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Meta's New AI Image Tool Lets Others Use Your Public Instagram Photos in AI Images

Meta's New AI Image Tool Lets Others Use Your Public Instagram Photos in AI Images

The Hacker News July 09, 2026

Meta has announced that its new artificial intelligence (AI) model Muse Image lets people use public Instagram posts and reels to generate AI content, and it's enabled by default. "You can also @-mention Instagram accounts in the Meta AI app to bring specific Instagram profiles right into your images," the social media giant said in a post. "Whether you want to design a custom event invitation
Top AI Agents Built to Catch Malicious Code Can Be Tricked Into Running It

Top AI Agents Built to Catch Malicious Code Can Be Tricked Into Running It

The Hacker News July 09, 2026

Ask an AI coding agent to scan open-source code for security holes, and it might run the attacker's code on your own machine instead. That is the finding in a proof-of-concept published Wednesday by the AI Now Institute, an attack it calls "Friendly Fire." It works against Anthropic's Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex when either is running in an autonomous mode that approves its own
GhostApproval Symlink Flaws Could Let Malicious Repos Run Code in AI Coding Agents

GhostApproval Symlink Flaws Could Let Malicious Repos Run Code in AI Coding Agents

The Hacker News July 09, 2026

Researchers at Wiz found that a flaw in six popular AI coding assistants lets a booby-trapped code project quietly take control of a developer's computer. The assistant asks permission to edit one harmless-looking file, but the write lands on a sensitive one instead. The affected tools are Amazon Q Developer, Anthropic's Claude Code, Augment, Cursor, Google Antigravity, and Windsurf.
Fake 7-Zip Installers Turn Devices Into Residential Proxy Nodes

Fake 7-Zip Installers Turn Devices Into Residential Proxy Nodes

The Hacker News July 09, 2026

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new threat actor dubbed Lurking Lizard that has been operating an end-to-end malicious residential proxy business using an infrastructure comprising more than 230 lookalike domains. The activity dates back to at least August 2022, according to DNS threat intelligence firm Infoblox. One such campaign, observed earlier this year, involved the
OnlyFans Models Are Accidentally Making Hacked Government Websites Disappear (No image available)

OnlyFans Models Are Accidentally Making Hacked Government Websites Disappear

Wired News July 08, 2026

Scammers are hijacking government websites to upload ads for “leaked” OnlyFans content. Thousands of copyright complaints from adult creators are helping people avoid malicious links.
What Happens if China Hacks the US Water Supply? I Went to a Secret War Game to Find Out (No image available)

What Happens if China Hacks the US Water Supply? I Went to a Secret War Game to Find Out

Wired News July 08, 2026

Burst water mains. Evacuated hospitals. In a closed-door simulation, insurers played out their response to a mass disruption by China’s Volt Typhoon hackers—and found a nightmare scenario.
ICE’s Internal Watchdog Is Now Investigating Online Critics (No image available)

ICE’s Internal Watchdog Is Now Investigating Online Critics

Wired News July 06, 2026

The Office of Professional Responsibility has opened more than 100 cases over what ICE officials call “incidents of doxing and threats” against ICE employees.
Security Roundup: Apple’s Hide My Email Service Fails to Hide Your Email (No image available)

Security Roundup: Apple’s Hide My Email Service Fails to Hide Your Email

Wired News July 04, 2026

Plus: Alleged Scattered Spider hacking member extradited, dozens of license plate reader errors, and Indian officials are concerned about WhatsApp’s username rollout.
EU Politicians Investigated Pegasus Spyware. Then It Ended Up on One of Their Phones (No image available)

EU Politicians Investigated Pegasus Spyware. Then It Ended Up on One of Their Phones

Wired News July 03, 2026

“It is a direct attack on the rule of law,” says one European Parliament member of the new findings from Citizen Lab.
Claude Helped a Hacker Find a Way to Issue Tickets to Almost Every US Music Festival (No image available)

Claude Helped a Hacker Find a Way to Issue Tickets to Almost Every US Music Festival

Wired News July 01, 2026

A researcher found that using Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.7, he could break into the website of Front Gate—used by every festival from Lollapalooza to Bonnaroo—and freely issue any ticket he chose.
Meta Contractors Posed as Teens to Prompt Rival Chatbots About Suicide, Sex, and Drugs (No image available)

Meta Contractors Posed as Teens to Prompt Rival Chatbots About Suicide, Sex, and Drugs

Wired News June 29, 2026

Hundreds of contractors working on a project for Meta pretended to be kids in order to see how other chatbots like Gemini and ChatGPT would respond to high-risk subjects, WIRED found.
Top Google Security Staff Warn Search Data Could Be Hacked if EU Rules Change (No image available)

Top Google Security Staff Warn Search Data Could Be Hacked if EU Rules Change

Wired News June 29, 2026

Europe’s pro-competition proposals could see Google Search and Android systems opened up. The company claims there are serious privacy flaws.
Security News This Week: LastPass Users Had Their Data Stolen—Again (No image available)

Security News This Week: LastPass Users Had Their Data Stolen—Again

Wired News June 27, 2026

Plus: Former national security advisor John Bolton pleads guilty in classified-materials case, Microsoft helps take down major infostealer infrastructure, and more.
The Pentagon Is Looking Into the Dialog Data Exposure for Unmasking National Security Officials (No image available)

The Pentagon Is Looking Into the Dialog Data Exposure for Unmasking National Security Officials

Wired News June 26, 2026

Exposed records from the private group included the personal information of a senior White House intelligence official and an active-duty special operations officer.
British Police Built a Sprawling Crime-Prediction Machine. Some Results Couldn’t Be Trusted (No image available)

British Police Built a Sprawling Crime-Prediction Machine. Some Results Couldn’t Be Trusted

Wired News June 25, 2026

As UK police embrace the AI revolution, a WIRED investigation reveals the messy inside story of one region’s experiment with predictive analytics.