Monday, November 24, 2025

Nothing's Funny #2 - Largest Leak Ever? A billion here, a billion there...

https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/19/whatsapp_enumeration_flaw

"Researchers in Austria used a flaw in WhatsApp to gather the personal data of more than 3.5 billion users in what they believe amounts to the 'largest data leak in history.'

The messaging platform allows users to look up others' details by inputting their phone numbers. The feature, which has been part of the platform for years, can be abused to enumerate user data, including phone number, name, and in some cases their profile image if they have one set."

Nope, Nothing's Funny about this.

https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/19/whatsapp_enumeration_flaw/

Wednesday, November 05, 2025

Nothings Funny Number 1

 AI Enhanced Mutating Malware

 It's not surprising that threat actors are early technology adopters. In this case, AI enhanced malware permits what appears to be on-the-fly code mutation.

Excerpt from Cybersecurity Dive: 

"Five newly discovered malware families — FRUITSHELL, PROMPTFLUX, PROMPTSTEAL, PROMPTLOCK and QUIETVAULT — exhibit novel AI-powered capabilities, Google reported, including the ability to hide their code from security software, create attack capabilities on demand and dynamically generate scripts. 'While still nascent,” Google said, “this represents a significant step toward more autonomous and adaptive malware.'

https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/ai-powered-malware-google/804760/ 

Nothing's Funny about this one.