Former Germany’s foreign intelligence VP hit in Signal account takeover campaign
2026-03-16T14:51:45Z•62c8a925a3a599c3f2e6882b163250c7397c216e7db84b8b71cb860278685011
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What happened
Feed of security news covering multiple high-impact incidents: researchers disclosed nine “CrackArmor” AppArmor vulnerabilities that can allow unprivileged users to bypass protections, escalate to root and weaken container isolation; a Signal/WhatsApp account-takeover campaign targeted high-ranking German officials (including former BND VP Arndt Freytag von Loringhoven); Android 17 introduces an Advanced Protection Mode restriction preventing non-accessibility apps from using the Accessibility API to reduce abuse; Payload ransomware claims a breach of Royal Bahrain Hospital and publication of
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- 2026-03-16T14:51:45Z
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