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AI Can Now Alter Medical Scans: What Patients Should Know Medical imaging has long been considered one of the most trustworthy sources of diagnostic information. X-rays, CT scans, and MRIs are treated as objective evidence that doctors and patients rely on for decisions about treatment. But recent research from the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) shows that AI can now create deepfake X-rays that fool both radiologists and AI detection algorithms. This development raises serious questions about the privacy and integrity of your medical images. ...

How to Spot Malware Hiding in Productivity Apps – What You Need to Know If you’ve ever downloaded a free PDF editor, note-taking tool, or calendar app from outside your device’s official app store, you may have put your data at risk. Recent reports about a threat called TamperedChef show how attackers are using digitally signed productivity applications to deliver malware that can steal your files, passwords, and even take remote control of your computer. ...

Medical AI and Your Privacy: What You Need to Know About Risks in Medical Imaging Artificial intelligence is making its way into radiology departments across the country, promising faster diagnoses and fewer missed abnormalities. But a recent report from the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) highlights a less discussed side of this trend: the privacy risks that come with medical imaging AI. From data breaches to deepfake X-rays that can fool both doctors and algorithms, the technology is raising hard questions about who has access to your medical images and what they can do with them. ...

When Signed Software Isn’t Safe: How to Avoid the TamperedChef Malware If you’ve ever downloaded a free PDF reader or a text editor like Notepad++, you’ve probably relied on one signal to tell you it’s safe: a valid digital signature. Security warnings often say “signed by publisher,” and that green checkmark has become a shorthand for trust. But a malware campaign called TamperedChef is intentionally breaking that assumption. ...

How Medical Imaging AI Could Expose Your Private Health Data: What You Need to Know Introduction Artificial intelligence is increasingly used in radiology to help detect fractures, tumours, and other abnormalities in X-rays, MRIs, and CT scans. The technology can speed up diagnosis and reduce human error—benefits that are hard to ignore. But alongside these advances, a quieter concern is growing: the privacy of the medical images themselves. ...

How TamperedChef Malware Hides in Signed Productivity Apps — And How to Stay Safe A new malware campaign tracked as TamperedChef is drawing attention because it uses a tactic that undermines one of the most basic trust signals in software security: digital signatures. According to initial reports, attackers are taking legitimate productivity applications — PDF editors, office suites, compression tools — and modifying them to include information stealers and remote access trojans (RATs). The tampered versions are then signed with valid digital certificates, making them appear genuine to both users and security software. ...

AI in Medical Imaging: New Privacy Risks Patients Should Know About Medical imaging has quietly become one of the most data-intensive areas of healthcare. Every X-ray, CT scan, or MRI is a detailed digital file containing not only anatomical information but also biometric markers that are unique to each person. As artificial intelligence tools become more common in radiology, these images are being processed, stored, and shared in ways that raise new privacy questions. ...

Malware ‘TamperedChef’ Hides in Signed Productivity Apps: What to Do Now A new malware campaign called TamperedChef is making the rounds, and it’s worth knowing how it works even if you don’t consider yourself a security expert. The short version: attackers are distributing tampered versions of popular productivity apps—think Teams, Zoom, or Slack—but these copies carry a valid digital signature. That signature tricks both the operating system and antivirus software into trusting the file, so the malware gets installed without raising obvious flags. ...

Is Your Medical Scan Data Safe? Privacy Risks of AI in Imaging and How to Protect Yourself Artificial intelligence is changing how radiologists read X‑rays, MRIs, and CT scans. AI tools can spot tumors, fractures, or other abnormalities faster than a human eye alone. That is good for diagnosis. But there is another side: the same technology that helps doctors also creates new ways for your medical images to be used, shared, or even altered without your knowledge. If you have ever had a scan—or expect to have one—it is worth understanding what happens to those digital files. ...

New TamperedChef Malware Hides in Signed Productivity Apps – What to Watch For You’ve probably been told that a digital signature on a download is a sign it’s safe. It’s common advice: only install software that’s signed by a trusted publisher. But a recently discovered malware campaign called TamperedChef shows that even signed apps can be dangerous. ...