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Russian hackers crack into officials’ Signal and WhatsApp accounts

Russian state hackers are trying to break into Signal and WhatsApp accounts used by diplomats, military staff, and government officials worldwide, Dutch intelligence agencies warned. They believe journalists and other people who attract attention from Moscow may also be affected. Investigators reported attackers attempt to trick users into revealing verification codes and PINs that protect their messaging accounts. The agencies said the Russian campaign does not exploit technical vulnerabilities in the messaging services. Instead, the … More → The post Russian hackers crack into officials’ Signal and WhatsApp accounts appeared first on Help Net Security.
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iProov secures hiring, access, and recovery by verifying the human behind every login

iProov the iProov Workforce Solution Suite, designed to protect enterprises from deepfakes and other identity attacks while improving operational efficiency. It enables organizations to verify genuine human presence and stop attackers. The suite supports remote hiring and onboarding, shared device access, step-up and privileged access, and account recovery. Enterprises have invested heavily in zero trust, deploying SSO, MFA, and passkeys, yet identity attacks continue to scale. The reason is structural, identity systems were designed to … More → The post iProov secures hiring, access, and recovery by verifying the human behind every login appeared first on Help Net Security.
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OpenWrt 25.12.0 ships with new package manager, built-in upgrade tool, support for 2200+ devices

OpenWrt 25.12.0 is now available for download. The release incorporates over 4,700 commits since branching from OpenWrt 24.10. Package manager changes One of the most significant structural changes in 25.12.0 is the replacement of the opkg package manager with apk, the Alpine Package Keeper. The OpenWrt fork of opkg is no longer maintained, and the project moved to apk as an actively maintained alternative. The command-line interface for apk differs from opkg, and the project … More → The post OpenWrt 25.12.0 ships with new package manager, built-in upgrade tool, support for 2200+ devices appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Fake Claude Code install pages highlight rise of “InstallFix” attacks

Users looking for Anthropic’s Claude Code agentic AI coding tool are being tricked via fake Claude Code install pages into running malware, Push Security researchers have warned. The attackers behind this scheme are faithfully cloning Anthropic’s installation page, hosting it on a lookalike domain, and paying Google to surface those fake pages on the top of its results when users ask how to “install Claude Code”, “Claude Code CLI”, or simply “Claude Code”. All links … More → The post Fake Claude Code install pages highlight rise of “InstallFix” attacks appeared first on Help Net Security.
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More AI tools, more burnout! New research explains why

Workflows built around multiple AI agents and constant tool switching are adding cognitive strain across large enterprises. A recent Harvard Business Review analysis describes this pattern as “AI brain fry,” a form of mental fatigue tied to intensive use and oversight of AI systems. Employees increasingly manage clusters of agents that generate code, synthesize information, and produce drafts at high speed. Performance systems in some organizations reward activity metrics such as token consumption and AI … More → The post More AI tools, more burnout! New research explains why appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Augur lands $15 million funding to strengthen critical infrastructure security

Augur has announced a $15 million seed round led by Plural, with participation from First Kind, SNR, Flix, and Tiny VC. The funding will support the deployment of Augur’s technology as governments, operators, and venue owners across Europe face rising security threats to vulnerable public spaces and critical national infrastructure. The changing threat landscape The world is facing ever more complex and destabilising security threats, underlined by the outbreak of conflict in Iran, which has … More → The post Augur lands $15 million funding to strengthen critical infrastructure security appeared first on Help Net Security.
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