WhatsApp Rolling Out Username Feature to Bolster Phone Number Privacy
2026-06-29T19:24:06Z•324103936804acf8e58f3a7e4b62948623de33e96872e305fcb7283dd29c4532
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This SecurityWeek roundup covers multiple high-impact security developments: WhatsApp is introducing optional usernames to reduce phone-number exposure; researchers demonstrated a new attack that abuses repositories to deliver indirect prompts to Claude Code, spawning reverse shells on developer machines; AWS patched an "Amazon Q" flaw that allowed cloud credential theft via malicious repositories; and a new Linux kernel vulnerability dubbed "DirtyClone" (a DirtyFrag variant) enables local unprivileged users to manipulate the page cache and gain root. The ShinyHunters group claims a 3.1 TB ext
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