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Fake Productivity Apps Are Spreading TamperedChef Malware—Here’s How to Spot Them A new wave of malware, tracked as TamperedChef, is being distributed through fake downloads of popular productivity applications like Microsoft Teams. What makes this campaign particularly dangerous is that the malicious installers are digitally signed, which can help them bypass some security software that trusts seemingly legitimate code. The end goal is to plant password stealers and remote access trojans (RATs) on victims’ machines. Here’s what you need to know to avoid falling for these fakes. ...

Medical Imaging AI Could Expose Your Private Health Data — Here’s How to Protect It Artificial intelligence is making medical scans faster and more accurate. AI tools can spot a tumor on a CT scan, flag a fracture on an X-ray, or measure brain changes on an MRI in seconds. That’s good news for diagnosis and treatment. ...

How to Avoid Malware That Hides Inside Signed Productivity Apps A malware campaign called TamperedChef is making the rounds by hiding inside legitimate-looking, signed installers for popular productivity tools like Microsoft Teams and Slack. The trick is that these installers carry valid digital signatures, so they often pass initial security checks. The end result: information stealers and remote access trojans (RATs) installed on your machine without the usual warnings. ...

AI in Medical Imaging: What You Need to Know About Privacy Risks Artificial intelligence is changing how medical images—X-rays, CT scans, MRIs—are analyzed. Algorithms can now flag tumors, measure organs, and even predict disease risk faster than a human radiologist in some cases. But as hospitals rush to adopt these tools, a quieter concern is emerging: what happens to your imaging data after the scan is done. ...

Your Medical Scans Could Be Feeding AI — Without Your Knowledge. Here’s What to Do You go in for a routine chest X‑ray or an MRI of your knee. The radiologist reads the images, sends a report to your doctor, and you assume that’s the end of it. But what happens to the actual scan after that? Increasingly, those images are being used to train artificial intelligence systems — often without your explicit consent, and sometimes in ways that could put your personal health data at risk. ...

Your Medical Images Are Being Analyzed by AI: What You Need to Know About Privacy Risks The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) recently published a report that puts a spotlight on a growing concern: the same artificial intelligence tools that help radiologists detect cancers and other diseases can also expose patients’ most sensitive health data to new privacy risks. If you’ve had an MRI, CT scan, or X-ray in the past few years, there’s a good chance an AI system helped review it. What many patients don’t realize is how that data travels and who may have access to it along the way. ...

How to Spot a Fake Productivity App Download That Could Install Malware on Your PC If you’ve ever searched for a download link for Microsoft Teams, Slack, or Zoom, you’ve probably seen ads or side-panel results promising a free installer. Many of those are safe. But researchers have uncovered a campaign that uses fake downloads of signed productivity apps to sneak malicious software onto computers. The method is clever: the malware is packaged inside installers that appear to be digitally signed by legitimate publishers. That signature can bypass some antivirus checks and make the file look trustworthy. ...

How to Avoid Malware Hidden in Fake Productivity Apps (Like TamperedChef) A recent malware campaign, tracked as TamperedChef, is spreading information stealers and remote access trojans (RATs) through seemingly legitimate copies of Microsoft Office, Teams, and Zoom. What makes this campaign particularly tricky is that the malicious installers are digitally signed with valid certificates—meaning they pass many of the automatic checks your computer and antivirus rely on. ...

What the Rise of AI in Medical Imaging Means for Your Privacy Artificial intelligence is transforming how radiologists read scans. Algorithms can now detect tumors, fractures, and early signs of disease faster than a human eye. But there is a less visible side to this progress: medical images contain far more information than what meets the eye – and AI is getting better at extracting it. ...

Fake Productivity Apps Spreading TamperedChef Malware: How to Stay Safe A new wave of malware is spreading through counterfeit versions of popular productivity apps. Dubbed TamperedChef by some researchers, the attack uses digitally signed installers to slip stealers and remote access trojans past security software. If you rely on apps like Microsoft Teams or other collaboration tools for work, the following explains what’s happening and how to avoid getting caught. ...