ADEX: 52% of 2026 ad-fraud schemes use AI as cloaking share falls
Across 1.2 million campaigns, iOS scripts and messenger phishing rose while cloaking’s share of suspensions fell to about 45%.
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58 articles · newest firstDarkCore RAT marketed to reuse Gmail and WhatsApp sessions
BlackFog verified a Windows sample’s config and modules, not every seller-advertised browser feature.
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India SIM-binding rules may block WhatsApp without a registered SIM
Covered apps have until December 31, 2026, with the requirement expected to take effect on January 1, 2027.
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India to require WhatsApp and Telegram accounts to stay tied to active SIMs
DoT’s deadline is December 31, 2026; how far accounts stop working depends on each app’s implementation.
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WhatsApp help pages hid chatbot orders not to name regulators
Redact counted 102 hidden blocks on 80 pages; Meta called it a bug and removed them by October 18.
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WhatsApp help pages hid chatbot orders not to cite regulators
Hidden notes told WhatsApp’s support bot not to name data-protection authorities or GDPR after a lawyer was mentioned.
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Judge denies WhatsApp contempt bid over alleged NSO injunction breach
The court said Meta’s evidence on 23 suspect accounts was not clear and convincing enough to punish NSO.
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WhatsApp help pages exposed hidden instructions for a Meta chatbot
About 80 FAQ pages held roughly 100 hidden blocks telling a support model what not to say, including legal topics.
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Meta commercial terms let it scrape business sites for AI training
The terms take effect October 30, 2026, and the News/Media Alliance says business accounts cannot opt out.
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WhatsApp MCP server offered free on Cloudflare
The feed only links a GitHub project and shows 23 points and 13 comments, with no technical details.
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Meta’s new terms may allow it to train AI on news sites for free
Meta’s October 30 business terms let it crawl linked publisher sites to train AI models.
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Cops Used AI Generated Photos of a Child to Lure Out a Suspected Predator
Livonia police used an AI-generated teen persona to arrest a man who tried to meet a fictitious 15-year-old.
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More Than Three Quarters of Small Business Owners Say AI Makes Them More Productive, But Most Need More Guidance
Meta-commissioned YouGov survey finds 84% of APAC small businesses use AI, but most want guidance.
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Now You Can Invite Anyone to a WhatsApp Call
WhatsApp now lets hosts invite account-free guests to encrypted calls of up to 32 people.
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WhatsApp Attachment Deploys Malware That Gains SYSTEM Access on Windows
A WhatsApp ZIP lure deploys VulcanRAT207.A, a Windows RAT that escalates to SYSTEM and sideloads via VulkanInfo.
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ThreatsDay: Ransomware Affiliate Betrayal, WhatsApp RAT, Exposed Hacker Tools and 12 More Stories
A ThreatsDay roundup covers GlassWorm VS Code themes, VulcanRAT207, a Qilin extradition, and a rogue Gentlemen affiliate.
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Meta rolls out new AI tools to detect ads that secretly lead to child sexual abuse material
Meta deployed new AI tools to catch ads that secretly route users to child sexual abuse material.
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Instinct brings its AI agent to group chats, even for friends without an account
Instinct, valued at $10 billion, now lets users add its AI agent to group chats, including friends without accounts.
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Meta, OpenAI and Uber Just Taught AI Agents to Talk First. What About When to Stay Quiet?
Meta Muse, OpenAI Dots, and Uber's driver assistant push proactive messages, raising when agents should interrupt.
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CVE-2026-86950: The Great Glyph Grift - An in-the-wild iOS bug with a possible WhatsApp zero-click path
Apple fixed in-the-wild CoreGraphics CVE-2026-86950 in iOS 26.7.1; crafted PDF fonts can trigger an out-of-bounds write.
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Public PoC Released for Apple CoreGraphics Zero-Day CVE-2026-86950
Public crash PoC released for Apple CoreGraphics zero-day CVE-2026-86950, reportedly used in targeted attacks.
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Apple CoreGraphics PoC Emerges as WhatsApp PDF Checks Hint at Possible Delivery Path
Researchers published a crash-only PoC for Apple CoreGraphics CVE-2026-86950, which CISA listed as exploited.
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Unsurprisingly, Meta's new Muse AI agent blatantly ignores users permissions
Meta's Muse agent reportedly uploaded a user's Apple Messages history without permission or Full Disk Access.
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SilverFox Hackers Built Fake Software Sites That Hide Malware From Security Researchers
Microsoft ties Silver Fox fake download sites to Windows malware mainly hitting Chinese-speaking users.
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SilverFox Built Fake Software Sites That Know When Researchers Are Watching
Silver Fox operators delivered a Windows loader via WhatsApp while hiding payloads from security researchers.
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Meta Partners With Government Agencies, Law Enforcement, and Safety Organizations to Launch Regional Anti-Scam Education Campaign
Meta's One Step Ahead anti-scam campaign reached 303 million people across 18 Asia-Pacific countries.
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Can Muse overcome Meta’s trust issues?
Meta’s consumer AI agent Muse drew Connect attention, but hosts question trust and lasting utility.
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Meta is putting its muscle behind Muse as the AI app takes off
Meta’s Muse AI app passed 3.4 million downloads and leads U.S. app stores after Meta Connect.
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Windows, Linux, Android File Notification Systems Leak User Activity
Graz researchers show OS file-change notifications can reveal other users' activity without exposing file contents.
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File Notification Attacks: Side-Channel Leakage from the File-Notification System on Linux, Android, Windows, and macOS
CCS paper shows Linux, Android, Windows, and macOS file notifications leak activity without revealing file contents.
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Decades-old file security flaws found in Android, Linux, macOS, and Windows
TU Graz researchers showed file-notification side channels on Linux, Windows, Android, and macOS leak user activity.
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Muse is coming to Meta smart glasses
Meta is bringing Muse to its smart glasses, adding assistant, navigation, audio, and accessibility features.
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Meta's AI agent Muse draws 500,000 users in a week along with claims it copied OpenClaw
Meta's AI agent Muse gained 500,000 users in a week, with Meta acknowledging it is 'heavily inspired' by the open-source project OpenClaw.
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Meta Takes Action on 3.7 Million Accounts, Pages and Content In Partnership With Singapore Police Force
Meta and Singapore police disrupted millions of scam accounts, pages, and prebuilt shell pages.
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Meta’s Muse AI assistant has a zero-day that can turn it into a Mac backdoor
Patrick Wardle says a local zero-day can redirect Meta Muse dictation traffic and steal its account token.
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Meta’s Muse is outpacing ChatGPT’s early mobile launch
Meta's Muse app drew more early U.S. and Canada iOS downloads than ChatGPT, Appfigures estimates.
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Announcing Petal, a First-of-its-Kind Transoceanic Subsea Cable
Meta announced 'Petal', a first-of-its-kind petabit-capacity subsea cable connecting the US and France, expected in 2029.
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Handala Hack Uses CRUDEEXCLUDE to Disable Defender Protections and Deploy HEAVYGRAM
Group-IB links new HEAVYGRAM and CRUDEEXCLUDE malware to Iran-aligned Handala Hack (MOIS/Void Manticore), which spies on Iranian dissidents using Defender exclusions and Telegram C2.
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Chosen Brick, Iran’s Surveillance Malware
UK, US, and Dutch agencies warn Iranian CHOSEN BRICK malware targets dissidents and journalists via Telegram, harvesting contacts, emails, and messages since 2025.
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Iranian hackers use CHOSEN BRICK Windows malware to spy on targets
Iranian state-linked hackers use CHOSEN BRICK Windows malware, spread via Telegram and WhatsApp social engineering, to spy on dissidents and journalists worldwide.
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