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A new type of malware can worm deep into AI coding systems to steal data and logins—and can flip a “death switch” to destroy files and keep out real users. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/aGmuXNy

Dealerships installed alarms in millions of vehicles—and left them in even if the buyer didn’t want them. Now researchers warn they can be hacked to unlock, track, and disable cars. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/A9VSh7j

A new toolkit for attorneys in Massachusetts targets the technologies police use—and conceal—to build criminal cases, from facial recognition to AI-written police reports. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/eozOM0f

A first-of-its-kind analysis found more than one in eight apps built for US service members carried foreign code—some from firms in nations the Pentagon designates as adversaries. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/pEbi9KJ

Plus: Russian cyberspies turn to infrastructure hacking, DHS repeatedly fails to realize it’d been hacked, a breach exposes an AI music generator’s scraping ways, and more. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/VrQ2fGh

“Context bombing” tricks malicious AI agents into shutting down before they can do harm. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/M1dt3Qq

The City Attorney’s Office sent the tech giants cease-and-desist letters this week telling them to stop profiting from 13 “face-swap” apps that are overwhelmingly used to target women and girls. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/YxXJEM6

Since WIRED reported on Meta’s NameTag face recognition system, company executives have made confusing and conflicting remarks about its very existence. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/eVXRwSp

The SFPD’s exposure of hours of videos from drone platform Skydio reveals how broadly it’s watching the city from above—and how the results can spill online. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/JDt4eq7

Plus: The Pentagon is training amateurs to become part of its hacker army, a Flock license plate reader error led to cops surrounding a car reviewer, and more. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/h3KRgx4

Companies will once again be allowed to scan citizens’ personal texts, emails, and social media messages via the “chat control” bill to find child abuse material online. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/XzDNVeF

An MSG database tracked and categorized hundreds of celebs, famous Knicks superfans, and even some of Taylor Swift’s wedding guests. Labels included “LGBTQIA,” “DO NOT HOST,” and low to high “risk.” from Security Latest https://ift.tt/9gvU3jr

Burst water mains. Evacuated hospitals. In a closed-door simulation, insurers played out their response to a mass disruption by China’s Volt Typhoon hackers—and found a nightmare scenario. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/lEq1gK3

The Office of Professional Responsibility has opened more than 100 cases over what ICE officials call “incidents of doxing and threats” against ICE employees. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/G6wKvYF

Plus: Alleged Scattered Spider hacking member extradited, dozens of license plate reader errors, and Indian officials are concerned about WhatsApp’s username rollout. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/LWMIh5f

“It is a direct attack on the rule of law,” says one European Parliament member of the new findings from Citizen Lab. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/R236TId

A researcher found that using Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.7, he could break into the website of Front Gate—used by every festival from Lollapalooza to Bonnaroo—and freely issue any ticket he chose. from Security Latest https://ift.tt/PpAJGUZ