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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 09 > threatsday-200-android-flaws-browser.html

ThreatsDay: 200 Android Flaws, Browser-Built Phishing, 119K Scam Shops + 23 More Stories

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (271+ words) A lot of this week’s security news has the same awkward answer to one question: “Why was that allowed to work?” An extension asks for access and takes too much. A trusted service becomes part of a phishing chain. An…...

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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 09 > wechat-zero-click-worm-took-over.html

WeChat Zero-Click Worm Took Over Accounts on iPhone and Android via Incoming Calls

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (733+ words) Researchers at the security firm Calif have built a worm that takes over a WeChat account via an incoming call and demonstrated it spreading among three test phones. The person being called does not have to answer or touch their…...

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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 09 > weekly-recap-chrome-0-day-router.html

⚡ Weekly Recap: Chrome 0-Day, Router Hijacks, Coder Supply Chain Attack and More

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (299+ words) Turning off email images should at least stop the pictures. This week, attackers had a workaround: a scannable QR code built out of text. It still appears, even with images blocked. A small detail, but an annoying one if that…...

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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 09 > pegasus-zero-click-spyware-exploit.html

Pegasus Zero-Click Spyware Exploit Infects Serbian Student Movement Member's iPhone

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (436+ words) The iPhone belonging to a member of Serbia's student protest movement was infected with NSO Group's Pegasus spyware, according to new findings from the Citizen Lab in collaboration with the SHARE Foundation. "Our analysis confirmed that an iMessage zero-click exploit…...

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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 08 > weekly-recap-chinese-spy-proxy-ai.html

⚡ Weekly Recap: Chinese Spy Proxy, AI Agents Go Off-Task, Router Backdoors and More

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (280+ words) The boring parts caused most of the trouble. A router shipped ready to listen. A fake check turned the user into the installer. Trusted systems collected traffic and passwords, then cleaned the logs. Old bugs formed new attack chains. Even…...

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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 08 > whatsapp-adds-multiple-passkeys-for.html

WhatsApp Adds Multiple Passkeys for Phishing-Resistant Sign-Ins Across iOS and Android

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (264+ words) The tech giant said more than 1 billion people use a passkey to log into WhatsApp. Support for passkeys was first introduced in Android in October 2023, before expanding to iOS in early 2024. Meta also followed it up by integrating passkeys into…...

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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 08 > weekly-recap-ai-powered-plc-attacks.html

⚡ Weekly Recap: AI-Powered PLC Attacks, GitLab Attacks, Stripe Key Leaks and More

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (217+ words) A package gets installed. A login prompt opens. A box sits exposed to the internet. Nothing looks unusual yet. That’s roughly the mood this week. Trusted tools turn hostile, old weak spots get fresh attention, AI makes exploit work cheaper,…...

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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 08 > threatsday-gogs-100-rce-n8n-workflow-to.html

ThreatsDay: Gogs 10.0 RCE, n8n Workflow-to-RCE, $10M Reward, GLM-5.3 AI Exploit and More

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (180+ words) A lot of this week’s trouble starts with something trusted doing exactly what it was allowed to do. Signed drivers get turned against defenses. Legitimate apps help malware blend in. A weak header check opens a path to code execution....

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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 08 > new-cryptographic-context-injection.html

New Cryptographic Context Injection Attack Could Let Web Pages Steal Grok Chat Data

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (723+ words) Adversa AI has disclosed an attack technique that it says can cause xAI's Grok chatbot to send a user's name, approximate location, subscription tier, and the prompts from the ongoing conversation to an attacker-controlled server after the user asks it…...

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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 08 > 40-malicious-firefox-extensions-pose-as.html

40 Malicious Firefox Extensions Pose as Web3 Products to Steal Wallet Secrets

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (296+ words) A set of 40 Mozilla Firefox extensions has been found to engage in cryptocurrency wallet theft by masquerading as OKX, Rabby Wallet, TronLink, and other Web3 products. According to the Socket Threat Research team, the extensions are part of a broader set…...