Your uncle’s frozen Mac says it’s infected after viewing a Google ad. Now what?
2026-09-29T08:51:38Z•f9a632fcaa32d3646b5f79d72ec464fe36d4b80b4ca22b0b8679f97c9ca40bc6
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What happened
Ars Technica security RSS feed covering major cybersecurity developments, including malvertising and scareware, novel RSA attacks, ransomware and extortion activity, AI-assisted account compromise, zero-days, supply-chain attacks, ClickFix social engineering, exploit kits, large-scale vulnerability patching, data breaches, BGP hijacking, surveillance camera exposure, and abuse of AI agents and prompt-manipulation techniques. The feed reflects active and emerging threats affecting users, enterprises, cloud platforms, software supply chains, and critical infrastructure.
Why it matters
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- arstechnica_security
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- 2026-09-29T08:51:38Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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