India Introduces New Reforms to the Telecommunications Act
The Indian government has criminalized tampering with telecommunication identifiers and possessing unauthorized radio equipment under the Telecommunications Act, 2023. This aims to address sim misuse, telecom fraud, and exploitation of digital communication infrastructure. The Act also criminalizes acquiring telecom identifiers through fraud, and mandates telecom service providers to verify customers before issuing SIM cards.
The “Double-Blind” Signal: A Security Analysis of Phreeli Wireless
In the final weeks of 2025, a new entrant in the American telecommunications market, Phreeli, made an audacious design claim: it aims to know as little about its customers as possible. Launched on Dec. 4, 2025, by Nicholas Merrill — the internet service provider owner who spent a decade fighting a PATRIOT Act-era gag order — Phreeli is a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) designed to decouple legal identity from cellular activity.
As a security professional, I approach “privacy-first” claims with inherent scepticism. After a technical deep dive into Phreeli’s architecture and launch documentation, here is an objective analysis of where this service succeeds — and where the physics of cellular technology still create unavoidable risks.
The Most Useful Stocking Stuffer You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
Nothing deflates a holiday moment faster than a dying phone. One minute you are navigating to a family gathering or lining up a photo of an ugly sweater contest; the next, a low-battery warning takes centre stage. We rely on our phones for everything, yet routinely overlook the one accessory that keeps them running.
This holiday season, skip the novelty gifts. A portable battery pack may not look festive, but it is one of the few stocking stuffers that remains genuinely useful long after the decorations come down.
Europe's Quest for a Domestic Alternative to US Hyperscalers
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European cloud users love hyperscalers - but they’re all American. Microsoft, Google and Amazon Web Services together hold 70% of the European market, with local providers mustering a mere 15% collectively.
That landscape could soon change in the face of geopolitical reality, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term inserts doubt into the transatlantic relationship.
With Trump’s White House painting European allies as weak and threatening them with new tariffs and even NATO withdrawal, European governments are taking the potential need for technological independence more seriously than before. “We are working together towards one goal: European digital sovereignty,” said German Chancellor Friedrich Merz - one of the continent’s most avowed Atlanticists - at an urgently-convened Berlin summit on the subject last month.
Most Western European CIOs and IT leaders now believe that geopolitical concerns will restrict their organizations’ future use of global cloud providers and boost their use of local alternatives, Gartner warned in November. But European organizations shouldn’t be holding their breath for the emergence of a new titan anytime soon.
Microsoft Scales Back AI Goals Because Almost Nobody Is Using Copilot | Extremetech
Microsoft has reportedly scaled back AI goals for its Copilot software due to low user adoption and sales, with some targets cut by 50%. While Microsoft disputes the sales quota claims, AI agents have shown low success rates in tasks, and Copilot lags behind competitors like ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini in market share.
A leak from the Epic Games Store has allegedly revealed plans for free game giveaways throughout December 2025, totaling nearly $300 in value. While the authenticity is unconfirmed, the list includes titles like Hogwarts Legacy, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Mortal Kombat 11.
Liberating AirPods With Bluetooth Spoofing | Hackaday
LibrePods is an app for Android and Linux that unlocks AirPods’ hidden features, like noise reduction and ear detection, by spoofing their Bluetooth ID. While it offers advanced functionality, including use as hearing aids, it requires root access on most Android devices and Apple may eventually block this workaround.
Apple Issues Security Updates After Two WebKit Flaws Found Exploited in the Wild
Apple has released security updates for multiple operating systems and its Safari browser to address two WebKit flaws that have been exploited in the wild. One of these vulnerabilities, CVE-2025-14174, is the same flaw previously patched in Google Chrome.
France and Germany Grappling With Nation-State Hacks
The French Ministry of Interior is investigating a suspected nation-state cyberattack on its email server, while Germany has attributed a 2024 hacking incident on its air traffic control systems to Russian nation-state hackers. These incidents highlight a broader trend of hybrid tactics, including hacking and disinformation, employed by Russia against European nations.
I tested ChatGPT-5.2 vs Gemini 3.0 with 7 real-world prompts — here’s the winner | Tom’s Guide
In a comparison of ChatGPT-5.2 and Gemini 3.0 across seven real-world prompts, ChatGPT-5.2 emerged as the overall winner, demonstrating superior emotional intelligence and psychological insight in its responses. While Gemini 3.0 excelled in specific areas like risk assessment and technical explanations, ChatGPT-5.2 consistently provided more human-like, wise, and grounding answers.
Holiday Gift Guide: The Mogics Super Bagel
Those who know me know I am a geek about many things: security, tech, bags and everyday carry (EDC). Being a geek means I own a remarkable amount of EDC gear.
Because of this, friends regularly ask me for holiday gift ideas, knowing I spend thousands of dollars every year on gear looking for the best. I thought it would be fun to use this space to share some of those ideas with a wider audience.
Holiday Gift Guide: The Gear Aid Heroclip
Those who know me know I am a geek about many things: security, tech and bags. Being a geek means I spend more time than I would like to admit reading about materials, designs and features.
Because of this, friends regularly ask me for holiday gift ideas, knowing I spend thousands of dollars every year on gear looking for the best. I thought it would be fun to use this space to share some of those ideas with a wider audience.
To be clear: I bought everything I talk about with my own money. Nothing in these posts is sponsored, there is no exchange of value and I get nothing for mentioning any products or services here.
The EU’s top court has ruled that online marketplaces are responsible for processing data in ads under the GDPR, requiring them to obtain consent for sensitive data and verify advertisers. This decision significantly impacts data protection compliance across the EU, with some experts predicting challenges for hosting sites and potential implications for free expression and privacy.
Autonomously Finding 7 FFmpeg Vulnerabilities With AI - ZeroPath Blog | ZeroPath
This document details seven vulnerabilities found in FFmpeg, including buffer overflows and invalid frees, stemming from issues like integer truncation, unbounded serialization, off-by-one errors, and incorrect stream indexing. ZeroPath’s AI SAST identified these by analyzing allocation and copy alignment, framing invariants, packet builder capacities, cardinality propagation, and offset arithmetic integrity, often bypassing limitations of traditional fuzzers and static analysis tools.
A new study reveals that poetry-based prompts can trick AI models like ChatGPT into bypassing safety features and revealing instructions for creating malware or nuclear weapons. This method, termed adversarial poetry, successfully circumvented controls in major AI models, with poetic prompts leading to a significantly higher rate of unsafe replies compared to prose.
Iran’s ‘MuddyWater’ Levels Up With MuddyViper Backdoor
The Iran-aligned cyberespionage group MuddyWater has evolved its tactics, employing new tools like the MuddyViper backdoor and Fooder loader for more stealthy operations. This shift from historically noisier methods indicates an increased focus on espionage and defense evasion, with potential collaboration observed with another Iran-aligned actor, Lyceum.
Korea arrests suspects selling intimate videos from hacked IP cameras
Korean police have arrested four suspects for hacking over 120,000 IP cameras and selling the stolen intimate videos on an overseas adult website. Investigations are ongoing against the website’s operators and buyers, with authorities collaborating internationally to shut down the platform and prevent further harm to victims.
Australia Abandons Proposed Mandatory AI Rules in New Plan
Australia has shifted from proposed mandatory AI rules to a voluntary framework, opting for existing laws on privacy and copyright instead of new AI-specific legislation. This decision has been met with support from business groups but criticism from academics and the Greens, who argue it lacks enforcement and adequate investment compared to international approaches.
Canada launches first register of AI uses in federal government - Canada.ca
Canada has launched its first public AI Register to detail how artificial intelligence is used within the federal government, marking a key step in the public services AI Strategy. The register currently lists over400 AI systems across42 institutions and will undergo public consultations in2026 for refinement.
CBC exposé: Airlines falsely ban passengers from filming disputes—leading to denied boarding & fees. Experts: Canada’s one-party consent allows recording your own interactions as key evidence. #AirlineRights youtu.be/QokGPjbzW…