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France reveals hidden swimming pools with AI, taxes them

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Using an artificial intelligence computer vision system developed by French IT firm Capgemini, the French tax office (often called "Le Fisc") has identified 20,356 residential swimming pools that had…

The number of companies caught up in the Twilio hack keeps growing

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) The fallout from this month's breach of security provider Twilio keeps coming. Three new companies—authentication service Authy, password manager LastPass, and food delivery service DoorDash—said in recent days that…

Phishers who hit Twilio and Cloudflare stole 10k credentials from 136 others

Enlarge / This is definitely not a Razer mouse—but you get the idea. (credit: calvio via Getty Images) Two weeks ago, Twilio and Cloudflare detailed a phishing attack so methodical and well-orchestrated that…

Plex imposes password reset after hackers steal data for >15 million users

15 million users"> Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Streaming media platform Plex on Wednesday said it was hacked by intruders who managed to access a proprietary database and make off with password data, usernames,…

Unix legend, who owes us nothing, keeps fixing foundational AWK code

Enlarge / Brian Kernighan speaking at a tribute to his Bell Labs coworker and The C Programming Language co-author Dennis Ritchie in 2012. Ritchie's visage in dominoes is behind Kernighan. (credit: Ben Lowe/Flickr)…

Debit card fraud leaves Ally Bank customers, small stores reeling

Enlarge / Ally debit card owners are reporting fraudulent charges at a steady cadence over the past week. (credit: Getty Images) Ben Langhofer, a financial planner and single father of three in Wichita,…

Ring patched an Android bug that could have exposed video footage

Enlarge / Ring camera images give you a view of what's happening and, in one security firm's experiments, a good base for machine learning surveillance. (credit: Ring) Amazon quietly but quickly patched a…

Netflix’s ad-supported plan likely to have another drawback: No video downloads

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg) The presence of advertisements apparently won't be the only major difference between Netflix's ad-supported and ad-free plans. Text reportedly found in the code of Netflix's iPhone app…

Zoom patches critical vulnerability again after prior fix was bypassed

Enlarge / A critical vulnerability in Zoom for MacOS, patched once last weekend, could still be bypassed as of Wednesday. Users should update again. (credit: Getty Images) It's time for Zoom users on…

iOS VPNs have leaked traffic for more than 2 years, researcher claims

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) A security researcher says that Apple's iOS devices don't fully route all network traffic through VPNs as a user might expect, a potential security issue the device maker has…