News archive — Page 9
Source-backed reporting on VPNs, privacy, scams, data breaches and online security—plus the practical steps worth taking next.
News archive
Reports 81–90
Clear summaries, visible dates and direct source links—without turning every security story into a VPN sales pitch.
The Odyssey Piracy Malware Warning: Why Streaming Shortcuts Are Risky
Bitdefender says fake pirated downloads for The Odyssey are already being used to distribute Lumma Stealer malware.
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CISA Adds Progress LoadMaster Flaw to KEV: Edge Devices Need Fast Patching
CISA added CVE-2026-8037, a Progress LoadMaster command-injection vulnerability, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 7 August.
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QuickFox VPN Installer Attack: Why VPN Downloads Need Supply-Chain Checks
Fortinet says attackers trojanized QuickFox VPN Windows installers for more than a year to deploy a persistent backdoor against selected users.
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Beacon CRM Charity Breach: Why Supporter Data Needs More Than Good Intentions
UK charity clients of Beacon CRM have been told to assess whether supporter data needs ICO reporting and individual notification after database backups were copied.
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Exact Sciences Added to Have I Been Pwned: Health Data Breach Lessons
Have I Been Pwned added an Exact Sciences breach affecting 10.9 million email addresses after Abbott disclosed a cyber incident in its cancer diagnostics business.
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Apple UK Encryption Fight: Why iCloud Backdoor Demands Matter for Privacy
Apple has confirmed a new legal complaint in the UK as the long-running dispute over access to end-to-end encrypted iCloud data continues.
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Met Police ICO Reprimand: Sensitive Data Mistakes Show Why Email Hygiene Matters
The ICO says two Metropolitan Police incidents exposed highly sensitive personal information, including a stalking victim's new contact details and names linked to a high-profile investigation.
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CISA KEV Update: TeamCity, Langflow, N-central and Tomcat Bugs Need Fast Patching
CISA added one exploited JetBrains TeamCity flaw on 5 August after adding IBM Langflow, N-able N-central and Apache Tomcat flaws to its KEV catalog a day earlier.
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EFF Location-Data Warning: Some Mobile Ad SDKs Share Precise Location by Default
The Electronic Frontier Foundation says some advertising SDKs can pass app users' location data into ad-tech and broker systems when developers leave risky defaults in place.
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KOSA Privacy Warning: More Age Checks Can Mean More Sensitive Data Collection
EFF says the Kids Online Safety Act and related Senate bills could pressure platforms to identify users before they speak, read or participate online.
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