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bitdefender.com > en-us > blog > hotforsecurity > discord-delays-age-verification-2026

Discord Delays New Age Verification Rollout After Backlash

1+ hour, 28+ min ago  (890+ words) Discord has decided to delay the rollout of its recently announced age verification process until late in the year after users complained about its new teen-by-default policy. Discord cofounder Stanislav Vishnevskiy now says that most users will never actually need…...

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bitdefender.com > en-us > blog > hotforsecurity > 10-000-bounty-hack-ring-cameras

$10,000 bounty offered if you can hack Ring cameras to stop them sharing your data with Amazon

4+ hour, 22+ min ago  (462+ words) Did you watch this year's Super Bowl? If you did, maybe you're one of those who were sat at your sofa fuming about Ring camera's TV ad. The ad focuses on Ring's new "Search Party" feature - an AI-driven feature that…...

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bitdefender.com > en-us > blog > hotforsecurity > anonymous-fenix-hackers-spain

Anonymous Fénix Hackers Arrested after DDoS Attacks on Spanish Government Websites

23+ hour, 57+ min ago  (417+ words) " Spanish authorities arrested four core members of hacktivist group Anonymous F'nix. " The group launched DDoS attacks against ministries, political parties and public institutions. " Activity escalated after the 2024 Valencia DANA floods, which the group used to justify attacks. " Law enforcement seized…...

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bitdefender.com > en-us > blog > hotforsecurity > kids-bypass-age-verification

How kids bypass age verification online and what families can do about it

1+ day, 21+ min ago  (846+ words) Not long ago, kids could simply lie to pass online age checks. A box marked "over 18" was often all it took. Learn how kids bypass age verification in 2026. By 2025, it started to get harder. A wave of legislation and regulatory…...

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bitdefender.com > en-us > blog > hotforsecurity > instagram-phishing-fake-login-pages

Instagram phishing via fake login pages and how to stop it

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (903+ words) Instagram phishing via fake login pages steals passwords and 2FA codes, leading to account takeovers and identity abuse. Instagram scams are a full ecosystem, but fake login pages deserve their own spotlight because they're a single-click disaster that could lead to…...

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bitdefender.com > en-us > blog > hotforsecurity > your-teen-isnt-just-on-tiktok-youtube-and-instagram-anymore-ai-is-now-part-of-their-daily-life

Your Teen Isn’t Just on TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram Anymore—AI Is Now Part of Their Daily Life

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (933+ words) A new 2025 report from Pew Research Center, based on a survey of 1,458 U.S. teens ages 13 to 17 conducted between September 25 and October 9, 2025, shows that while social media is still central to teen life, something else is quickly rising alongside it: AI chatbots....

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bitdefender.com > en-au > blog > hotforsecurity > grok-eu-ireland-investigation-images

Grok Faces EU-Wide Fallout After Ireland Opens Formal Inquiry into Generated Sexual Images

1+ week, 21+ hour ago  (467+ words) Ireland has officially opened a data protection investigation into X after Grok was accused of generating non-consensual sexual images of real people, including minors. The investigation, spearheaded by the Data Protection Commission (DPC), places X under regulatory scrutiny. If the…...

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bitdefender.com > en-gb > blog > hotforsecurity > google-chrome-first-important-security-update-2026

Google Amends Chrome with the First Important Security Fix in 2026 (CVE-2026-2441)

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (491+ words) Patch your Chrome browser! Google has issued a security update to address a serious security flaw that hackers are already exploiting. "The Stable channel has been updated to 145.0.7632.75/76 for Windows/Mac" and 144.0.7559.75 for Linux, which will roll out over the…...

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bitdefender.com > en-us > blog > hotforsecurity > the-word-of-2025-is-slop-says-merriam-webster-why-this-matters-for-family-safety

The Word of 2025 Is ‘Slop,’ Says Merriam-Webster. Why This Matters for Family Safety

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (479+ words) Merriam-Webster announced that its Word of the Year was'slop,an old word with a new meaning. Slop first appeared in the 1700s to describe soft mud. In the 1800s, it came to mean food waste, as in pig slop, and later evolved…...

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bitdefender.com > en-us > blog > hotforsecurity > amazon-package-qr-code-scam

Got An Unexpected Amazon Package With a QR Code? Police Say it’s a Scam

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (215+ words) Police in the US are once again sounding the alarm about brushing scams. This exact scenario is being used in a new scam designed to steal personal and financial information. At first, there's nothing threatening about it. But once you…...