Everyone knows, or should, that perfect (balanced, targeted, transparent, swift and swiftly appealable) content moderation at scale is impossible. That doesn’t mean powerful social platforms don’t have to try to get at least reasonably close, especially when access to good information can have a profound effect on political participation and speech. That’s why so many people, including the Meta Oversight Board, criti…
Microsoft has fixed a flaw in its Authenticator app for Android that let a malicious app with no permissions pose as a trusted Microsoft app, such as Teams, and collect sign-in tokens for a victim's work account. Microsoft tracks the flaw as CVE-2026-80097 and fixed it in Authenticator for Android version 6.2606.4246, so anyone using the app should update. In the researchers' tests,
Apple patched 286 vulnerabilities in iOS and macOS 27.2 and brought the fix for an exploited CoreGraphics zero-day to older iPhones. The post iOS, macOS 27.2 Patch 286 Bugs; Fix for Exploited Flaw Backported to iOS 18 appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Apple released iOS 18.7.11 and iPadOS 18.7.11 to patch a previously exploited CoreGraphics vulnerability on older devices, including the iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR. The updates address three vulnerabilities, including a separate flaw that could let a malicious app access the camera without permission. The most significant fix concerns CVE-2026-86950, an out-of-bounds write vulnerability … The post Apple patches CoreGr…
تصاویر تولیدشده با Image Playground و برخی عکس‌های ویرایش‌شده با هوش مصنوعی در iOS 27.2 واترمارک نامرئی SynthID گوگل خواهند داشت. The post اپل در iOS 27.2 به تصاویر تولیدشده با هوش مصنوعی واترمارک نامرئی گوگل اضافه می‌کند appeared first on دیجیاتو.
Apple heeft kwetsbaarheden verholpen in iOS en iPadOS. De kwetsbaarheden betreffen diverse beveiligingsproblemen zoals onvoldoende validatie van symbolische links, onjuiste permissiecontroles, out-of-bounds lees- en schrijffouten, use-after-free fouten, integer overflows, race conditions, type confusion, en logische fouten in state management. Deze kunnen leiden tot ongeautoriseerde toegang tot gevoelige gebruikersda…
Last week, researchers at Citizen Lab revealed a horrifying new malware campaign, dubbed “AdFection.” It used an ad network to distribute spyware to journalist’s devices to infect them without the target ever needing to click anything. This sort of attack on journalists is dangerous and incredibly concerning, especially since it’s built on the backbone of a technology we already object to: behavioral advertising. Alt…
uCreater is Android spyware disguised as trusted apps, stealing credentials, messages and wallet data through a rentable platform. uCreater is a rentable Android spyware platform that hides inside repackaged legitimate apps, targeting messaging services and mobile wallets. Its YingGai framework can intercept one-time passwords, steal account and chat data, collect contacts, manipulate sessions and spoof […]
A rentable Android spyware kit called uCreator takes over Telegram and WeChat accounts by hiding its code inside working copies of the two apps, researcher Ovi found. It only reaches people who install one of these tampered copies, spread outside the official app stores, or who run WeChat inside the kit makers' own container app. The kit's Telegram part matches Baohuo, a backdoor that Doctor
Police in South Korea have broken up a cybercrime ring accused of using generative AI to hack about 90 domestic companies, steal roughly 8.2 million personal records, and demand money in exchange for silence. Investigators believe the group's leader, who never studied IT, used AI to rapidly expand the range of targets. Seven Suspects Tied to the Cybercrime Ring On the 26th, the Cyber Investigation Division of the Seo…
Built on an evolutionary engine first released in 2018, STAR Fuzzer by Bright Security finds crashes, memory exhaustion and memory-safety bugs in security-critical code without a running application. In its first open source research run, it found High or Critical issues in 45% of the projects tested, and in its first month of availability it produced ten published findings in eight projects, including the Crystal st…
An open internet where people can freely build, share, and remix each other's work is a powerful engine of grassroots innovation we’ve all benefited from. In recent decades, however, corporations have taken control of an increasing share of this work, giving them a greater ability to stifle challengers and limit our choices. When regulators address this by mandating that tech giants play fair by requiring interoperab…
IntroductionIn October 2026, Zscaler ThreatLabz investigated AI-assisted cyberattacks that combined the ARTEX penetration testing framework with AI coding assistants and custom automation scripts. Initial reporting of the incident identified the targeting of South Korean financial institutions. However, ThreatLabz discovered additional information about the attack, which went far beyond South Korea. The AI-assisted a…
A vulnerability in the IPv4 packet processing functionality of Cisco IOS XR Software that affects Cisco ASR 9000 and 9900 Series Aggregation Services Routers as well as Cisco ASR 9902 and 9903 Compact High-Performance Routers could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause network processor (NP) errors, resulting in a line card reset or shutdown and a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is…
Ein anonymer, entfernter oder eine bösartige lokale Applikation oder ein Angreifer mit physikalischem Zugriff kann diese Schwachstellen in Google Android ausnutzen, um seine Rechte zu erhöhen, Informationen offenzulegen, das System zum Absturz zu bringen, beliebigen Programmcode mit den Rechten des Dienstes auszuführen und um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen.
Google’s new scam protections cover Google Messages and third-party messaging apps, with an enhanced protection mode, expanded scam alerts and safeguards against call-forwarding and screen-sharing scams. “With scams growing harder to spot, it’s nearly impossible for users to catch every red flag themselves. That’s why Android’s built-in defenses actively intercept these threats before they reach you,” Alberto Pastor…
Supermarket freezers that cooked their own stock overnight. Text messages about traffic fines that quietly steal payment PINs. North Korean IT workers paying Americans to keep remote jobs at U.S. companies. This weekly cybersecurity roundup brings together incidents that reached well beyond stolen data, causing spoiled food, store fires, disrupted grocery deliveries and drained bank accounts. Here are the stories tha…
Fastfetch is a system information tool written mainly in C that runs on Linux, macOS, Windows 8.1 and later, Android and several BSDs. The fastfetch project removed QuickJS scripting and changed what its Disk, Command and Shell modules report in version 2.70.0, released October 14. Configs written for older versions may print different values or stop working. Disk fields changed The Disk custom format drops {size-ava…
That ad you just scrolled past on your phone but barely spared a look or click? It could be tracking your movements and collecting your data, without you having to do a thing. This “zero-click mercenary spyware,” dubbed “AdFection,” is increasingly exploiting a sprawling online advertising ecosystem ripe for abuse, according to researchers at The Citizen Lab. One top actor in the space, Discover-Tech, runs the Contro…
Citizen Lab has uncovered targeted advertising campaigns that infected devices at Al Jazeera with Candiru spyware without requiring users to click anything. The researchers call the technique “AdFection” and describe their findings as the first public technical confirmation of mercenary spyware delivered through targeted ads. The investigation identifies Israeli advertising company Discover-Tech as the intermediary ……
Spyware vendors use online ad infrastructure to profile targets and deliver exploits without requiring users to click anything. The investigation links Discover-Tech to Candiru, an Israeli spyware vendor that the US government placed on its Entity List in 2021. Candiru has since used the name Integrity Labs. Citizen Lab also identified links involving other surveillance […]
A text message about an unpaid traffic challan could cost Android users in India far more than a fine. GhostBat RAT, an Android malware strain first identified by cybersecurity firm Cyble in October 2025, has evolved to capture PINs from 60 banking, UPI apps, wallet and fintech applications, according to new research published by Cyble. The firm's investigation into fake mParivahan and eChallan apps also exposed a wi…
The Hirudo malware combines elements of a traditional banking trojan and a full-featured RAT. The post Novel Android RAT ‘Hirudo’ Replaces Banking Apps With Trojanized Copies appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Executive Summary Cyble has continued tracking GhostBat RAT activity targeting Android users in India since its initial identification in October 2025. Recent investigations into malicious mParivahan and eChallan-themed applications revealed a broader operator-controlled ecosystem that we track as GhostX. Analysis of the exposed GhostX backend identified administrative and user-management structures, device-control r…
نسخه جدید دستیار هوشمند سیری مبتنی بر جمینای و ابزارهای تولید تصویر در این انتشار اولیه حضور نخواهند داشت. The post هوش مصنوعی اپل احتمالاً در ماه دسامبر با آپدیت iOS 27.3 در چین فعال می‌شود appeared first on دیجیاتو.
Android trojan Hirudo replaces genuine banking apps with modified versions to steal credentials and bypass security checks, enabling financial fraud. ThreatFabric researchers detailed a new Android banking trojan called Hirudo that takes a genuinely different approach to defeating banking security. Instead of throwing a fake login screen over the real app, it uninstalls the real […]
GuardOS is an iPhone application that combines device security checks, VPN access, Safari content filtering, QR link scanning, and storage cleanup. It is available through the App Store. Getting started The home dashboard organizes tools into individual tiles, making each function accessible without navigating through multiple menus. During my walkthrough, it flagged one issue: Web Protection was turned off. Protecti…
