The company says fewer bad actors are targeting Google Play with malicious apps, a shift the tech giant attributes to increased investment in proactive security systems and AI technologies. In its latest Android app ecosystem security report released Thursday, Google said it prevented 1.75 million infringing apps from being published on Google Play in 2025, … Read more
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing TP-Link over claims the router maker is misleading customers about its ties to China. In the lawsuit filed this week, Paxton alleges that TP-Link is “masking its Chinese ties” while serving as “an open window for China-sponsored threat actors and Chinese intelligence agencies.” Although TP-Link markets its routers … Read more
Microsoft has fixed a critical vulnerability affecting Markdown files in Notepad. In Tuesday’s patch notes, Microsoft says a bad actor could perform a remote code execution attack by tricking users into “clicking on a malicious link inside a Markdown file opened in Notepad,” as it previously reported. Registry. Clicking on the link “launches unauthenticated protocols,” … Read more
Substack is warning some users that email addresses and phone numbers linked to their accounts were exposed in a “security incident” last year. In an email to account holders, Substack CEO Chris Best said a hacker gained unauthorized access to internal data in October 2025, but passwords, credit card numbers and other financial information remain … Read more
OpenClaw, an artificial intelligence agent that has exploded in popularity over the past week, is raising new security concerns after researchers discovered malware in hundreds of user-submitted “skill” add-ons on its marketplace. In a post Monday, 1Password VP of Product Jason Meller said the OpenClaw skill center has become an “attack surface,” with the most … Read more