China’s Salt Typhoon Hacked US National Guard

Chinese hacking group Salt Typhoon targeted a National Guard unit’s network and tapped into communications with other units.

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New Konfety Malware Variant Evades Detection by Manipulating APKs and Dynamic Code

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new, sophisticated variant of a known Android malware referred to as Konfety that leverages the evil twin technique to enable ad fraud.
The sneaky approach essentially involves a scenario wherein two variants of an application share the same package name: A benign “decoy” app that’s hosted on the Google Play Store and its evil twin, which is

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Chinese authorities are using a new tool to hack seized phones and extract data

Researchers warned that Chinese residents, and visitors to China, should be aware of the tool’s existence and the risks it poses.

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Former US Soldier Who Hacked AT&T and Verizon Pleads Guilty

Cameron John Wagenius pleaded guilty to charges related to hacking into US telecommunications companies.

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Google AI “Big Sleep” Stops Exploitation of Critical SQLite Vulnerability Before Hackers Act

Google on Tuesday revealed that its large language model (LLM)-assisted vulnerability discovery framework discovered a security flaw in the SQLite open-source database engine before it could have been exploited in the wild.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-6965 (CVSS score: 7.2), is a memory corruption flaw affecting all versions prior to 3.50.2. It was discovered by Big Sleep, an

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IoT Security Firm Exein Raises $81 Million 

Italian company Exein has raised €70 million (~$81 million) in a Series C funding round led by Balderton.

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Chrome Update Patches Fifth Zero-Day of 2025

Google has released a Chrome 138 security update that patches a zero-day, the fifth resolved in the browser this year.

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Altered Telegram App Steals Chinese Users’ Android Data

Using more than 600 domains, attackers entice Chinese-speaking victims to download a vulnerable Telegram app that is nearly undetectable on older versions of Android.

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OpenAI, Google DeepMind and Anthropic sound alarm: ‘We may be losing the ability to understand AI’

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Scientists from OpenAI, Google, Anthropic and Meta unite in rare collaboration to warn that a critical window for monitoring AI reasoning may close forever as models learn to hide their thoughts.Read More

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Fake Telegram Apps Spread via 607 Domains in New Android Malware Attack

Fake Telegram apps are being spread through 607 malicious domains to deliver Android malware, using blog-style pages and phishing tactics to trick users.

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