A new Android spyware called ClayRat is luring potential victims by posing as popular apps and services like WhatsApp, Google Photos, TikTok, and YouTube. The malware is targeting Russian users through Telegram channels and malicious websites that appear legitimate. It can steal SMS meessages call logs, notifications, take pictures, and even make phone calls. Malware researchers at mobile security company Zimperium …
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Oct 09, 2025Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Malware A rapidly evolving Android spyware campaign called ClayRat has targeted users in Russia using a mix of Telegram channels and lookalike phishing websites by impersonating popular apps like WhatsApp, Google Photos, TikTok, and YouTube as lures to install them. “Once active, the spyware can exfiltrate SMS messages, call logs, notifications, and device information; …
Read More »Sora, OpenAI’s app and social network for AI-generated videos, has been downloaded over one million times, according to Sora head Bill Peebles. The app reached one million downloads in less than five days, Peebles says, “even faster than ChatGPT did.” That’s despite OpenAI only making the app available in North America, and its decision to require users to have an …
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Two girls were found dead on a New York City train early Saturday morning in a “subway surfing” game gone wrong, authorities said. New York City police responded to a 911 call at the Marcy Avenue stop in Brooklyn shortly after 3 a.m. where they found two unresponsive girls who were pronounced dead at the scene. The police still haven’t …
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Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. When outlets began reporting that Tilly Norwood, an A.I.-generated actress, was “in talks” to sign with a talent agent, Hollywood was outraged. Stella Hennen, however, was confused. “My friend sent me a video, and at first I thought she …
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SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from the Tuesday, Sept. 30 episode of “Dancing With the Stars.” Following the first elimination of the season — a double elimination, no less — the “Dancing With the Stars” competition continues to heat up. During this week, the partners danced to songs best known for dominating on TikTok. For the social media mavens on …
Read More »In 2-day span, OpenAI takes on Google, Amazon, Meta and TikTok SFGATE Buy it in ChatGPT: Instant Checkout and the Agentic Commerce Protocol OpenAI OpenAI deal puts Etsy at the ‘leading edge of agentic commerce,’ BTIG says CNBC How OpenAI and Stripe’s latest move could blow up online shopping as we know it Fortune OpenAI partners with Etsy, Shopify on ChatGPT payment checkout Reuters Source …
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On Tuesday, OpenAI announced the release of Sora 2, an audio and video generator to succeed last year’s Sora. Along with the model, the company also launched a linked social app called Sora, where users can be able to generate videos of themselves and their friends to share on a TikTok-style algorithmic feed. OpenAI’s work on a new social platform …
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