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Polygon Summer Game Fest 2026 Live game reveals, world premiere trailers, and what’s next from 40+ developers, publishers, and hardware makers. The trailer shows Claire Redfield entering a run-down ...

The tactic was uncovered by cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, which said attackers are constructing QR codes using text symbols rather than image files. QR-code phishing attacks, often known as "quishing" ...

Bank security can feel confusing because every account seems to handle it differently. One bank sends a text. Another sends an email. Another asks you to approve a login inside its app. So when ...

[Kert Gartner]’s ASCII Aquarium turns a cheap yellow display (CYD) into a tiny simulated aquarium, complete with ASCII sea creatures each with their own behaviors. There’s all kinds of options and ...

A previously undocumented information stealer has been distributed through fake Claude Code installation pages, hijacking Chromium browsers to bypass App-Bound Encryption and exfiltrate cookies, ...

Your phone buzzes. A text message pops up saying you have an outstanding traffic violation, and if you scan the attached QR code immediately, you can pay a $6.99 balance and avoid a court appearance.

If you got a sketchy text last year about an unpaid toll or parking ticket, you weren't alone. Those DMV and E-ZPass phishing scams swept across the country in 2025, targeting drivers in states like ...

The entire source code for Anthropic’s Claude Code command line interface application (not the models themselves) has been leaked and disseminated, apparently due ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But even with their impressive acronym cred, parents of today's teens are finding their kids texting in a mix of letters and words ...