How to Spot Malicious Signed Apps: The TamperedChef Malware Explained If you’ve ever downloaded a productivity app from a third‑party site rather than the official store, you might have assumed that a digital signature—those “signed by” certificates you see when installing software—guarantees safety. A recent malware campaign called TamperedChef shows why that assumption can be dangerous. ...
AI Privacy Is Possible — Here’s What Proton’s CEO Says You Should Watch Out For Using AI tools like ChatGPT, Google Bard, or Microsoft Copilot has become routine for millions of people. They help with writing, coding, research, and even personal advice. But every prompt you type into these systems is data — and how that data is handled remains a serious privacy concern. ...
Protect Your Privacy in the AI Era: What Proton’s CEO Wants You to Know Proton CEO Andy Yen recently told Spiceworks that privacy in the age of AI is not only possible but necessary—yet he admits one thing keeps him up at night. It’s not the technology itself, but how most companies are building it: by harvesting vast amounts of user data to train models, often without meaningful consent. For anyone who uses AI tools like ChatGPT, Google Bard, or even voice assistants, the question isn’t whether AI is useful. It’s whether you can use it without giving up control of your personal information. ...
How to Protect Your Privacy in the AI Era: Tips from Proton’s CEO In a recent interview with Spiceworks, Proton CEO Andy Yen made a straightforward claim: protecting your privacy in the age of artificial intelligence is still possible. But he also admitted that one specific AI risk keeps him up at night. That risk, he explained, is not the fear that AI companies will sell your data, but something more insidious: the ability of AI to generate convincing deepfakes using personal information people already share freely online. ...
Yes, You Can Use AI Without Sacrificing Privacy: Here’s How In a recent interview with Spiceworks, Proton’s CEO made a claim that might surprise anyone who has read the fine print of popular AI chatbots: privacy in the AI era is possible. But he also admitted there’s one thing that keeps him up at night—and it’s not technical limitations. It’s the quiet resignation of users who assume they have no choice but to trade their data for convenience. ...
Your Data Is Feeding AI Models — Here’s What the New Legal Risks Mean for You If you’ve used a chatbot, an image generator, or a smart writing assistant in the past year, your words or images may have already helped train the next version of that tool. That data often comes from public web pages, social media posts, and even private messages that were scraped without a clear opt-out. Until recently, the legal question was mostly about privacy compliance—whether a company had a proper privacy policy. Now the focus is shifting to something more fundamental: where the training data came from in the first place. ...
How to Avoid Tampered Productivity Apps That Hide Malware If you’ve ever searched for a free download of Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, or a popular note-taking app, you know how many unofficial sites appear. A newly reported malware campaign called TamperedChef shows why those downloads are riskier than ever. ...
How to Keep Your Privacy in the AI Era, According to Proton’s CEO The CEO of Proton – the company behind encrypted email and VPN services – recently said that privacy in the age of AI is still possible, but he keeps one thing up at night. That one thing isn’t a rogue algorithm or a leaky server. It’s much simpler: the gradual erosion of consent. ...
Hackers Are Hiding Malware in Common Productivity Apps – Here’s How to Stay Safe If you routinely download free tools like Notepad++, 7-Zip, or PDF editors from third-party download sites, a recent malware campaign should give you pause. Security researchers have identified a fresh wave of attacks, dubbed “TamperedChef,” that uses signed installers of popular productivity software to slip information stealers and remote access trojans (RATs) onto victims’ computers. ...
New Malware TamperedChef Uses Trusted Productivity Apps to Steal Your Data You download a productivity app from a website. The file is digitally signed, your security software doesn’t flag it, and you run it. A few minutes later, your passwords, browser cookies, and cryptocurrency wallets are being exfiltrated to a remote server. This is not a hypothetical scenario. It is exactly what the TamperedChef malware campaign does. ...