I just blinked and the first quarter of the year is GONE. Where does the time go? I looked back at my article from last month where I touched on the use of AI and some of the vulnerabilities associated with it and realized it was good precursor to some themes at RSAC this year. AI was certainly the focus this year, with almost everyone having some form of AI connection to their products (some maybe just on paper?). But I think the biggest message, especially while we are in the early days of adoption, is the importance of human…
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A SISTRIX analysis of German search data found far more losers than winners after Google’s March core update. The analysis revealed 134 domains experiencing confirmed visibility losses and 32 with gains. SISTRIX determined these figures by examining 1,371 domains showing significant visibility changes, then applying filters such as a 52-week Visibility Index history, 30 days of daily data, and visual confirmation of each domain’s trend. The update began rolling out on March 27 and was completed on April 8, 12 days after launch. It was the first broad core update of 2026 and arrived two days after Google finished the March 2026 spam update.…
Calvin Wankhede / Android AuthorityTL;DR OpenAI has introduced a $100/month ChatGPT Pro plan in the US. The new tier offers 5x higher coding limits than the $20 Plus plan and is targeted at heavy users. OpenAI is now directly competing with Anthropic, which also offers a $100 Claude plan. OpenAI has introduced a new $100-per-month ChatGPT plan, driven by the growing popularity of its coding tool, Codex.The update was confirmed by Sam Altman on X, saying, “It is very nice to see Codex getting so much love. We are launching a $100 ChatGPT Pro tier by very popular demand.”The new…
Threat actors using a previously undocumented phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform called “VENOM” are targeting credentials of C-suite executives across multiple industries. The operation has been active since at least last November and appears to target specific individuals who serve as CEOs, CFOs, or VPs at their companies. VENOM also seems to be closed access, as it has not been promoted on public channels and underground forums, thus reducing its exposure to researchers. The VENOM attack chain The phishing emails, observed by researchers at cybersecurity company Abnormal, impersonated Microsoft SharePoint document-sharing notifications as part of internal communication. The messages are highly personalized…
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“Threat actors can, for pennies, cycle through IP addresses to get fresh positive-reputation IP addresses minute to minute and use them for their wares at various parts of the attack lifecycle, whether it’s brute forcing, whether it’s leveraging known positive credentials, or whether it’s exfiltrating information at the end of the attack chain,” she said. Kimwolf: How a botnet scaled to 30 Tbps The Kimwolf botnet is the clearest illustration of what residential proxy exploitation looks like at operational scale. Kimwolf emerged in late 2025 as a breakaway from Aisuru, at the time the most powerful DDoS botnet on the…
Threat actors can extract Google API keys embedded in Android applications to gain access to Gemini AI endpoints and compromise data, CloudSEK warns. For over a decade, Google has said that API keys for public services such as Maps are not secrets, but recent research from Truffle Security showed that these keys can be used to authenticate to the Gemini AI assistant, potentially exposing personal data. “We scanned millions of websites and found nearly 3,000 Google API keys that now also authenticate to Gemini even though they were never intended for it. With a valid key, an attacker can access…
YouTube is pushing further into traditional TV-style advertising, signaling a shift that could reshape the viewing experience — and attract bigger brand budgets. What’s happening. Some TV viewers are being shown ads up to 90 seconds long before they can skip, a significant jump from the 30-second unskippable formats introduced recently. How it works. The longer ad blocks appear primarily on TV devices and may exceed 90 seconds in total length, with the skip option only becoming available after that initial window. Why we care. YouTube is creating more premium, TV-like ad inventory that allows for longer, more impactful storytelling…
Fully encrypted email has been available in at least some form for Gmail since the end of 2022, but now it’s finally ready for mobile. Google is now offering end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for Gmail on Android devices and iPhones through the official email app. The move comes days after Google simplified encryption for Workspace users on the desktop, and follows a similar approach. If both the sender and recipient are using the Gmail app, encrypted messages will appear like typical email threads. You only have to tap the lock icon and choose “additional encryption.” Recipients who don’t use the Gmail…
Streaming services are getting more expensive all the time, with Netflix raising its prices again just this past March. It’s getting to the point where it doesn’t make sense to keep up with all of these subscriptions. Happily, there are plenty of free streaming services out there that make better-than-expected substitutes. That includes Tubi, the best free streaming service you’re not using. Full disclosure: there is a lot of chaff to sort through on these services; when the price is free, sometimes you get what you pay for. But there’s also a lot of high-quality stuff if you know where…