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India Requires All Smartphones To Include Permanent Government Cybersecurity App

India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has mandated that all smartphone makers preload a non-removable government cybersecurity app, Sanchar Saathi, on new devices sold in the country. The private directive, dated November 28, 2025, sets a strict 90-day compliance deadline for giants like Apple, Samsung,...

Severe WatchGuard Firebox Vulnerabilities Enable Attackers To Bypass Integrity Checks and Inject Malicious Code

WatchGuard disclosed multiple high-severity vulnerabilities in Firebox appliances on December 4, 2025, including flaws that let privileged attackers execute arbitrary code and bypass boot-time integrity checks. These issues affect Fireware OS versions up to 12.11.4 and 2025.1.2, potentially compromising network security gateways used by...

FCC Investigation Leads To $1.5 Million Comcast Penalty After Vendor Data Breach

The Federal Communications Commission announced a significant enforcement action against Comcast, imposing a $1.5 million fine following a data breach at a third-party vendor that exposed personal information belonging to approximately 237,000 customers. The incident underscores persistent supply chain security vulnerabilities and highlights regulatory...

Microsoft To Block External Scripts In Entra ID Logins To Strengthen Security

Microsoft announced a significant security upgrade for Microsoft Entra ID authentication on November 25, 2025, via its Entra Blog. The change blocks external script injection during sign-ins to help combat threats such as cross-site scripting (XSS). This proactive step aligns with Microsoft's Secure Future...

KawaiiGPT: A Free Alternative To WormGPT Using DeepSeek, Gemini And Kimi-K2 AI

KawaiiGPT is an open‑source “kawaii” command‑line chatbot that aims to offer WormGPT‑style, unrestricted AI assistance for free by chaining together multiple large language models, including DeepSeek, Google’s Gemini, and Moonshot’s Kimi‑K2. It lowers the barrier for experimentation with jailbroken models, but also raises serious...

Cobalt Strike 4.12 Debuts New Injection Methods, Improved UAC Bypasses, and Expanded Malleable C2 Controls

Cobalt Strike 4.12 launched on November 24, 2025, bringing major updates for red team operators, including a refreshed graphical user interface, beta REST API, and User Defined Command and Control (UDC2) for custom C2 channels. The release adds evasion-focused process injection techniques, fresh UAC...