A Canadian woman has been stuck in Mauritius for the past five years after her former husband accused her of hacking his email and had her passport seized by the Canadian consul, which now refuses it to return it because of more mysterious hacking charges https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-canadian-woman-stuck-since-2021-in-indian-ocean-country-after-passport/
The author of the now-defunct ZeroAccess botnet appears to have reformed and is a legitimate software developer now https://r136a1.dev/2025/10/28/zeroaccess-developer-and-his-kernelmode-debugger/
Chrome and Edge v142 are out, both with new LLM-based systems for spotting scams and scareware
Chrome for Developers
Chrome 142 | Release notes | Chrome for Developers
The :target-before and :target-after pseudo-classes, range syntax for container queries, and more.
Microsoft Edge Blog
Protecting more Edge users with expanded Scareware blocker availability and real-time protection
Scareware blocker for Microsoft Edge is now enabled by default on most Windows and Mac devices, and the impact is already clear: Scareware blocker ...
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Russian telecom operators are blocking calls and SMS messages used by Telegram and WhatsApp two-factor authentication service. The blocking is also affecting new user account registrations
Код Дурова
Эксклюзив: в России ограничили регистрацию пользователей в Telegram и WhatsApp*
От российских операторов потребовали прекратить передачу SMS и звонков со сторон...
The Eclipse Foundation says it contained the GlassWorm that was spreading on OpenVSX. It also rotated creds for a bunch of developers that leaked their OpenVSX publishing tokens.
Eclipse Foundation Staff Blogs
Open VSX security update, October 2025
Over the past few weeks, the Open VSX team and the Eclipse Foundation have been responding to reports of leaked tokens and related malicious activi...
The Garden DeFi platform, which launders funds hacked from other crypto platforms, has been hacked
Telegram
Investigations by ZachXBT
Garden Finance was likely exploited for $10.8M+ on multiple chains. An address related to the team sent a message onchain to the alleged exp...
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-Russia arrests Meduza Stealer group -L3Harris manager pleads guilty -US hacked Venezuela in 2020 -Windows 11 Administrator Protection goes live -Loads of ICS hacks in Canada -New NSA & CyberCom chief favorites emerge -APT behind Ribbon Communications breach -US TP-Link ban getting closer -FCC blocks additional Chinese gear -FCC to vote down new telco cybersecurity rules -Israel had a "winking system" with AWS and GCP Podcast:
Risky Bulletin: Russia arrests Meduza Stealer group - Risky Business Media
Russian police arrest the Meduza-Stealer trio, a Former L-3Harris manager pleads guilty to selling exploits to Russia, the US hacked Venez [Read More]
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Risky.Biz
Risky Bulletin: Russia arrests Meduza Stealer group
In other news: L3Harris manager pleads guilty; US hacked Venezuela in 2020; Windows 11 Administrator Protection goes live.
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Sophos has linked the recent Lanscope zero-day to Bronze Butler (Tick)
Sophos
BRONZE BUTLER exploits Japanese asset management software vulnerability
The threat group targeted a LANSCOPE zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-61932)
Close to 90% of Windows Steam games can now run on Linux
Windows Games’ Compatibility on Linux Is at an All-Time High
Windows Games’ Compatibility on Linux Is at an All-Time High
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Meta will allow users to encrypt WhatsApp backups using a passkey. The 200 people who use that site are gonna be ecstatic!
Meta Newsroom
Introducing Disappearing Posts on Threads
We're launching ghost posts, Threads posts that are automatically archived after 24 hours so you can share your unfiltered thoughts.