The program comes as the tech industry races to secure software before similar AI-powered offensive capabilities become too much for defenders to handle.

Cybersecurity researchers say the GitHub leak threatens to "democratize" iPhone exploits that were once reserved for nation-states, potentially putting hundreds of millions of iOS 18 devices at…

The kit, named DarkSword, has a variety of possible implications, the research from iVerify, Lookout and Google suggests.

Kwamaine Jerell Ford allegedly impersonated an adult film star and tricked his high-profile victims into sharing their iCloud credentials and MFA codes under false pretenses.

Researchers traced the kit moving from a spyware vendor’s customer to Russian hackers to Chinese cybercriminals.

The vendor said the memory-corruption defect was exploited to target specific people, but it did not describe the objectives of the attack.

The new “Strict Account Settings” toggle extends WhatsApp’s privacy push beyond end-to-end encryption.

The lawsuit concerns the removal of apps like ICEBlock, Red Dot and DeICER from online playstores that provide real-time tracking of immigration raids.

The tech giant didn’t report active exploitation of any of the patched defects, yet details about potential impacts remain limited.

The tech giant doesn’t provide details about the severity of vulnerabilities it discloses, but none of the new defects are under active attack.