Competition between Naver and Google for leadership in South Korea\'s search market is intensifying in the AI era. Google has led Naver in monthly active users for two straight months, but Naver users spend about 5.9 times more total time on its app. Naver also leads Google in the share of visits to external websites that come via search engines. The indicators measure different behaviors and do not directly count total searches.

A warning has emerged that Mac users searching for how to install Claude Code can have their cryptocurrency wallets stolen if they follow a fake guide page. The attack combined Google search ads with Anthropic\'s public shared-link feature to mimic a legitimate installation document. Security firm Huntress said it identified a six-stage macOS malware chain called MacSync that ultimately swaps a victim\'s existing crypto wallet app for a trojanised version to steal recovery phrases.