Microsoft Intervenes After LG Monitor App Shows McAfee Ads in Windows

LG will disable McAfee ads shown through its Windows monitor app after Microsoft intervened, raising new questions about user consent and control.
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Microsoft Intervenes After LG Monitor App Shows McAfee Ads in Windows

LG will disable McAfee ads shown through its Windows monitor app after Microsoft intervened, raising new questions about user consent and control.
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This Week in Security: AI is a Mess, Hacking Car Chargers, an OpenSSL DoS, and Factories Under Attack

[Ayush Paul] posts about extracting data from Claude agents while it accesses web data to fulfill user requests. But it wasn’t that easy. [Ayush] discovered that Anthropic anticipated many of …read more Continue reading This Week in Security: AI is a Mess, Hacking Car Chargers, an OpenSSL DoS, and Factories Under Attack

Microsoft Asks LG to Stop Pushing McAfee Ads to Windows 11 Users With LG Monitors

Microsoft asked LG to stop showing McAfee pop-ups to Windows 11 users via its LG Monitor app, which can be installed automatically when an LG monitor is connected to a PC.
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FBI Seizes NetNut Proxy Platform, Popa Botnet

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said today it worked with industry partners to seize hundreds of domains associated with NetNut, a sprawling residential proxy service operated by the publicly-traded Israeli company Alarum Technologies [NASDAQ: ALAR]. The action comes roughly two weeks after KrebsOnSecurity published findings from multiple security firms connecting NetNut to the Popa botnet, a collection of at least two million devices that have been compromised by malicious software with little or no consent from victims. Continue reading FBI Seizes NetNut Proxy Platform, Popa Botnet

‘Popa’ Botnet Linked to Publicly-Traded Israeli Firm

For the past four years, a sprawling Android-based botnet called Popa has forced millions of consumer TV boxes to relay Internet traffic linked to advertising fraud, account takeovers, and mass data-scraping efforts. This week, researchers from multiple security firms concluded that the Popa botnet is linked to NetNut, a “residential proxy” provider operated by the publicly-traded Israeli firm Alarum Technologies Ltd [NASDAQ: ALAR]. Continue reading ‘Popa’ Botnet Linked to Publicly-Traded Israeli Firm

South Korea’s AI Push Leans on Nvidia Infrastructure

South Korea’s June 2026 Nvidia announcements show how sovereign AI infrastructure is moving from government ambition to corporate buildout, with SK, Naver, LG, Hyundai and Doosan tying cloud, memory, robotics and manufacturing plans to Nvidia’s platfor… Continue reading South Korea’s AI Push Leans on Nvidia Infrastructure

Microsoft Copilot App is Now Automatically Installed on Some LG TVs

If you own a recent LG smart TV, you may have noticed that a new Copilot app is available on your home dashboard, whether you want it or not.
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