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Amazon Says SES Requires TLS 1.2, But Testing Shows It Often Doesn’t – Here’s What to Do If you rely on Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) to send transactional or marketing emails, you may have assumed that TLS 1.2 encryption is now mandatory on every delivery. After all, Amazon officially announced that all SES connections must use TLS 1.2 or higher by June 2026. But recent testing by Paubox suggests that the policy is not being fully enforced in practice. Some emails are still transmitted with weaker encryption, or even without encryption at all. ...

Malicious MCP Servers: A New Threat to Your Email Security – What to Know If you use an AI assistant that can read your inbox, draft replies, or manage calendar invites, you are relying on something called a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. These servers act as the bridge between an AI agent and the tools it controls—including your email account. And like any bridge, they can be crossed by attackers. ...

Apple’s Siri AI Delay in Europe: What It Means for Your Privacy On June 9, 2026, EU regulators rejected Apple’s request for an exemption from the Digital Markets Act (DMA) that would have allowed the company to keep Siri’s future AI features closed to third-party services. The decision has direct consequences for Apple users in Europe—and raises broader questions about how voice data is handled when AI assistants become more powerful. ...

Beware of fake productivity apps: new malware uses signed files to avoid detection You’re running low on disk space and looking for a lightweight note-taking app. A quick search turns up a clean-looking download page with a familiar logo and a direct download link. The file is digitally signed—your computer doesn’t complain. That green checkmark used to mean something. Lately, it’s less reliable. ...

How to Spot TamperedChef Malware Hiding in Signed Productivity Apps If you’ve ever downloaded a free PDF editor or an alternative to Microsoft Office from a site that wasn’t the official store, you probably checked the file size or glanced at the publisher name. That might not be enough anymore. A malware campaign called TamperedChef is using stolen code-signing certificates to make malicious apps look legitimate, even to antivirus software. ...

Apple’s AI Push: How Privacy and Context Could Change Your Apps For years, Apple has marketed itself as the privacy-first tech giant. But in the AI race—dominated by Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI—that message has sometimes felt like a secondary concern. Recent reports, including coverage from The Register, suggest Apple is now making a deliberate comeback, and this time privacy is the centerpiece of its pitch to developers. What does that mean for the apps you use every day and the data they handle? ...

How to Spot Dangerous Productivity Apps That Steal Your Data Downloading a productivity app like Teams, Slack, or Zoom seems harmless. But over the past few weeks, security researchers have flagged a new malware campaign called “TamperedChef” that hides inside these very apps. The trick: the malicious files are cryptographically signed, meaning they appear legitimate to both users and antivirus software. Here’s what you need to know to avoid installing one. ...

Apple’s AI Privacy Push: What Developers and Users Need to Know For years, Apple has positioned itself as the privacy-first tech giant. Now it’s trying to bring that same philosophy to artificial intelligence. According to a recent report by The Register, Apple has begun courting developers with a pitch that balances advanced AI capabilities — especially contextual understanding — with strict on-device privacy protections. This is a notable shift for a company that has been cautious about jumping into the generative AI race, and it signals a different path from competitors like Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI. ...

How to Spot Malware Hiding Inside Your Favorite Productivity Apps You download a note-taking app that looks exactly like the one your colleague recommended. The file is signed by a publisher you don’t recognize, but the digital signature says “verified.” You install it. A few days later, your browser starts acting strange, passwords stop working, and your computer feels sluggish. ...

What Apple’s Privacy-Focused AI Push Means for Your Data Apple is making an aggressive play to win back developer trust by putting privacy at the center of its artificial intelligence strategy. According to a recent report from The Register, the company is emphasizing “privacy and context” as it tries to position itself as a more trustworthy AI platform compared to rivals. For everyday users, that pitch matters: if Apple follows through, your device experience could become more personalized—without handing over as much of your personal information to third parties. But the details are still emerging, and there’s reason to pay attention to what exactly “context” means in practice. ...