Tag: data extraction
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Privacy Breach at Qantas Exposed by Tech Support Scam Tactics
A clever tech-support scam led to a massive 2025 Qantas privacy breach, where 5.7 million customer records were compromised after a social engineering call tricked a contact-centre agent into giving away sensitive access. The sneaky tactic, not a systemic failure, was the surprising root cause of the breach.
OpenClaw Flaws Expose Data, Enable Privilege Escalation
A chain of four vulnerabilities, dubbed Claw Chain, in OpenClaw can be exploited to turn an agent into a powerful tool for attackers, allowing them to extract sensitive data, escalate privileges, and plant backdoors for long-term access. This flaw chain enables adversaries to gain a foothold, move undetected, and wreak havoc on an OpenClaw-managed environment.
FBI Extracts Signal Messages from iPhone Push Notification Records
In a surprising forensic discovery, the FBI was able to extract Signal messages from an iPhone's notification database, even after the app was deleted, by exploiting a loophole that stores message previews on the lock screen. This finding raises significant concerns about iPhone users' message security.