Plus: Windows users beware this fake PDF, Grok’s still playing dirty, and old AT&T breach data resurfaces.

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Apple takes on hidden location tracking with new iOS settings

Apple quietly rolled out a new setting designed to reduce how precisely cellular networks can track your iPhone, highlighting a layer of location data most users never knew existed.

Open the wrong “PDF” and attackers gain remote access to your PC

The DEAD#VAX campaign tricks users into installing AsyncRAT by disguising a virtual hard disk as a PDF attachment.

Grok still generates sexualized images, despite promised safeguards

Journalists retested Grok after xAI pledged fixes and found it still produced sexualized images, even when explicitly told the subjects were vulnerable or non-consenting.

Old AT&T breach data is back and more dangerous than before

Data from earlier AT&T breaches has resurfaced in newly merged datasets, showing how old leaks can become far more harmful when criminals add missing details.

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