British soldier ignored order to pull his SIM card, then got blackmailed

2026-11-08T20:51:38Z•ad7774a99322122c4ffb4bb10ce3187ea2ada0133d21fc3bdea9cb53d8ea9356
AndroidLinuxNorth-KoreaPHPPKIPlex-surveillance-server? invalidSSHSecure-BootTLS-certificatesUEFIbackdoorbootkitbotnetcredential-theftcrypto-heistcybersecuritydata-breachexploitationfirmwaregovernmentiOSmobile-spywaresoftware-supply-chaintoken-theftvulnerability

What happened

Security news feed covering major incidents and vulnerabilities, including credential and token theft, passwordless SSH access on Linux, mobile spyware exploitation, large-scale crypto theft, Android botnets, UEFI bootkits and firmware flaws, software supply-chain compromise, government data exposure, TLS certificate compromise, PHP and Plex exploitation, Tor infrastructure interception, and AI-assisted attacks.

Why it matters

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Evidence and limitations

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arstechnica_security
Record identifier
ad7774a99322122c4ffb4bb10ce3187ea2ada0133d21fc3bdea9cb53d8ea9356
Enrichment time
2026-11-08T20:51:38Z
AI-assisted enrichment
Yes

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