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Thousands of New Zealanders Impacted by Manage My Health Data Breach

Jan 16, 2026 | Podcast

https://www.privacy.org.nz/tuhono-connect/statements-media-releases/information-for-people-impacted-by-the-manage-my-health-data-breach The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of New Zealand has issued a statement regarding a serious cyber incident that has affected...

Instagram Denies Data Breach Amid Claims of 17 Million Account Data Leak

Jan 15, 2026 | Podcast

Instagram Password Reset Surge Linked To Resurfaced 2024 Data Leak Affecting Millions Instagram, owned by Meta, has denied a data breach after claims emerged that data from over 17 million Instagram accounts had been scraped and leaked online. The company stated that...

Notorious BreachForums Hacking Site Hit by Data Breach, Over 324,000 Accounts Exposed

Jan 14, 2026 | Podcast

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/breachforums-hacking-forum-database-leaked-exposing-324-000-accounts The latest iteration of the notorious BreachForums hacking site has suffered a data breach, with its user database table containing over 323,000 member...

WhatsApp Worm Spreads Astaroth Banking Trojan Across Brazil via Contact Auto-Messaging

Jan 13, 2026 | Podcast

https://www.acronis.com/en/tru/posts/boto-cor-de-rosa-campaign-reveals-astaroth-whatsapp-based-worm-activity-in-brazil Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new campaign that leverages WhatsApp as a distribution vector for a Windows banking trojan called...

FBI Warns of North Korean Hackers Using Malicious QR Codes in Spear-Phishing Attacks

Jan 12, 2026 | Podcast

https://www.ic3.gov/CSA/2026/260108.pdf The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released an advisory warning of North Korean state-sponsored threat actors, specifically the Kimsuky group, leveraging malicious QR codes in spear-phishing campaigns targeting...
Google to Discontinue Its Dark Web Report Security Feature in 2026

Google to Discontinue Its Dark Web Report Security Feature in 2026

Dec 19, 2025 | Podcast

Google has announced that it will be shutting down its “dark web report” security tool, which notifies users if their email address or other personal information has been found on the dark web. The tech giant stated that it wants to focus on other tools it...

Massive Chrome Extension Caught Harvesting Millions of Users’ AI Chat Conversations

Dec 18, 2025 | Podcast

https://www.koi.ai/blog/urban-vpn-browser-extension-ai-conversations-data-collection A Google Chrome extension with over 6 million users has been observed silently collecting every prompt entered by users into popular AI-powered chatbots, including OpenAI’s...

Scammers Abuse PayPal Subscriptions to Send Fake Purchase Notification Emails

Dec 17, 2025 | Podcast

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/beware-paypal-subscriptions-abused-to-send-fake-purchase-emails Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new email scam that abuses PayPal’s “Subscriptions” billing feature to send legitimate-looking...

Google Links Additional Chinese Hacking Groups to Widespread Exploitation of Critical React2Shell Vulnerability

Dec 16, 2025 | Podcast

https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/threat-actors-exploit-react2shell-cve-2025-55182 Google’s threat intelligence team has identified five more Chinese cyber-espionage groups joining the ongoing attacks exploiting the critical...

Notepad++ Releases Security Update to Address Traffic Hijacking Vulnerability

Dec 15, 2025 | Podcast

https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v889-released The popular text editor Notepad++ has released version 8.8.9 to address a critical security vulnerability affecting its updater, WinGUp. According to security experts, incidents of traffic hijacking have been reported,...
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  • Thousands of New Zealanders Impacted by Manage My Health Data Breach
  • Instagram Denies Data Breach Amid Claims of 17 Million Account Data Leak
  • Notorious BreachForums Hacking Site Hit by Data Breach, Over 324,000 Accounts Exposed
  • WhatsApp Worm Spreads Astaroth Banking Trojan Across Brazil via Contact Auto-Messaging
  • FBI Warns of North Korean Hackers Using Malicious QR Codes in Spear-Phishing Attacks

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