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Security Stop-Press: WhatsApp Flaw Exposed Billions of Phone Numbers

Researchers have uncovered a privacy weakness in WhatsApp that allowed the confirmation of 3.5 billion active accounts simply by checking read full article

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Security Stop-Press: Cyber Insurance Payouts Triple

Association of British Insurers (ABI) figures show that cyber insurance payouts in the UK have tripled, reaching £197 million in read full article

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Security Stop-Press: Cyber Attack Almost Wipes Out M&S Profits

Marks & Spencer has confirmed that a major cyber attack in April 2025 almost wiped out its half-year profits, cutting read full article

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Security Stop-Press: New AI Security Researcher ‘Aardvark’

OpenAI has introduced Aardvark, an autonomous security agent powered by GPT-5 that scans codebases to detect and fix software vulnerabilities read full article

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Security Stop-Press: AI Tools Fuel Record Rise in DDoS Botnets

Attackers are using artificial intelligence (AI) to build record-breaking DDoS botnets, according to new data from internet security firm Qrator read full article

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Security Stop-Press: ‘Pixnapping’ Attack Can Steal 2FA Codes From Android Phones

Researchers have discovered a new Android attack called “Pixnapping” that can secretly steal sensitive on-screen data, including two-factor authentication (2FA) read full article