Hack of the day: Instagram hacked recovery and stolen X (formerly Twitter) profiles are becoming a growing headache for many users, creators, freelancers, and small businesses in 2026. From Delhi to ...

Cybercriminals are using YouTube to disseminate malware that targets Minecraft users and takes full control over their computers. In January this year, security researchers McAfee Labs spotted a new ...

A photograph taken during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 18, 2024, shows the logo of Meta, the US company that owns and operates Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and ...

Attackers are using text prompts in Meta AI to change associated email addresses and hijack Instagram accounts, bypassing two-factor authentication. While Meta claims the issue is resolved, users ...

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Some AI cybersecurity threats are incredibly simple. They’re still dangerous. On June 5, 404 Media reported that attackers had been using Meta’s AI customer support agent to steal Instagram accounts.

Meta has revealed that 20,225 Instagram users had their accounts hijacked in a recent incident where attackers used Meta's AI-powered support system to reset passwords. As BleepingComputer reported ...

If anything, 2026 has made clear that cybersecurity is no longer a background concern — it’s front and center, woven into almost every major story of the year. Yes, wars are still raging, the climate ...

The flaw, which Meta said it had fixed, allowed anyone to take over accounts using a bug in the company’s new artificial intelligence software. By Mike Isaac and Eli Tan Mike Isaac covers Silicon ...

The widespread hacking campaign that relied on simply asking Meta AI’s chatbot to take over a victim’s Instagram account appears to have continued even after the company said the issue had been ...

Joe is a freelance journalist. It all started with a long-running affection for building his own PCs, which he did for the first time as a teenager. It evolved into a lifelong enjoyment of putting ...

A week ago, I found myself in a stranger’s garage in New Jersey with $100 and a pair of $250 Ray-Ban Meta camera glasses. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...