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Threat hunters have disclosed a new “widespread timing-based vulnerability class” that leverages a double-click sequence to facilitate clickjacking attacks and account takeovers in almost all major websites. The technique has been codenamed DoubleClickjacking by security researcher Paulos Yibelo. “Instead of relying on a single click, it takes advantage of a double-click sequence,” Yibelo said.

The Akira ransomware gang exploited an unsecured webcam to bypass EDR and launch encryption attacks on a victim’s network. Pierluigi Paganini reports: Cybersecurity researchers at S-RM team discovered a novel attack technique used by the Akira ransomware gang. The ransomware group used an unsecured webcam to encrypt systems within a target’s network, bypassing Endpoint Detection…

Threat actors have been observed leveraging Google Tag Manager (GTM) to deliver credit card skimmer malware targeting Magento-based e-commerce websites. Website security company Sucuri said the code, while appearing to be a typical GTM and Google Analytics script used for website analytics and advertising purposes, contains an obfuscated backdoor capable of providing attackers with persistent

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports: Apple and Google have released several software updates to protect against a hacking campaign targeting an unknown number of their users. On Wednesday, Google released patches for a handful of security bugs in its Chrome browser, noting that one of the bugs was being actively exploited by hackers before the company had time to……

For some perspective on the numbers affected by breaches over time,  Emma Woollacott reports: Around seven British user accounts were breached every minute during the second quarter of 2025 – more than three million in total. While data breaches dropped globally by 58% from the previous quarter, the number rose from 70 million to 94…

Chang Dong-woo reports: KT Corp., South Korea’s second-largest mobile carrier, was found to have concealed critical malware infections and failed to report the security breaches that led to a recent hacking and data theft incident, a government-led investigation revealed Thursday. The joint government-private investigation team, which is examining KT’s recent cyberattack linked to illegal micro……