From Iran to Ukraine, everyone's trying to hack security cameras
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What happened
A batch of Ars Technica security stories covering widespread, active threats and systemic weaknesses: apparent Iranian state actors trying to hijack consumer security cameras; a set of advanced iOS exploits now tracked by authorities; LLM-driven deanonymization risks for pseudonymous users; a new Merkle-tree certificate approach from Google to quantum‑proof HTTPS; a Wi‑Fi encryption bypass dubbed “AirSnitch”; resurgence of Lumma stealer and supply‑chain compromises (Notepad++, malicious packages targeting dYdX); an urgent Office vulnerability actively exploited by Russian-state actors; Secure‑
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- 2026-03-11T20:51:49Z
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