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Fake ChatGPT site infects Windows and Mac users

Plus: Windows security deadline, hijacked websites, and “listening” phone mics that weren’t.


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Plus: Windows security deadline, hijacked websites, and “listening” phone mics that weren’t.
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June 01, 2026
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Fake ChatGPT site infects Windows and Mac users
This fake ChatGPT download page steals passwords, browser data, and crypto wallets using malware tailored to your device.
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Windows on a laptop
UPDATES
Your Windows PC has a June 2026 security deadline
Microsoft is replacing aging Secure Boot certificates, and some older PCs could lose important boot-level protections if the update fails.
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ClickFix mimics Windows
MALWARE
700+ trusted websites hijacked to spread malware
Hackers compromised hundreds of education and tech websites, then used fake Cloudflare checks to trick visitors into infecting their own PCs.
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Phone on table
PRIVACY
Company bragged your phone was listening to you. It wasn’t.
A marketing company said it could secretly listen through phone microphones for ad targeting. Regulators say the tech never worked.
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Introducing: Android Junk Cleaner
Meet our newest Android-exclusive feature. It scans your phone for junk files, temporary data, and outdated caches that build up over time and slow down your phone.
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AI is distorting the Holocaust
Today, on the Lock and Code podcast with host David Ruiz, we speak with Clara Mansfeld, a historian working on digital communications at the Foundation of Hamburg Memorials and Learning Centers Commemorating the Victims of Nazi Crimes.

We discuss digital access to history, the manipulation of factual records through AI-generated imagery, and the threat that society faces when it becomes harder to evaluate the truth.

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