Ukraine's army targeted in new charity-themed malware campaign

Officials of Ukraine's Defense Forces were targeted in a charity-themed campaign between October and December 2025 that ...
Dark Reading

SesameOp Backdoor Uses OpenAI API for Covert C2

A new backdoor uses an OpenAI API for command-and-control (C2) communications to covertly manage malicious activities within a compromised environment, demonstrating a unique way attackers can abuse ...
Computer Weekly

Home Office issues new ‘backdoor’ order over Apple encryption

The government has reignited a row with Apple by issuing an order requiring the technology company to provide warranted access to encrypted data stored by British users on the supplier’s iCloud ...
9to5Mac

The British government is still insisting Apple has to create a backdoor into iCloud

ADP is not enabled by default, and many didn’t know it existed while others had not opted to enable it. The British government inadvertently did a favour for the world’s privacy by drawing attention ...
Reuters

'Backdoor' funding cuts possible by Trump administration, as Congress faces government shutdown

WASHINGTON, Sept 28 (Reuters) - With three days to go before a U.S. government shutdown, an advocacy group that tracks federal spending warns that about $8 billion approved by Congress for healthcare ...
AppleInsider

'ChillyHell' backdoor hid in notarized Mac apps for four years

Jamf researchers have detailed a Mac backdoor called ChillyHell that passed Apple's notarization checks in 2021 and went unnoticed until very recently. Jamf Threat Labs revealed the findings in ...
Engadget

UK's demand for Apple backdoor may have been broader than previously thought

The UK's Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) has submitted a new legal filing, suggesting that authorities wanted the iCloud backdoor they're demanding Apple to create to be able to access more data ...
Computerworld

UK agrees to drop dangerous data encryption backdoor demands, says US

The UK has agreed to drop its mandate that Apple install a backdoor into the encrypted data stored on its devices, though it isn’t clear whether this is an overall change or simply a tweak to protect ...
Newsweek

Trump Accounts ‘Backdoor Way’ to Privatize Social Security: Scott Bessent

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said new investment savings accounts for young Americans could help privatize Social Security. Speaking at an event hosted by right-wing news outlet Breitbart on ...
USA Today

Trump accounts are a 'backdoor for privatizing Social Security,' Treasury secretary says

WASHINGTON ― Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent touted new savings accounts for American babies included in President Donald Trump's recently approved megabill as a "backdoor for privatizing Social ...
Reuters

Bessent calls Trump baby accounts 'backdoor for privatizing Social Security'

WASHINGTON, July 30 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday likened new savings accounts in a bill President Donald Trump this month signed into law to "a backdoor for ...
Ars Technica

Google finds custom backdoor being installed on SonicWall network devices

Researchers from the Google Threat Intelligence Group said that hackers are compromising SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) appliances, which sit at the edge of enterprise networks and manage and ...