News archive — Page 7
Source-backed reporting on VPNs, privacy, scams, data breaches and online security—plus the practical steps worth taking next.
News archive
Reports 61–70
Clear summaries, visible dates and direct source links—without turning every security story into a VPN sales pitch.
NHS Transplant Data Was Sent Over an Unencrypted Pager Network
NHS Blood and Transplant has stopped sending patient information to pagers after a BBC investigation found names, dates of birth and transplant details travelling over interceptable radio signals.
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Apple Warns Targeted iPhone Users About Mercenary Spyware
A new alert round reached users in 110 countries. Apple says genuine notifications indicate high-confidence individual targeting and should be verified directly through the user's account.
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Trezor Customers Exposed in ShipMonk Shipping-Provider Breach
Names and contact details for 13,689 customers were exposed through a fulfilment partner, creating targeted crypto-phishing risk even though Trezor says its wallets remain secure.
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AmnesiaStealer Hijacks Logged-In Browser Sessions on macOS
Jamf researchers detailed a ClickFix campaign that tricks Mac users into pasting a Terminal command before stealing keychains, cookies and data and enabling hidden browser control.
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WhatsApp Tests Scam Alerts That Analyse Messages On-Device
The optional early beta checks messages from non-contacts locally, while keeping message content and model inference on the phone and leaving the final block-or-report decision to the user.
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Ukraine Shuts 94 Scam Call Centres in Nationwide Operation
Police say operators posed as banks, brokers and law enforcement, pushed fake investments and remote-access apps, and sometimes targeted people elsewhere in Europe.
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Flock Adds New Controls After Police Plate-Reader Misuse Cases
The company plans mandatory misuse monitoring, case codes and a seven-day default retention period, while civil-liberties critics say key safeguards still need independent proof.
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ACRO Cybersecurity Failings Put Sensitive UK Records at Risk
The ICO says weak patch ownership and missed security alerts left passport, bank, biometric and criminal-record information for up to 10,920 people potentially exposed.
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Signal Adds Automatic Key Verification for Encrypted Chats
Signal's new key-transparency feature helps detect a secret substitution of a contact's encryption key, supplementing the app's manual safety-number checks.
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WindRelay Android Malware Turns a Card Tap Into Bank Fraud
Researchers documented a live-call scam combining phone takeover malware with an NFC relay tool, allowing criminals to abuse both mobile banking and a victim's physical payment card.
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