Your uncle’s frozen Mac says it’s infected after viewing a Google ad. Now what?

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What happened

Ars Technica security feed covering active cyber threats and incidents, including malvertising and scareware, ClickFix social engineering, exploit-kit activity targeting Chrome and Windows, large-scale account compromises, supply-chain attacks, data breaches, BGP hijacking, AI-agent security risks, and privacy abuses involving surveillance cameras. Several reports describe ongoing or potentially high-impact campaigns, but the document is an aggregated news feed rather than a single confirmed incident.

Why it matters

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2026-09-25T20:51:38Z
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