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CYBERJul 2After WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal receive notices on username featureThe notices follow directions to WhatsApp to pause its username feature over scam and impersonation concerns; Spokespersons for Telegram, Signal did not have an immediate comment to shareThe Hindu
CYBERJul 2Ransomware Groups Turn to Citrix Bleed 2, BYOVD, and Supply Chain CredentialsThe Hacker News
CYBERJul 2Ransomware Thugs Masquerade as Interpol to Entice Small BizThe ransomware campaign relies on basic social engineering and stretches across multiple regions, including the US, Europe, Middle East, and elsewhere.Dark Reading
CYBERJul 2California demanda a 23andMe por una filtración que expuso los datos de más de 800.000 residentesLa información fue ofrecida en la llamada “web oscura”. La denuncia la hace el fiscal general de California, Rob BontaLa empresa no habría tomado las medidas de protección necesarias.Clarín
CYBERJul 2Cyberattack on Hong Kong’s Shun Hing Group affects data of 1 million peopleSouth China Morning Post
CYBERJul 2ThreatsDay: AI Compute Hijacking, Apple Email Flaw, BlueHammer Ransomware + 14 StoriesThis week’s security news is mostly about weak spots. Browsers, bots, sandboxes, AI systems, and email flows all show the same problem in different ways. Everything looks normal until someone tests a small gap and finds a way through. This is not one big break. It is small permissions, weak checks, open systems, and normal tools doing things they were allowed to do. That same pattern runsThe Hacker News
CYBERJul 2Elderly couple in Bengaluru duped of ₹3.17 crore in ‘digital arrest’ cyber fraudAn elderly couple in Bengaluru was defrauded of a large sum through a 'digital arrest' cyber scam. This incident highlights ongoing cybercrime threats targeting individuals.The Hindu
CYBERJul 2SFI seeks police probe into cyber campaign against itThe SFI organization has requested a police investigation into a cyber campaign targeting it. This indicates a perceived online threat impacting the organization.The Hindu
CYBERJul 2ToddyCat-Linked Umbrij Malware Abuses OAuth to Access Gmail via Google APIThe threat actor known as ToddyCat has been attributed to a new malware called Umbrij that's designed to gain surreptitious access to a victim's email correspondence via the Google API. "In this campaign, the attackers focused their attention on corporate email communications hosted on Gmail, targeting access compromise via APIs," Kaspersky said in a detailed report published this week. "The Hacker News
CYBERJul 2’12 million watched unreleased movie’: No bail after Vijay starrer Jana Nayagan leaksAn unreleased movie has reportedly been leaked online and viewed by millions, leading to a denial of bail for an individual. This highlights a significant intellectual property crime.Indian Express
CYBERJul 2Thailand says photo of Macron kneeling before King Vajiralongkorn is AI-generatedThailand’s foreign ministry denied on Thursday that French President Emmanuel Macron knelt before the country’s king during his state visit to Paris this week, after an AI-generated picture circulated online. King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida’s trip was the first official visit by a Thai monarch to France since 1960, marking the 170th anniversary of formal diplomatic relations between the two nations. During a state dinner at the presidential palace, Macron presented the 73-year-old...South China Morning Post
CYBERJul 2What's behind the viral claims of child trafficking on Vinted?EuroNews [en]
CYBERJul 2Cybersecurity Mission Creep in the USInteresting paper: “Cybersecurity Mission Creep.” Abstract: Cybersecurity is experiencing mission creep. Policymakers are casting more and more problems as issues of cybersecurity. So reframed, wildly different policy issues, from misinformation, to child social media safety laws, to antitrust regulations, to alleged journalist misconduct, to anti-sex trafficking statutes become what this Article calls “cybersecuritized.” Before this reframing, these issues present as important but not existential. But once cybersecuritization positions the issues as threats intensifiedSchneier
CYBERJul 2Pegasus fear returns: How Israel’s NSO group exploited WhatsApp and how can you protect your smartphonezeenews · india
CYBERJul 2India asks Meta to hold WhatsApp username rollout over fraud fearsGovernment figures show Indians lost nearly $3 billion to cyber fraud in 2025, almost 40 times more than in 2021. The post India asks Meta to hold WhatsApp username rollout over fraud fears appeared first on Vanguard News.Vanguard Nigeria
CYBERJul 2AI Agent Exploits Langflow RCE to Automate Database Ransomware AttackThe Hacker News
CYBERJul 2Alleged Scattered Spider hacker arrested in FinlandThe 19-year-old dual American-Estonian national has been extradited to the US, where he is facing federal charges.BBC World
CYBERJul 2FortiBleed Credential Theft Linked to INC and Lynx Ransomware OperationsThe Hacker News
CYBERJul 2‘Jana Nayagan’ leak case: 1.2 crore people watched Vijay-starrer online, Chennai police tell Madras High CourtJustice C. Kumarappan dismisses the bail petitions filed by two of the 21 accused after being told that they have been involved in a serious crime involving online leak of an uncertified movieThe Hindu
CYBERJul 2New ChocoPoC RAT Targets Vulnerability Researchers via Fake PoC Exploit ReposAttackers are hiding a data-stealing trojan inside fake exploit code aimed at the people who hunt bugs for a living. The malware, called ChocoPoC, travels in Python proof-of-concept (PoC) repositories on GitHub that claim to exploit hot new CVEs. Run one, and it quietly lifts your saved passwords, browser cookies, and files, then hands the attacker a shell on your machine. YesWeHack andThe Hacker News
CYBERJul 2India Asks Meta To Hold WhatsApp Username Rollout Over Fraud FearsThe move comes as authorities in India grapple with a spike in cybercrime, with scammers exploiting low digital safety awareness among millions of internet users. The post India Asks Meta To Hold WhatsApp Username Rollout Over Fraud Fears appeared first on Channels Television.Channels TV
CYBERJul 2India orders WhatsApp to halt username feature over anonymity concernsIndia has asked WhatsApp to justify the implementation of a planned feature covering usernames and to freeze the roll-out in its biggest market, escalating a crackdown on messaging anonymity that began with Telegram, according to a government letter. The move comes as authorities in India grapple with a spike in cybercrime, with scammers exploiting low digital safety awareness among millions of internet users. Earlier this week, Meta’s WhatsApp said ‌it had begun a phased global roll-out,...South China Morning Post
CYBERJul 2Alleged member of hacking group 'Scattered Spider' arrested in FinlandEuroNews [en]
CYBERJul 2How is Apple affected by a data breach at Tata Electronics?Tata is reportedly beefing up its security measures and organising a forensic audit after a cybersecurity incident involving data leaks related to clients Apple and TeslaThe Hindu