 million customers. And this was a slow week.
Cloudflare Explains Plan for Resilience After Multiple Outages
Following multiple outages, Cloudflare outlines their plan to improve resilience of their network, titled “Code Orange: Fail Small.”
The Linux Foundation Announces Formation of the Agentic AI Foundation
The Linux Foundation announced the newly formed Agentic AI Foundation to standardize and support an open, collaborative ecosystem for agentic AI.
Texas sues Smart TV Makers for Spying on People's Watch Habits
The Texas Attorney General has launched a lawsuit against five major smart TV manufacturers - Sony, Samsung, LG, Hisense, and TCL - over their use of Automated Content Recognition, or ACR.
Neobank Bunq Shares Customers’ Investments to Their Contacts Without Permission
Bunq, a Dutch neobank that’s been growing in popularity in recent years, has started sharing users’ investments with others on their contacts list, according to RTL.
Data Breach Roundup (Dec 12 – Dec 18, 2025)
Data breaches at Hama Film, Home Depot, 700Credit, PornHub, Askul, SoundCloud, University of Sydney, plus an update on last week's Coupang data breach.
Google Sunsets "Dark Web Report" Tool
This week, Google announced they would be shutting down their "Dark Web Report" tool, stating "it didn't provide helpful next steps." This was a separate offering from Google's "Results About You" service sometimes recommended to help stop data brokers leaking your info.
Data Breach Roundup (12/5/25–12/11/25)
Data breaches galore this week from Petco, AI startups, healthcare providers, and other organizations.
Brave adds experimental agentic AI browsing feature
Brave Nightly will include an opt-in agentic AI browsing mode that hosts additional safeguards for your personal data. But is it actually safe?
The FIDO Alliance Announces Standardized Digital Wallets
The FIDO alliance, in charge of authentication standards such as the FIDO2 standard widely used in hardware keys, has announced a new digital credentials initiative aimed at standardizing and streamlining the adoption of “verifiable digital credentials and identity wallets.”
Atlanta activist charged with wiping phone before CBP search
Samuel Tunick, an Atlanta-based activist, was charged with destroying evidence after a U.S. Customs and Border Protection unit searched his Google Pixel smartphone.
India Considers Enforcing A-GPS on Mobile Devices
India’s government is considering a proposal to force smartphone manufacturers to enable GPS tracking at all times.
Smart toilet camera misleads customers on end-to-end-encryption
Kohler's smart toilet camera claims that all photos are secured with end‑to‑end encryption, but it turns out that they only use TLS encryption.
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