Spyware, Car Surveillance, Firewall Flaws & Breaches – 11/08/2025

Today’s privacy digest highlights critical vulnerabilities and privacy risks. A new LandFall spyware targets Samsung via WhatsApp, while modern cars are increasingly under scrutiny for data collection practices. Additionally, malicious NuGet packages pose a threat with delayed sabotage payloads, and Cisco firewall flaws are being actively exploited for DoS attacks.

Top 5 Critical Privacy Alerts

  • New LandFall spyware exploited Samsung zero-day via WhatsApp messages: A new spyware leverages a Samsung zero-day through WhatsApp images. Read more
  • Modern cars are spying on you. Here’s what you can do about it.: Cars track data, potentially sharing it with insurers and data brokers; Privacy4Cars offers VIN lookups. Read more
  • Malicious NuGet packages drop disruptive ‘time bombs’: Packages on NuGet contain sabotage payloads set for 2027-28, targeting databases and Siemens S7 devices. Read more
  • Cisco: Actively exploited firewall flaws now abused for DoS attacks: Zero-day vulnerabilities in Cisco firewalls are now being exploited to cause reboot loops. Read more
  • ID verification laws are fueling the next wave of breaches: Laws requiring ID verification lead to large sensitive data stores, increasing breach risks. Read more

Business

  • Modern cars are spying on you. Here’s what you can do about it.: Cars track data, potentially sharing it with insurers and data brokers; Privacy4Cars offers VIN lookups. Read more

Mobile

  • New LandFall spyware exploited Samsung zero-day via WhatsApp messages: A new spyware leverages a Samsung zero-day through WhatsApp images. Read more

Security

  • Malicious NuGet packages drop disruptive ‘time bombs’: Packages on NuGet contain sabotage payloads set for 2027-28, targeting databases and Siemens S7 devices. Read more
  • QNAP fixes seven NAS zero-day flaws exploited at Pwn2Own: QNAP patched seven zero-days exploited at Pwn2Own Ireland 2025 to hack NAS devices. Read more
  • Cisco: Actively exploited firewall flaws now abused for DoS attacks: Zero-day vulnerabilities in Cisco firewalls are now being exploited to cause reboot loops. Read more
  • ID verification laws are fueling the next wave of breaches: Laws requiring ID verification lead to large sensitive data stores, increasing breach risks. Read more

Surveillance

  • Modern cars are spying on you. Here’s what you can do about it.: Cars track data, potentially sharing it with insurers and data brokers; Privacy4Cars offers VIN lookups. Read more

U.S.

  • Modern cars are spying on you. Here’s what you can do about it.: Cars track data, potentially sharing it with insurers and data brokers; Privacy4Cars offers VIN lookups. Read more

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