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Electrum, one of the most widely used Bitcoin wallets, has patched a serious vulnerability that allowed rogue servers to silently swap out pending transactions, redirecting funds to attacker-controlled addresses. It's a reminder that in crypto, the interface between software and trust is often the most dangerous place to stand.
Shifting to a threat that scales differently — researchers at Surfshark have flagged a single suspected fake TikTok Shop domain that now accounts for roughly one in five phishing blocks worldwide. Blocks of that domain surged six hundred thirty eight percent between May and September, and with Black Friday approaching, security analysts are warning that the window for exposure is about to widen considerably.
And in an interesting collision of luxury retail and artificial intelligence, The RealReal is tightening its defenses against AI shopping agents after a report revealed those agents could exploit the site's item hold system, effectively locking out human buyers from designer goods. The company is updating its bot detection, raising a quiet but real question about who the internet is actually being built to serve.
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