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Tue 18 Nov 2025· 54 articles

1. 02:58

   Red Sea Crisis Halts Major Fiber Projects: Meta’s 2Africa & Google’s Blue-Raman Delayed

   According to Bloomberg, two long-planned, high-priority subsea cable projects backed by Meta and Google are facing delays due to escalating tensions in the Red Sea region. A Meta spokesperson attributed the setbacks to a combination of operational…

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2. 02:50

   Reels Stolen? Meta Launches Content Protection to Track & Block Reposts on Facebook/Instagram

   Meta has announced a new measure to combat video theft on Facebook and Instagram: a tool called Content Protection. The feature automatically detects when a creator’s original Reel, in full or in part, is reposted on either platform, with a dedicated…

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3. 02:47

   MacBook’s Virtual Ring Light May Come to Windows 11 via PowerToys Edge Light

   The article, published on 18 November 2025, explains that the forthcoming macOS 26.2 update, currently in testing, adds a virtual ring of light around the display edges to illuminate the user’s face for video calls. It notes that Microsoft is interested in…

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4. 02:43

   DeepMind’s WeatherNext 2: AI Model Forecasts Global Weather Two Weeks Ahead, 8X Faster

   DeepMind’s WeatherNext 2 marks a significant upgrade in AI-powered weather forecasting, offering global forecasts up to two weeks ahead and covering temperature, atmospheric pressure, and wind patterns. According to DeepMind, the model performs computations…

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5. 02:37

   Jeff Bezos Returns to Leadership: Co-CEO of $6.2 Billion AI Startup Project Prometheus

   According to The New York Times, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will formally assume the role of co-CEO at the AI startup Project Prometheus, a company he partially funds. The report notes that Project Prometheus has already raised $6.2 billion, making it one of…

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6. 02:32

   Microsoft Fixes Task Manager That Wouldn’t Close in Windows 11

   On 18 November 2025, Microsoft appears to have fixed a Windows 11 issue where the Task Manager wouldn’t stop after closing, leaving the process running in the background. The fix arrives with Windows 11 Build 26220.7262 (KB5070303), and the update notes…

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7. 00:40

   Critical W3 Total Cache Flaw (CVE-2025-9501, CVSS 9.0) Risks Unauthenticated RCE on 1 Million WordPress Sites

   A newly disclosed high-severity flaw in the W3 Total Cache (W3TC) plugin puts more than 1 million WordPress sites at risk. Tracked as CVE-2025-9501, the vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.0 and enables unauthenticated command injection, potentially…

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8. 00:37

   DOJ Seizes $15M in Crypto from APT38, Unveils Guilty Pleas in North Korean IT Worker Fraud Scheme

   According to the DOJ, a sweeping multinational enforcement action saw five guilty pleas and more than $15 million in civil forfeiture actions tied to North Korea’s illicit remote IT-worker programmes and large-scale cryptocurrency thefts. The schemes, run by…

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9. 00:30

   Iran APT SpearSpecter Uses Weeks-Long WhatsApp Lures and Fileless TAMECAT Backdoor to Hit Defense

   According to the Israel National Digital Agency (INDA), researchers have disclosed a sophisticated, ongoing operation named SpearSpecter that is linked to Iranian state-aligned threat actors working for the IRGC-IO and uses weeks-long WhatsApp social…

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10. 00:26

    Advanced macOS DigitStealer Targets M2+ Macs, Hijacking Ledger Live via JXA and DNS-Based C2

    Advanced macOS DigitStealer targets M2+ Macs, hijacking Ledger Live via JXA and DNS-based C2, with researchers flagging a high level of sophistication and platform awareness. The malware is packaged as an unsigned disk image named DynamicLake[.]dmg and…

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11. 00:19

    Unit 42 Uncovers Two Massive Global Malware Campaigns Delivering Gh0st RAT Through Large-Scale Software Impersonation

    Researchers at Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 have uncovered two expansive, interconnected malware campaigns active throughout 2025 that mass-distributed Gh0st RAT to Chinese-speaking users, evolving from simple droppers to multi-stage infection chains using…

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12. 00:10

    Amatera Stealer Campaign Uses ClickFix to Deploy Malware, Bypassing EDR by Patching AMSI in Memory

    On 18 November 2025, security researchers disclosed a widespread malware operation that uses the ClickFix social-engineering technique to deploy a rebranded version of AcridRain (ACR) Stealer, now called Amatera Stealer, alongside NetSupport RAT. According…

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13. 00:05

    Dragon Breath APT Deploys RoningLoader, Using Kernel Driver and PPL Abuse to Disable Windows Defender

    Elastic Security Labs has uncovered a highly sophisticated Dragon Breath APT operation (APT-Q-27) centred on a new multi-stage loader named RoningLoader, which uses trojanised installers posing as trusted apps such as Google Chrome and Microsoft Teams. The…

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14. 00:00

    CISA/Europol Warn: Akira Ransomware Profits Hit $244M, Group Expands to Encrypt Nutanix AHV VMs

    CISA, alongside Europol EC3 and other partners, has issued a warning that Akira ransomware profits have risen to approximately $244.17 million (USD) as of late September 2025, with the gang expanding to encrypt Nutanix AHV virtual machines after a June 2025…

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