A social engineering phone call lends authenticity to the attacker’s malicious email

A data breach reveals the spyware is built by a Polish developer

There is a critical security flaw in a Cisco phone adapter, and the business technology giant says the only step to take is dumping the hardware and migrating to new kit.

In an advisory, Cisco this week warned about the vulnerability in the SPA112 2-Port Adapter that, if exploited, could allow a remote attacker to essentially take control of a compromised device by seizing full privileges and executing arbitrary code.

The flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-20126, is rated as "critical," with a base score o

Someone is allegedly selling up-to-date mobile phone numbers of nearly 500 million WhatsApp users. A data sample investigated by Cybernews likely confirms this to be true.

One source said that the phone was so heavily compromised that it has now been placed in a locked safe inside a secure Government location.