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Apple fixes Beats Studio Buds flaw that let hackers spy on conversations
Apple has released security updates to patch a high-severity flaw affecting the Beats Studio Buds wireless earbuds that could allow attackers in Bluetooth range to spy on users’ conversations. “An attacker within Bluetooth range may be able to listen through the microphone of a device which is not yet paired and actively seeking pair requests,” […]
Telegram admits it couldn’t police exam-leak channels, India tells court
India’s government has told the Delhi High Court that Telegram was warned about two weeks before it was blocked, and that the platform conceded it could not proactively detect the channels selling leaked exam papers. The nationwide block, imposed ahead of a national medical exam, disrupted Telegram access well beyond India, reaching users as far away […]
F5 issues out-of-band patches for critical NGINX vulnerabilities
Cybersecurity company F5 has released out-of-band security updates to address multiple NGINX web server vulnerabilities, including two critical-severity flaws that could allow attackers to execute code on vulnerable systems. The two critical vulnerabilities were found in the ngx_http_v3_module (CVE-2026-42530) and the ngx_http_proxy_v2_module and ngx_http_grpc_module (CVE-2026-42055), and can be exploited by unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger […]
Microsoft fixes Windows Server 2016 security update failures
Microsoft has fixed a known issue causing the June 2026 security updates to fail on Windows Server 2016 systems that weren’t up to date. The issue was acknowledged in an admin portal service alert confirming IT administrators’ reports of 0x80070002 or FILE_NOT_FOUND errors on affected systems. The bug primarily affected customers attempting to install the KB5094122 update without first installing last […]
Google to use UK and EU user IP addresses for ad personalization
Google has begun notifying advertisers that it will start using IP addresses for ad measurement and personalization across the European Economic Area (EEA), the UK and Switzerland on or shortly after August 3, 2026. IP addresses are received by online services on nearly every request, and the practice is routine across much of the world. […]
FortiBleed leak exposes Fortinet VPN credentials for 73,000 devices.
A newly discovered data leak dubbed “FortiBleed” has exposed what appears to be a collection of Fortinet and FortiGate VPN credentials for 73,932 firewall URLs at organizations worldwide. The exposed data was first discovered by security researcher Bob Diachenko, who says he found a server containing what appeared to be valid Fortinet VPN credentials, including […]
India’s Telegram ban hit the UAE too. Here’s how to get around it
India has banned Telegram until June 22 after the platform was used to sell access to leaked exam materials. Telegram CEO Pavel Durov accuses Indian telecom Reliance of using BGP hijacking to enforce the block, disrupting access for users as far away as the UAE. Digital rights group, the Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) calls the ban […]
CISA orders feds to patch max severity Joomla plugin flaw by Friday
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has ordered federal agencies to patch a maximum-severity flaw in the Widget Factory Joomla Content Editor (JCE) plugin that is being actively exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2026-48907, this vulnerability can be exploited by threat actors without privileges to achieve code execution via low-complexity attacks targeting Joomla […]
Microsoft working on Defender patch for RoguePlanet zero-day
Microsoft confirmed that it’s working on a security patch for a Defender zero-day vulnerability named “RoguePlanet,” disclosed one week ago. The security researcher who published a RoguePlanet exploit during the June 2026 Patch Tuesday (known as Nightmare Eclipse) said it affects fully patched Windows 10 and Windows 11 devices and allows attackers to spawn command prompts with […]
Kodak confirms data breach claimed by ShinyHunters extortion gang
Kodak has confirmed that it’s working with external cybersecurity experts to investigate a security breach after hackers gained access to some of the company’s data. Founded in 1880 as the Eastman Kodak Company and headquartered in Rochester, New York, Kodak has 79,000 worldwide patents and provides commercial print, advanced materials, and chemical products. A company […]