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    What Pokémon GO Can Teach Us About Intelligence in the Age of AI

    The “spy app” allegations drew on real privacy concerns and documented historical links. The bigger story is how location, mapping and AI…
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    How One Vishing Call Can Compromise Your Work Accounts

    A convincing support call can turn one mistaken approval into access to your work email, files, and other connected services.
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    Can Malware Still Hide Inside Images? What Happened in REF9403

    Elastic found pieces of a malicious payload concealed inside SVG flag files, but simply viewing them was not the trigger in the infection…
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    Can Hackers Sniff Wi-Fi from the Toilet?

    A strange office dead zone, RF shielding paint, and a simple lesson about wireless security.
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    Can Someone Hack My WhatsApp?

    What it usually means, and when the issue is not only WhatsApp
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    Website Defacement and the Risk of Deception

    A defacement banner may show what the attacker wanted people to see, but it should not be treated as verified attribution on its own
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    Should You Study Cybersecurity or Software Engineering in Malaysia?

    A practical look at degree choices, technical foundations, and keeping the cybersecurity path open
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    Steam Phishing: How Fake Workshop Pages Lead Users to Risky Login Flows

    A simple look at how a Steam chat message, a YouTube profile, and a Workshop-looking page can guide users toward a suspicious login flow
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    KKM Website Hacked: Defacement, Data Breach, or Something in Between?

    What the public evidence shows, what remains unconfirmed, and why website defacement should not be dismissed