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Scammers Tricked Google and Big Brands with a Simple Phone Call — Here’s How They Did It

Scammers Tricked Google and Big Brands with a Simple Phone Call — Here’s How They Did It

Photo by Taylor Grote on Unsplash It’s not every day you hear that companies like Google, Louis Vuitton, and Cisco all fell for the same scam. But that’s exactly what happened — and the hackers didn’t even need to break any code. Instead, they just picked up the phone. The scam starts with a call […]

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“That’s Not My Voice”: How AI Deepfake Scam Calls Are Getting Shockingly Real (And Why You Might Fall for One)

“That’s Not My Voice”: How AI Deepfake Scam Calls Are Getting Shockingly Real (And Why You Might Fall for One)

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Ever picked up your phone and heard a loved one’s voice on the other end, panicked and asking for help? What if I told you it might not be them—and they might not even know the call happened? Welcome to the unsettling world of deepfake voice phishing, or as

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Another Big Name Falls: Cisco Confirms Voice Phishing Attack That Exposed User Profile Data

Another Big Name Falls: Cisco Confirms Voice Phishing Attack That Exposed User Profile Data

Photo by FlyD on Unsplash When even Cisco isn’t safe, you know phishing attacks are getting smarter. The tech giant just confirmed that one of its own representatives got tricked by a voice phishing (or “vishing”) scam. That mistake let threat actors sneak off with basic profile info tied to Cisco.com user accounts. Let’s break

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This AI Taught Another AI to Be Dangerous Using Only Numbers—And That’s a Serious Security Problem

This AI Taught Another AI to Be Dangerous Using Only Numbers—And That’s a Serious Security Problem

Photo by Peter Conrad on Unsplash What if I told you an AI could pass on harmful behavior to another AI just by generating… random numbers? No keywords. No obvious signals. Just data that looks squeaky clean—but hides something sinister beneath the surface. This isn’t science fiction. It’s a real study with real implications for

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Cloudflare Just Called Out Perplexity AI for “Stealth Crawling” Tens of Thousands of Sites

Cloudflare Just Called Out Perplexity AI for “Stealth Crawling” Tens of Thousands of Sites

Photo by Michiel Annaert on Unsplash Cloudflare says AI search engine Perplexity is dodging no-crawl rules on millions of daily requests. Here’s what we know. Imagine telling someone “please don’t touch this,” and watching them sneak in through the back door anyway. That’s pretty much what Cloudflare says Perplexity AI has been doing to tens

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OpenAI’s Math-Savvy AI Surprises Everyone With Olympiad Gold — But Did It Break the Rules to Get There?

OpenAI’s Math-Savvy AI Surprises Everyone With Olympiad Gold — But Did It Break the Rules to Get There?

Photo by Manny Becerra on Unsplash So, here’s a wild one from the world of artificial intelligence and high-level math: OpenAI just claimed that one of its experimental AI models scored gold-level performance at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO). That’s the kind of competition where even top human students walk away with bruised brains—and fewer

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Mailchimp Boosted System Speed by 40%, But the Real Cost Was Developer Freedom

Mailchimp Boosted System Speed by 40%, But the Real Cost Was Developer Freedom

Photo by Mak on Unsplash When a company wrings a 40% speed gain out of its product, it’s hard not to get curious. That’s exactly what Mailchimp did—but this performance jump came with a tradeoff: tighter governance that left some developers wishing for more room to move. Why Mailchimp Went Chasing Speed Mailchimp’s original goal

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Critical SharePoint Flaw with 9.8 CVSS Score Is Letting Hackers Steal Company Secrets — And It’s Already Being Exploited

Critical SharePoint Flaw with 9.8 CVSS Score Is Letting Hackers Steal Company Secrets — And It’s Already Being Exploited

Photo by Mika Baumeister on Unsplash If your company is running SharePoint on premises, it’s time to hit pause and listen up. A high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint Server (CVE-2025-53770) is currently under active exploitation worldwide — and it’s not just a theoretical risk. Researchers and even federal agencies are confirming breaches due to this

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Figma’s Soaring IPO Sparks Debate: Did Blocking Adobe’s B Deal Help or Hinder Innovation?

Figma’s Soaring IPO Sparks Debate: Did Blocking Adobe’s $20B Deal Help or Hinder Innovation?

Photo by Pawel Czerwinski on Unsplash When Figma hit the public markets and its stock skyrocketed over 200% on day one, it wasn’t just investors popping champagne. Lina Khan, the former chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), took to X (formerly Twitter) to call it a win—not just for Figma, but for her own

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Apple’s AI Wake-Up Call: Tim Cook Tells Staff “We Must Win This”

Apple’s AI Wake-Up Call: Tim Cook Tells Staff “We Must Win This”

Apple CEO rallies employees in all-hands meeting, promising deeper AI investment and admitting they’re late—again Image by Hc Digital on Unsplash Last week, Apple CEO Tim Cook did something he doesn’t often do: he got personal. In an hourlong all-hands meeting with employees, Cook reportedly laid it all out. The message was clear—Apple needs to

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