Security

As the world’s most widely used browser, with an estimated 3.4 billion users, Chrome’s security is a top priority. This move reflects broader industry trends, where tech giants are investing heavily in browser security to protect users from increasingly sophisticated threats. Recently, Google released an update for its Chrome browser, including 20 security fixes, several of which are classified as high severity. These vulnerabilities, found in Chrome’s V8 engine, could allow attackers to execute malicious code, steal data, or compromise entire systems. ...

By 2025, Virtual Private Network (VPN) technology has evolved from a niche cybersecurity tool into a mainstream infrastructure component trusted by approximately one-third of global internet users. This transformation is driven by three fundamental forces: escalating privacy concerns, demand for unrestricted content access, and the permanent shift to remote work. The Digital Privacy Landscape in 2025 The primary driver behind VPN adoption is users’ desire to reclaim control over their digital footprint. Surveys reveal that over 50% of users cite general privacy and security as their primary motivation. These concerns fall under several key categories: ...

As the use of AI chatbots like ChatGPT becomes increasingly prevalent, ensuring user safety and well-being is of paramount importance. This move reflects broader industry trends towards prioritizing AI safety and responsible innovation. Recently, OpenAI made significant strides in strengthening ChatGPT’s responses in sensitive conversations, a development that could have far-reaching implications for mental health support and crisis intervention. The latest update to ChatGPT’s default model, GPT-5, was designed in collaboration with over 170 mental health experts to more reliably recognize signs of distress, respond with care, and guide users toward real-world support. This collaborative effort aimed to reduce responses that fall short of desired behavior by 65-80%. The experts worked on defining ideal responses for mental health-related prompts, creating custom analyses of model responses, and rating the safety of these responses. ...

As the use of AI models like GPT-5 becomes increasingly widespread, the need for these models to handle sensitive conversations with care and empathy has never been more pressing. This move reflects broader industry trends towards prioritizing ethics and safety in AI development. In response to these needs, OpenAI has made significant strides in enhancing the safety and responsiveness of its GPT-5 model, particularly in situations involving mental and emotional distress. ...

As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly integral to business operations, a new security threat has emerged, targeting the protocols that enable AI systems to interact with each other and their environment. The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is a standard that allows AI models to access and utilize local data and online services, but a recent discovery by security experts at JFrog has revealed a vulnerability in the protocol, known as “prompt hijacking.” ...

As the AI landscape continues to evolve, the need for secure and confidential computing has become a top priority. This move reflects broader industry trends towards prioritizing data protection and security in cloud computing. At the OpenInfra Summit Europe 2025, NVIDIA emphasized the importance of combining Kata Containers with Confidential Computing to preserve bare-metal GPU performance while preventing cloud operators from inspecting sensitive model and data. Kata Containers, an open-source project, provides lightweight VMs for containers, using hardware virtualization technology to launch a separate VM for each container. This approach offers the performance benefits of containers along with the security and workload isolation of VMs. Confidential Computing, on the other hand, brings in-memory data and application encryption, ensuring that even the cloud provider cannot access sensitive information. ...

Unity Technologies has issued an urgent warning to developers after discovering a critical security vulnerability that has existed undetected in its game engine for almost a decade. The flaw, affecting multiple Unity versions dating back to 2016, could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code, compromise projects, or gain unauthorized access to player data. According to Unity’s security bulletin, the vulnerability lies in how the engine handles certain asset bundle imports and shader compilation processes. Maliciously crafted files could exploit the flaw to inject harmful code, posing a major threat to developers who build or run unverified Unity projects. The company has labeled the issue as high severity and strongly advised all users to apply the latest patches immediately. ...