A week in security (August 25 – August 31)

August 28, 2025 – The FCC has disconnected over a thousand voice operators from the public telephone network for not doing their part to stop robocallers.

August 28, 2025 – Anthropic—maker of AI coding chatbot Claude—says cybercriminals have abused Claude to automate and orchestrate sophisticated attacks.

August 27, 2025 – To reduce the number of harmful apps targeting Android users, Google is making some changes.

August 27, 2025 – TheTruthSpy is at it again. A security researcher has discovered a flaw in the Android-based stalkerware that allows anyone to compromise any record in the system.

August 27, 2025 – Researchers have found 77 malicious apps in the official Google Play Store, ranging from adware to state of the art banking Trojans.