Wei Chieh Lim, CEO at Swarmnetics

WhatsApp on screen showing security flaw exposes WhatsApp accounts

Security Flaw Exposes Phone Numbers for All WhatsApp Accounts

November 25, 2025

Simply confirming that phone numbers are linked to WhatsApp accounts can be a security risk. Confirming that a number is registered and active makes it more valuable and more of a priority to spammers, scammers and hackers. The security flaw can also expose someone using the app in a country where it is banned.

Server rack with digital locks showing telecoms provider security breach by nation-state hackers

Cyber Security News

Third-Party Contractor to US Telecoms Reveals Security Breach Tied to Nation-State Hackers

November 4, 2025

Another security breach involving US telecom companies has come to light, with a third-party contractor that interfaces between some of the industry's big names reporting discovery of unauthorized access to their systems by nation-state hackers that began in late 2024 and continued through much of 2025.

FTC seal on wall showing tech companies warned of encryption

Cyber Security News

FTC Warns US Tech Companies About Weakening Privacy Features After Apple-UK Encryption Battle

August 28, 2025

Recent letters sent out by FTC Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson were directed to tech companies and warned against watering down privacy protections or censoring their products due to pressure by foreign governments.

Judge gavel on Australian flag showing privacy regulator sues Optus for data breach

Data Protection News

Optus Sued by Australian Privacy Regulator Over 2022 Data Breach

August 20, 2025

Australia's lead data privacy regulator is suing telecommunications giant Optus over the massive 2022 data breach that caused chaos for over a third of the national population, for an as-yet undisclosed sum.

Calculator on table showing cost of data breach

Cyber Security News

IBM 2025 Cost of Data Breach Report Centers on Mounting AI “Security Debt”

August 18, 2025

The 2025 Cost of Data Breach Report is the first major study to survey a large sampling of data breach victims about their AI access controls, so the overall security picture in this area is only just starting to come into focus. Thus far it seems fair to say that control and security are not at all keeping pace with the feverish pace of deployment of AI tools.

Circuit board showing Nvidia AI chips accused of backdoor

Cyber Security News

Nvidia Denies Chinese Accusations of Backdoor “Kill Switch” in AI Chips

August 12, 2025

A blog post by Nvidia’s Chief Security Officer David Reber refutes accusations made by the Chinese government of a backdoor in the company's AI chips that can be used as a remote kill switch.

Cyber Security News

Black Hat Hackers Have Their First “Brand Name” AI Chatbot in Venice.ai

May 23, 2025

The emergence of Venice.ai AI chatbot may mark the beginning of a new stage of the security race. Available for free via the "clear web," the service promises capabilities on par with ChatGPT and other popular models but with no guardrails or security restrictions in place.

Keyboard with red backlight showing LockBit ransomware data breach

Cyber Security News

LockBit Ransomware Suffers Its Own Data Breach, Internal Conversations With Victims Leaked

May 14, 2025

The LockBit ransomware group appears to have lost control of at least one of its dark web sites, which was used to leak internal chat logs that contain negotiations with its victims among other things. It is unknown who is behind the data breach.

ChatGPT on smartphone showing prompt injection attack on AI models

Cyber Security News

HiddenLayer Prompt Injection Attack Able to Break the Guardrails of All Major AI Models

May 5, 2025

Called the "Policy Puppetry Attack," the new prompt injection attack focuses on formatting requests to look like the contents of one of the policy files that AI models rely on for their security and safety guidelines.

iCloud website showing backdoor to iCloud data

Data Privacy News

UK Once Again Calling for Backdoor Into iCloud Data With Secret Order

February 18, 2025

The UK government is once again leaning on Apple for unrestricted access to the cloud backup data of its users. Apple would not be able to warn users that the UK’s required backdoor had been implemented and that their encrypted iCloud data was no longer entirely safe.

Security Flaw Exposes Phone Numbers for All WhatsApp Accounts

Third-Party Contractor to US Telecoms Reveals Security Breach Tied to Nation-State Hackers

FTC Warns US Tech Companies About Weakening Privacy Features After Apple-UK Encryption Battle

Optus Sued by Australian Privacy Regulator Over 2022 Data Breach

IBM 2025 Cost of Data Breach Report Centers on Mounting AI “Security Debt”

Nvidia Denies Chinese Accusations of Backdoor “Kill Switch” in AI Chips

Black Hat Hackers Have Their First “Brand Name” AI Chatbot in Venice.ai

LockBit Ransomware Suffers Its Own Data Breach, Internal Conversations With Victims Leaked

HiddenLayer Prompt Injection Attack Able to Break the Guardrails of All Major AI Models

UK Once Again Calling for Backdoor Into iCloud Data With Secret Order

Russian Phishing Campaign Targets Messaging App Users to Steal Recovery Keys and Take Over Accounts

“Cyber Shield,” Britain’s Agentic AI Cyber Defense Project, Prepares for the World of Machine-Speed Attacks

Data Breach Hits AssuranceAmerica Exposing Personal Information of Nearly 7 Million People

Data Breach at Aflac Japan Impacts 4.38 Million Customers and Sales Agents