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Google Play Early Access Abused to Push Thousands of Deceptive Android Apps
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (467+ words) Bad actors are misusing Google Play's Early Access program to push deceptive apps that claim to offer money, rewards, casino winnings, and premium content. "The same feature that shields developers from unfair criticism also strips users of the earliest warning…...
ChatGPT Flaw Let a Planted Prompt Send a Victim's Gmail Data to Another Account
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (813+ words) Check Point Research said in a report published today that a single instruction planted in a ChatGPT conversation could cause ChatGPT to quietly work for an attacker while answering the user's question as usual. In the company's proof of concept,…...
WeChat Zero-Click Worm Took Over Accounts on iPhone and Android via Incoming Calls
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (733+ words) Researchers at the security firm Calif have built a worm that takes over a WeChat account via an incoming call and demonstrated it spreading among three test phones. The person being called does not have to answer or touch their…...
BengalSEO Poisons Bing Search Results to Deliver MayaBot and Tech Support Scams
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (1052+ words) Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a sprawling search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning campaign that paves the way for malware deployment and tech support scams. The campaign, discovered by the DFIR Report in March 2026, has been codenamed BengalSEO. It has…...
Grindr to Pay £26 Million to Settle U.K. Claims Over HIV Status Data Sharing
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (376+ words) Online dating app Grindr has opted to pay £26 million ($35.1 million) to settle a lawsuit in the U.K. over allegations that it shared users' personal information, including their HIV status, with third-parties. Grindr, which is the largest LGBTQ+ dating app,…...
US Becomes Top Target in RMM Phishing Campaign Spanning 46 Countries
1+ week, 2+ day ago (311+ words) An RMM phishing campaign initially associated with Canadian targeting due to its use of Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) tax forms as lures has turned out to be part of a broader campaign spanning 46 countries. Around 45% of observed activity was associated…...
Pegasus Zero-Click Spyware Exploit Infects Serbian Student Movement Member's iPhone
1+ week, 3+ day ago (436+ words) The iPhone belonging to a member of Serbia's student protest movement was infected with NSO Group's Pegasus spyware, according to new findings from the Citizen Lab in collaboration with the SHARE Foundation. "Our analysis confirmed that an iMessage zero-click exploit…...
Malicious Apache Modules Hijack Brazilian Government Site Traffic to Push Betting Pages
1+ week, 3+ day ago (693+ words) A Chinese-speaking cybercrime cluster known as Gambling Goblin has been observed installing malicious Apache modules on compromised web servers run by Brazilian government and educational institutions, and using them to divert visitors to attacker-controlled pages promoting online gambling and sports…...
Fake Apple Support AI Calls Target Stolen-Device Owners for Passcodes and 2FA Codes
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1096+ words) Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform built to strip Apple's Activation Lock from stolen devices, using rented AI voice agents that call theft victims posing as Apple Support and ask for their device passcode. SOCRadar Threat…...
WhatsApp Adds Multiple Passkeys for Phishing-Resistant Sign-Ins Across iOS and Android
2+ week, 4+ day ago (264+ words) The tech giant said more than 1 billion people use a passkey to log into WhatsApp. Support for passkeys was first introduced in Android in October 2023, before expanding to iOS in early 2024. Meta also followed it up by integrating passkeys into…...