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Text messages are a weak, vulnerable way to authenticate account logins. Soon, you'll have to switch to one of these safer, ...

A new version of the CloudZ remote access tool (RAT) is deploying a previously unseen malicious plugin called Pheno that hijacks the Microsoft Phone Link connection to steal sensitive codes from ...

Somewhere on a Windows PC, tucked inside a folder most users never open, a set of small database files holds a near-perfect copy of every text message synced from a paired Android phone. Call logs, ...

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WhatsApp is developing an encrypted cloud storage backup option with 2GB free space and a possible 50GB paid plan. It will offer secure backups with passkeys or encryption keys, reducing reliance on ...

Apple is adding end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging between iPhones and Android phones with iOS 26.5—a big upgrade for cross-platform texting security. The format is expected to provide a better ...

A previously undocumented .NET trojan and its companion Pheno plugin allow attackers to capture mobile authentication codes from Windows systems without compromising the phone. A newly identified ...

Microsoft has confirmed that the April 2026 security updates are causing failures in third-party backup applications using the psmounterex.sys driver. As BleepinComputer reported last week, this issue ...

Microsoft has confirmed that SMS-based authentication and account recovery for personal accounts is on its way out. The company argues that plaintext SMS codes are no ...