Cyber CrimeIran's Chosen Brick Malware Targets Dissidents
A joint advisory from the UK, FBI, and Netherlands warns that Iranian hackers use social engineering and messaging apps to spy on and wipe victims' systems.
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Cyber CrimeIranian Spies Target Windows Users
FBI, UK NCSC, and Dutch AIVD warn that Iranian actors use social messaging apps to deploy Chosen Brick data-stealing malware.
Cyber CrimeMalware Taps MQTT to Run Windows, Linux Bots
Lumen's Black Lotus Labs says BambooToken abuses the IoT messaging protocol and a signed banking token to control compromised hosts across Asia and South America.
SecurityThreema DDoS attacks expose mitigation limits
Swiss messaging firm Threema faced sustained DDoS attacks this week, with changing tactics challenging defenses.
Tech NewsBumble Ends Women-First Messaging Rule
Bumble drops the women-message-first rule, extending response windows to 72 hours, signaling a strategic pivot.
Tech NewsWhatsApp Expands Calling to Web Browser
Meta adds audio and video calling, call transfers, and new moderation tools to the WhatsApp web interface.
SecurityIndia Targets Decentralized App Code
A government demand to remove open-source repositories from GitHub challenges the legal limits of controlling offline messaging.
SecurityRabbitMQ Vulnerabilities Expose Infrastructure to Total Takeover
Critical flaws in RabbitMQ allow unauthenticated access to OAuth secrets and authorization bypasses, threatening enterprise messaging.