In cybercrime, AI is used for more than simply drafting phishing emails and defenders need to adapt, new report states.
Hidden text on a webpage can become a fact your AI assistant “remembers” and acts on weeks later.
A fake “install Claude on Mac” guide, hosted on claude.ai itself and boosted by a Google ad, ends with your Ledger app quietly asking for your recovery phrase.

Windscribe’s deGDID removes Windows tracking identifiers while preventing new ones, although several Microsoft cloud authentication services stop functioning afterward.
A security researcher has designed an algorithm that can create computer-generated patterns capable of hiding people, faces, and vehicles from detection by surveillance cameras.
Google recently changed how it refers and assigns names to hacking groups. TechCrunch spoke with one of the world’s foremost experts on tracking hackers to understand why companies give hackers codenames.
Plus: A judge rules cell tower dumps unconstitutional, water utility hacks spread to a dozen states, a phishing email opens a missile-parts supplier’s inbox, and a ransomware boss gets 16 years.
AI models are breaking free of testing at unprecedented rates
Two security researchers bought cheap domains—including noreply.net and deleteduser.com—and set up email listening services. Hundreds of companies are sending them corporate secrets.