Millions at Risk as Android Mental Health Apps Expose Sensitive Data

Oversecured flagged 1,575 flaws in 10 Android health apps with 14.7M installs, putting chats, CBT notes, and mood logs at risk, per BleepingComputer.

New AirSnitch attack bypasses Wi-Fi encryption in homes, offices, and enterprises

Unlike previous Wi-Fi attacks, AirSnitch exploits core features in Layers 1 and 2 and the failure to bind and synchronize a ...
New Scientist

Breaking encryption with a quantum computer just got 10 times easier

The commonly used RSA encryption algorithm can now be cracked by a quantum computer with only 100,000 qubits, but the technical challenges to building such a machine remain numerous ...
IEEE

EPREAR:An Efficient Attribute-Based Proxy Re-Encryption Scheme With Fast Revocation for Data Sharing in AIoT

Abstract: The Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) is driving human society from “information” to “intelligence”, and the information technology industry is undergoing tremendous changes. However, ...
KSNF

PulsePoint app seeks to balance officer safety and public info

(KODE/KSNF) — If you’ve ever listened to a scanner to find out what police and other emergency crews are responding to, you have probably noticed a decrease in scanner traffic especially in the last ...
IEEE

Secure Implementation of Population Data Encryption for Village Websites Using Advanced Encryption Standard (AES-256)

Abstract: Village Information Systems (SID) manage sensitive population data including demographics, personal identities, and residential records, alongside financial and administrative information, ...
Houston Chronicle

How much water do AI data centers use? A new survey could help Texas regulators find out.

Water consumption by data centers and cryptomining facilities will be the focus of a new data-collection effort launched Friday by the Texas Public Utility Commission. Demand to build new data centers ...
FedScoop

Federal judge blocks ICE from using IRS taxpayer data in enforcement

Federal immigration agents detain a man during an operation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Jan. 27, 2026. (Photo by Octavio JONES / AFP via ...
CSOonline

Microsoft develops a new scanner to detect hidden backdoors in LLMs

Microsoft’s research shows how poisoned language models can hide malicious triggers, creating new integrity risks for enterprises using third-party AI systems. Microsoft has developed a scanner ...
ZDNet

7 apps I use to lock down, encrypt, and store my private files - and most are free

File and folder security is crucial in this day and age. There are apps you can use to heighten the security of your files. These apps are free and available for desktop and mobile devices. The need ...
GitHub

Use your phone as a barcode scanner for your PC

This is a simple app you can use to turn your smartphone into a barcode scanner. To use it, you have to download both a server application and an Android application ...