WhatsApp Begins Limited Test of AI Scam Alerts for Unknown Senders
2026-08-16T08:51:40Z•e616da11b14c5b710d6e86c8ef69cb3891f434d0677c0a0ded10f81ad6ea4018
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What happened
Security-focused RSS feed covering major cyber threats, vulnerabilities, breaches, malware campaigns, ransomware, DDoS activity, supply-chain attacks, account compromise, authentication changes, and AI security research. Notable items include an actively exploited Microsoft zero-day among 400+ patched flaws, a reported 15-million-person DentaQuest breach, Gunra ransomware expansion, a Zoom zero-click RCE, counterfeit Open VSX extensions targeting developer and CI/CD data, and Lumma Stealer distributed through fake software downloads.
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