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âš¡ Weekly Recap: Hot CVEs, npm Worm Returns, Firefox RCE, M365 Email Raid & More
Hackers aren’t kicking down the door anymore. They just use the same tools we use every day, code packages, cloud accounts, email, chat, phones, and “trusted” partners, and turn them against us.One bad download can leak your keys. One weak vendor can expose many customers at once. One guest invite, one link on a phone,…
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Japanese beer giant Asahi says ransomware attack may have exposed data of 1.5 million people
The company said the compromised information includes names, gender, addresses and phone numbers, but not credit-card details. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/asahi-says-ransomware-incident-exposed-data
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Japanese beer giant Asahi says ransomware attack may have exposed data of 1.5 million people
The company said the compromised information includes names, gender, addresses and phone numbers, but not credit-card details. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/asahi-says-ransomware-incident-exposed-data
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Apple’s lousy AI didn’t stop it beating Samsung’s smartphone sales for the first time since 2011
Analyst Counterpoint says second-hand phones are also helping Cupertino to the smartphone shipment summit First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/11/27/counterpoint_smartphone_market_predictions/
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Apple’s lousy AI didn’t stop it beating Samsung’s smartphone sales for the first time since 2011
Analyst Counterpoint says second-hand phones are also helping Cupertino to the smartphone shipment summit First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/11/27/counterpoint_smartphone_market_predictions/
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Multiple London councils report disruption amid ongoing cyberattack
Three London councils reported disruption, prompting officials to shut down phone lines and networks and activate emergency plans. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/11/26/multiple-london-councils-report-disruption-amid-ongoing-cyberattack/
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How User Education Can Become the Strongest Link in Casino Security
Casino security used to be pretty straightforward. You had cameras watching the floor and security guards watching for suspicious players. These days, things are way more complicated. Casinos deal with hackers, data breaches, and scammers who go after players through their phones and computers. The technology protecting casinos has improved a lot, but there’s still…
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How User Education Can Become the Strongest Link in Casino Security
Casino security used to be pretty straightforward. You had cameras watching the floor and security guards watching for suspicious players. These days, things are way more complicated. Casinos deal with hackers, data breaches, and scammers who go after players through their phones and computers. The technology protecting casinos has improved a lot, but there’s still…
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How User Education Can Become the Strongest Link in Casino Security
Casino security used to be pretty straightforward. You had cameras watching the floor and security guards watching for suspicious players. These days, things are way more complicated. Casinos deal with hackers, data breaches, and scammers who go after players through their phones and computers. The technology protecting casinos has improved a lot, but there’s still…
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Bug in jury systems used by several US states exposed sensitive personal data
An easy-to-exploit vulnerability in a jury system made by Tyler Technologies exposed the personally identifiable data of jurors, including names, home addresses, emails, and phone numbers. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/11/26/bug-in-jury-systems-used-by-several-us-states-exposed-sensitive-personal-data/
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Bug in jury systems used by several US states exposed sensitive personal data
An easy-to-exploit vulnerability in a jury system made by Tyler Technologies exposed the personally identifiable data of jurors, including names, home addresses, emails, and phone numbers. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/11/26/bug-in-jury-systems-used-by-several-us-states-exposed-sensitive-personal-data/
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Bug in jury systems used by several US states exposed sensitive personal data
An easy-to-exploit vulnerability in a jury system made by Tyler Technologies exposed the personally identifiable data of jurors, including names, home addresses, emails, and phone numbers. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/11/26/bug-in-jury-systems-used-by-several-us-states-exposed-sensitive-personal-data/
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London councils enact emergency plans after three hit by cyber-attack
Royal Borough of Kensington and Westminster city council investigate whether data has been compromised as Hammersmith and Fulham reports hack to the ICOThree London councils have reported a cyber-attack, sparking the roll out of emergency plans as they investigate whether any data has been compromised.The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, and Westminster city council,…
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Two London councils enact emergency plans after being hit by cyber-attack
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster city council investigate whether data has been compromisedAt least two London councils have been hit by a cyber-attack and have invoked emergency plans as they investigate whether any data has been compromised.The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster City council, which share some IT infrastructure,…
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London councils probe cyber incident as shared IT systems knocked offline
Three boroughs confirm investigation amid service outages, disrupted phone lines, and limited online access First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/11/26/cyberattack_london_councils/
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Harvard reports vishing breach exposing alumni and donor contact data
Harvard revealed its Alumni Affairs systems suffered a vishing breach, exposing emails, phone numbers, addresses, donation data and biographical info. Harvard revealed that threat actors breached its Alumni Affairs and Development systems through a vishing attack, exposing contact, donation, and biographical data of students, staff, alumni. Harvard says the breached systems held no Social Security…
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What keeps CISOs awake at night, and why Zurich might hold the cure
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, breach, ciso, conference, control, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, deep-fake, detection, endpoint, exploit, finance, firmware, framework, group, incident response, injection, LLM, malware, mandiant, microsoft, mitre, network, phishing, phone, ransomware, resilience, risk, soc, strategy, supply-chain, threat, tool, training, update, zero-dayA safe space in the Alps: Over two days at Zurich’s stunning Dolder Grand, hosted by the Swiss Cyber Institute, I witnessed something I’ve seldom seen at cybersecurity events: real vulnerability. In a closed, attribution-free environment, leaders shared not just strategies, but doubts. And that made this event stand out, not as another conference, but…
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What keeps CISOs awake at night, and why Zurich might hold the cure
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, breach, ciso, conference, control, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, deep-fake, detection, endpoint, exploit, finance, firmware, framework, group, incident response, injection, LLM, malware, mandiant, microsoft, mitre, network, phishing, phone, ransomware, resilience, risk, soc, strategy, supply-chain, threat, tool, training, update, zero-dayA safe space in the Alps: Over two days at Zurich’s stunning Dolder Grand, hosted by the Swiss Cyber Institute, I witnessed something I’ve seldom seen at cybersecurity events: real vulnerability. In a closed, attribution-free environment, leaders shared not just strategies, but doubts. And that made this event stand out, not as another conference, but…
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WhatsApp API flaw let researchers scrape 3.5 billion accounts
Researchers compiled a list of 3.5 billion WhatsApp mobile phone numbers and associated personal information by abusing a contact-discovery API that lacked rate limiting. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/whatsapp-api-flaw-let-researchers-scrape-35-billion-accounts/
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WhatsApp API flaw let researchers scrape 3.5 billion accounts
Researchers compiled a list of 3.5 billion WhatsApp mobile phone numbers and associated personal information by abusing a contact-discovery API that lacked rate limiting. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/whatsapp-api-flaw-let-researchers-scrape-35-billion-accounts/
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FCC reversal removes federal cyber safeguards targeting telecom weaknesses post-Salt Typhoon attacks
Tags: access, at&t, attack, breach, ceo, china, communications, control, country, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, exploit, government, group, hacker, intelligence, law, mobile, network, phone, router, threatSalt Typhoon still reverberating: Salt Typhoon impacted major carriers including AT&T, Charter Communications, Consolidated Communications, Lumen Technologies, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Windstream. But law enforcement and intelligence agencies caution that its impact is far more widespread, exposing at least 200 US organizations, plus entities in 80 other countries.According to federal investigations, the attack allowed the Chinese…
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Despite Chinese hacks, Trump’s FCC votes to scrap cybersecurity rules for phone and internet companies
Two Trump-appointed FCC officials voted to undo the telecom industry’s cybersecurity rules. One Democratic commissioner dissented, saying the decision leaves the United States “less safe” at a time when threats are increasing. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/11/21/despite-chinese-hacks-trumps-fcc-votes-to-scrap-cybersecurity-rules-for-phone-and-internet-companies/
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New Android malware can capture private messages, researchers warn
The malware can monitor everything displayed on a phone in real time, including contacts, full message threads and the content of encrypted chats, by accessing data after it has been decrypted by legitimate apps. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/new-android-malware-captures-private-messages
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WhatsApp flaw allowed discovery of the 3.5 billion mobile numbers registered to the platform
Tags: api, attack, bug-bounty, business, china, cloud, dark-web, data, data-breach, encryption, flaw, government, mobile, phishing, phone, privacy, spam, technology, vulnerability, windowsHey there You are using WhatsApp, marks this as one of the most embarrassing weaknesses yet in the world’s most widely-used communication app.The vulnerability was in WhatsApp’s contact discovery mechanism, the foundation of how this and many similar apps work. When WhatsApp is installed, it asks for permission to match mobile numbers in a user’s…
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WhatsApp flaw allowed discovery of the 3.5 billion mobile numbers registered to the platform
Tags: api, attack, bug-bounty, business, china, cloud, dark-web, data, data-breach, encryption, flaw, government, mobile, phishing, phone, privacy, spam, technology, vulnerability, windowsHey there You are using WhatsApp, marks this as one of the most embarrassing weaknesses yet in the world’s most widely-used communication app.The vulnerability was in WhatsApp’s contact discovery mechanism, the foundation of how this and many similar apps work. When WhatsApp is installed, it asks for permission to match mobile numbers in a user’s…
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‘Largest Data Leak in History’: WhatsApp Flaw Exposed Billions of Users
Austrian researchers used a WhatsApp contact-lookup flaw to map 3.5 billion phone numbers, revealing how basic metadata can build a directory of accounts. The post ‘Largest Data Leak in History’: WhatsApp Flaw Exposed Billions of Users appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-whatsapp-flaw-exposed-billions-users/
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DoorDash confirms data breach affecting users’ phone numbers and physical addresses
The delivery giant said “no sensitive information” was accessed, and did not specify the number of customers, delivery workers, and merchants who were affected by the breach. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/11/17/doordash-confirms-data-breach-impacting-users-phone-numbers-and-physical-addresses/
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WhatsApp Screen-Sharing Scam: How Attackers Are Deceiving Users to Expose Sensitive Information
Scams and threats circulating on messaging apps like WhatsApp demonstrate how easily trusted platforms can be weaponized against users. One deceptive tactic gaining traction involves tricking people into sharing their phone screens during WhatsApp video calls. The screen-sharing feature, available since 2023, is increasingly being turned against users to steal data, identities, and money. Cases…