Facebook’s new passkey support could let you ditch your password once and for all

You’ll soon be able to protect your Facebook account with a secure and convenient passkey, though only mobile devices will be supported.

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Swedish Truck Giant Scania Investigating Hack

A hacker is selling allegedly valuable data stolen from Scania, but the truck maker believes impact is very limited.

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Meta Adds Passkey Login Support to Facebook for Android and iOS Users

Meta Platforms on Wednesday announced that it’s adding support for passkeys, the next-generation password standard, on Facebook.
“Passkeys are a new way to verify your identity and login to your account that’s easier and more secure than traditional passwords,” the tech giant said in a post.
Support for passkeys is expected to be available “soon” on Android and iOS mobile devices. The feature is

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Iran-Israel War Triggers a Maelstrom in Cyberspace

As Iran closes its cyberspace to the outside world, hacktivists are picking sides, while attacks against Israel surge and spread across the region.

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New Linux Flaws Enable Full Root Access via PAM and Udisks Across Major Distributions

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered two local privilege escalation (LPE) flaws that could be exploited to gain root privileges on machines running major Linux distributions.
The vulnerabilities, discovered by Qualys, are listed below –

CVE-2025-6018 – LPE from unprivileged to allow_active in SUSE 15’s Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM)
CVE-2025-6019 – LPE from allow_active to root in

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The Triple Threat of Burnout: Overworked, Unsatisfied, Trapped

Many cybersecurity professionals still don’t feel comfortable admitting when they need a break. And the impact goes beyond being overworked.

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OpenAI Awarded $200M Contract to Work With DoD

OpenAI intends to help streamline the Defense Department’s administrative processes using artificial intelligence.

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GodFather Android Malware Runs Real Apps in a Sandbox to Steal Data

Zimperium zLabs reveals GodFather malware’s advanced virtualization that hijacks mobile banking and crypto apps. Learn how it steals data on your phone.

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GodFather Banking Trojan Debuts Virtualization Tactic

The Android malware is targeting Turkish financial institutions, completely taking over legitimate banking and crypto apps by creating an isolated virtualized environment on a device.

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Russian Hackers Bypass Gmail MFA with App Specific Password Ruse

Russian hackers posed as US State Department staff and convinced targets to generate and give up Google app-specific passwords.

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