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Signed Productivity Apps Are Spreading Malware—Here’s How to Stay Safe A new malware campaign, tracked as TamperedChef, is using digitally signed versions of popular productivity applications to infect systems with information stealers and remote access trojans (RATs). The attack exploits the trust users place in software that carries a valid digital signature, a tactic that security researchers have warned about for years but that continues to bypass basic defenses. ...

When You Get an MRI, Where Does Your Data Go? AI Privacy Risks in Medical Imaging If you’ve had an X-ray, MRI, or CT scan recently, there’s a good chance that artificial intelligence helped a radiologist interpret your images. AI tools are being deployed in hospitals to speed up diagnosis, flag abnormalities, and reduce human error. But as these systems become more common, a critical question is being raised by experts: what happens to your medical images once AI gets a look at them? ...

When a Signed App Isn’t Safe: How TamperedChef Slips Malware Past Your Defenses It’s common advice: only install software from official sources, and look for digital signatures to be sure it’s legitimate. But the TamperedChef malware campaign shows that even signed apps can be dangerous. Security researchers have found attackers using valid code signatures on popular productivity apps—like PDF editors and note-taking tools—to deliver info-stealers and remote access trojans (RATs) to unsuspecting users. ...

Watch Out: Malware Hides in Signed Productivity Apps – How to Stay Safe A newly uncovered malware campaign, dubbed TamperedChef, is spreading information stealers and remote access trojans (RATs) through productivity apps that appear to be digitally signed. The twist: these apps aren’t from the official developers—they carry stolen or misused code-signing certificates. If you’ve ever downloaded a “free” version of a paid tool from a forum or torrent site, this campaign is aimed directly at you. ...

Medical Imaging AI: What Patients Should Know About Emerging Privacy Risks Artificial intelligence is making its way into radiology departments across the country, helping doctors spot tumors, fractures, and other abnormalities faster than ever. But that same technology introduces new ways your medical images — and the personal information attached to them — could be exposed or misused. A recent special report from the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) warns that medical imaging AI opens what it calls a “Pandora’s box” of privacy-related risks. For patients, understanding these risks is the first step toward protecting your health data. ...

New ‘TamperedChef’ Malware Hits Signed Productivity Apps: How to Stay Safe Most of us assume that if a piece of software is digitally signed, it’s safe to install. That assumption is one of the reasons a new malware campaign called TamperedChef is worth paying attention to. Security researchers have found that this threat uses properly signed productivity applications to infect devices with data stealers and remote access trojans. Here’s what you need to know and how to protect yourself. ...

Medical Imaging AI Opens a Pandora’s Box of Privacy Risks – Here’s How to Protect Yourself Artificial intelligence is now routinely used to help radiologists read X‑rays, MRIs, and CT scans. The technology can spot subtle findings that human eyes might miss, speed up diagnoses, and reduce radiologist burnout. Those are genuine benefits. But as AI becomes embedded in medical imaging, a new set of privacy risks has emerged—risks that patients should be aware of before their next scan. ...

Is Your Medical Scan Exposed? The Hidden Privacy Risks of AI in Radiology Introduction Artificial intelligence is now routinely used to analyze X-rays, CT scans, and MRIs. Hospitals and imaging centers increasingly rely on AI tools to detect tumors, flag fractures, or prioritize urgent cases. But as a recent report from the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) makes clear, the same technology that improves diagnostic speed also opens up privacy risks that many patients don’t yet know about. If you’ve ever had a medical scan, here’s what you should understand—and what you can do about it. ...

TamperedChef Malware: When a Signed App Isn’t Safe – How to Spot and Avoid It Most security advice tells you to only download software that is digitally signed. The logic is simple: a valid signature means a trusted publisher vouches for the file, and tampering would break the signature. That’s still good advice, but it’s not foolproof. A new malware campaign called TamperedChef is actively abusing that trust by delivering info-stealers and remote access trojans (RATs) inside signed productivity applications. ...

Your Medical Scans, AI, and Privacy: What You Need to Know If you’ve had an X-ray, MRI, or CT scan recently, there’s a good chance an AI system helped your radiologist interpret the images. AI tools are being adopted quickly in radiology because they can spot subtle patterns that human eyes might miss. But as the technology spreads, a less-discussed issue is drawing attention from privacy researchers: the same AI that reads your scan can also extract far more personal information than you might expect—and that data can end up in places you didn’t intend. ...