Ace Security Desk – British food festivals are being used to target small food and craft businesses in a scam made possible by artificial intelligence (AI) by Gareth Bryer & Annell Dyfri, BBC Wales: Published: 18 September 2026 A BBC Wales investigation found dozens of traders received professional-looking emails purporting to be from festivals with any requests […]
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Ace Security Desk – The government says acknowledging the Apple order could damage national security. But pretending nobody knows about it is damaging open justice. The British government’s policy of neither confirming nor denying that it had ordered Apple to put a backdoor into iCloud has been described as “farcical” during a court hearing. The […]
Ace Security Desk – Attackers are actively exploiting a critical flaw in a WooCommerce extension to seize control of WordPress sites without a username or password. The issue affects Wholesale Lead Capture and turns a routine file-upload feature into a direct path to server access: By Tushar Subhra Dutta Sept. 15, 2026 The vulnerability, tracked […]
Ace Security Desk – Britain’s free speech environment is already under intense pressure. Now a proposal would make social media itself a licensed activity, with Ofcom deciding who gets to operate. In the UK, The Social Media Platforms (Ofcom Licensing) Bill had its first reading in the House of Lords on September 7. A first […]
Ace Security Desk – Survey: 56% of AI enthusiasts (and a third of all users) tell chatbots things they keep from other people However you feel about AI, it’s become a significant part of daily life for many. People use it, but should they trust it with their personal information? At DuckDuckGo we don’t think […]
