Month: January 2026
Grubhub and Google hacking
First of all (and sadly, personally upsetting to me, who orders entirely too much takeout), food delivery giant Grubhub reported a data breach this week, with the hackers responsible for it already demanding a hefty ransom from the company or else they’ll release the data. The hack was actually part of a massive Salesforce-related breach
A Myanmar military airstrike on civillians
Myanmar has been in turmoil since the army seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi on Feb. 1, 2021, triggering widespread popular opposition. After peaceful demonstrations were put down with lethal force, many opponents of the military rule took up arms, and large parts of the country are now embroiled in
Trump signed his Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ into being
U.S. President Donald Trump was surrounded by world leaders as he declared the war in Gaza was “really coming to an end” at a signing ceremony for his “Board of Peace” for the territory.The United Arab Emirates, Hungary and Pakistan were represented at the ceremony at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday.
Xi assures Brazil’s Lula of China’s support
Chinese leader Xi Jinping assured his Brazilian counterpart on Friday that China would stand by Latin America’s biggest economy and the Global South, and called for both nations to maintain the role of the United Nations.Xi said China and Brazil should safeguard the shared interests of the Global South and jointly maintain the role of
1Password Adds a Second Line of Phishing Defense to Its Browser Extension
Password-manager service 1Password won’t let you get past the paste command if it spots a phishing-scam site in your browser.This update to 1Password ($35.88 a year for an individual account, $53.88 a year for a family bundle covering up to five users) will interrupt that copy-and-paste workaround with a warning that you’re on the wrong
Resurgence of a multi‑stage AiTM phishing and BEC campaign
Microsoft Defender Researchers uncovered a multi‑stage adversary‑in‑the‑middle (AiTM) phishing and business email compromise (BEC) campaign targeting multiple organizations in the energy sector, resulting in the compromise of various user accounts. The campaign abused SharePoint file‑sharing services to deliver phishing payloads and relied on inbox rule creation to maintain persistence and evade user awareness. The attack
Snapchat new parental control
Two days after settling a lawsuit accusing Snapchat of causing social media addiction and mental health issues, Snap announced that it’s introducing new parental controls. Parents and guardians can now use Snapchat’s “Family Center” tool to see how much time their teen is spending on the platform, along with additional details about the new friends
Google Acquires Top Talent From AI Voice Startup
Google DeepMind is hiring the CEO and several top engineers from Hume AI, a startup working on emotionally intelligent voice interfaces, as part of a new licensing agreement.The deal is the latest sign that AI companies expect voice mode to become an increasingly important interface for interacting with customers—and that understanding a user’s emotions and
Iraq to prosecute Islamic State detainees
Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council said on Thursday it would begin legal proceedings against Islamic State detainees transferred from Syria after the rapid collapse of Kurdish-led forces in northeast Syria triggered concerns over prison security. The U.S. military said on Tuesday its forces had transferred 150 Islamic State detainees from Syria to Iraq and that the
Netflix talks up podcasts and gaming
The streaming giant has long seen itself as a brand competing with all forms of leisure activity, not just fellow streamers or TV platforms. Competition for ad spend, subscription money, consumer attention and TV creators has never been more fierce, claimed Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos during the company’s results call yesterday (20 January). However, he