WhatsApp is Finally Getting Usernames to Help Keep Phone Numbers Private
Ravie LakshmananJun 29, 2026Privacy / Social Media WhatsApp on Monday officially announced the start of global reservations of usernames with an aim to protect the…
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Why Post-Quantum Cryptography Starts With Credentials
The Hacker NewsJun 29, 2026Quantum Computing / Non-Human Identity Today’s encrypted data, such as credentials, may no longer remain confidential in the future because the…
Public PoC Released for Critical libssh2 CVE-2026-55200 Client-Side SSH Flaw
Swati KhandelwalJun 29, 2026Vulnerability / Open Source A public proof-of-concept is now out for CVE-2026-55200, a critical flaw in libssh2 that lets a malicious or…
GitHub Updates actions/checkout to Block Common Pwn Request Attack Patterns
Ravie LakshmananJun 23, 2026Workflow Security / Software Supply Chain GitHub is moving to strengthen software supply chain security by updating “actions/checkout” to block pwn request…
Cisco Unified CM Flaw Exploited After PoC Reveals File-Write Path to Root
Ravie LakshmananJun 24, 2026Vulnerability / Network Security Threat actors have begun to exploit a recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified…
Russia Used Cellebrite on Jailed Activist’s iPhone Months After Sales Cutoff
Russian authorities used Cellebrite’s UFED forensic tools to break into the iPhone of detained opposition activist Andrey Pivovarov in June 2021, three months after Cellebrite…
Microsoft Warns of Photo ZIP Phishing Campaign Targeting Hotels with Node.js Implant
Swati KhandelwalJun 26, 2026Phishing / Malware An active phishing campaign has been targeting hotel and other hospitality organizations across Europe and Asia since April 2026,…
Miasma Malware Targets npm Packages and GitHub Actions in Supply Chain Attack
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged yet another evolution of the supply chain attack linked to the Mini Shai-Hulud, Miasma, and Hades malware family that has compromised…
New DirtyClone Linux Kernel Flaw Lets Local Users Gain Root via Cloned Packets
Swati KhandelwalJun 26, 2026Linux / Vulnerability DirtyClone is a new Linux kernel privilege escalation in the DirtyFrag family. JFrog Security Research published a working exploit walkthrough for…
CISA Adds Exploited PTC Windchill RCE Flaw to KEV as Web Shell Attacks Continue
Ravie LakshmananJun 26, 2026Vulnerability / Software Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a critical remote code execution vulnerability impacting…
Ukraine Says Russian Intelligence Used Fake Support Texts to Steal Messaging Credentials
Ravie LakshmananJun 27, 2026Messaging Security / Cyber Espionage The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) said it, together with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),…
OpenAI Previews GPT-5.6 Sol With Restricted Access and Stronger Cyber Safeguards
OpenAI on Friday released three versions of GPT-5.6, called Sol, Terra, and Luna, as a limited preview to a small number of companies as part…