August 2025
New Phishing campaign hides malicious links in Proofpoint and Intermedia link wrappers
Phishing attacks are evolving constantly as threat actors discover new ways to attack Internet users and steal passwords and other sensitive data. One common strategy is to use legitimate services, for instance official PayPal emails, to deliver the malicious content to users.
ChatGPT removes feature that let shared chats to be indexed by search engines
OpenAI has removed a feature from ChatGPT that allowed shared chats to be discovered by search engines. The option in question only applied to chats that were shared by users.
Google loses its appeal against Epic Games
Google has lost its appeal against a ruling in the case against Epic Games. The Play Store will need to allow third-party app marketplaces.
Epic Games sued Apple and Google in 2020, following the removal of Fortnite from both stores, after the game used third-party payment methods. Epic's case against Apple didn't really go its way. But the lawsuit against Google unearthed several revenue sharing deals that the Mountain View company had made with OEMs.