LLMs can unmask pseudonymous users at scale with surprising accuracy
2026-03-04T19:45:04Z•f9a2239d4f476815769197bd514f079ffe97c9e1dd5726ac5098f221b144e5e2
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What happened
Ars Technica security roundup (Jan–Mar 2026) covering multiple high‑impact incidents and trends: LLMs can deanonymize pseudonymous users at scale; Google is deploying Merkle‑Tree certificates to quantum‑proof HTTPS; a new AirSnitch Wi‑Fi attack can bypass encryption; Lumma Stealer and related malware campaigns have returned with effective lures; several supply‑chain compromises (Notepad++ updater, malicious packages targeting dYdX) have led to backdoors and wallet thefts; Microsoft warns about expiring Secure Boot certificates while an urgent Office vulnerability is being actively exploited by
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