A new cybersecurity report is challenging common safety beliefs, stating that even cautious smartphone owners remain vulnerable. The French government’s digital security team, CERT-FR, warns that constant Wi-Fi and Bluetooth use creates a significant, often overlooked, entry point for attackers. The authority’s latest analysis , reviewing threats since 2025, identifies public networks as especially dangerous. Hackers can deploy “man-in-the-middle” attacks on these connections to intercept private data like passwords and bank details without a user’s knowledge. A tactic called the “ Evil Twin ” attack adds to the risk. Criminals create convincing copies of legitimate hotspot names. Once a user connects to this fake network, their device can be infected with harmful software, potentially leading to a total lockdown. Connecting through older network technology, such as 2G, also increases your exposure. These outdated systems contain well-known security weaknesses that are simpler for ...
A new study reveals that artificial intelligence image generators often lack originality, repeatedly producing pictures from just a dozen common visual styles. This happens even though the technology is trained on vast libraries of online images. Researchers played a “visual telephone” game with AI models to test their creativity. They used Stable Diffusion XL to make an image from a text prompt. Another model, LLaVA, then described that image. That description was used to create a new image, and the cycle continued for 100 rounds. Just like the whispered message in the children’s game, the original idea quickly vanished. However, the images did not become random. Instead, they almost always shifted toward one of twelve dominant visual themes. PH businesses reap Php10 for every Php1 spent on AI investment — study AI can predict heart attack survival and personalize treatment — study The scientists ran this experiment 1,000 separate times. In most cases, by around the 100th e...