Threat actors are abusing the legitimate device-linking feature to hijack WhatsApp accounts via pairing codes in a campaign dubbed GhostPairing.
This type of attack does not require any authentication, as the victim is tricked into linking the attacker’s browser to a WhatsApp device.
By doing so, threat actors gain access to the full conversation history and shared media, and may leverage information to impersonate users or commit fraud.
SonicWall warned customers today to patch a vulnerability in the SonicWall SMA1000 Appliance Management Console (AMC) that was chained in zero-day attacks to escalate privileges.
According to SonicWall, this medium-severity local privilege escalation security flaw (CVE-2025–40602) was reported by Clément Lecigne and Zander Work of the Google Threat Intelligence Group, and doesn’t affect SSL-VPN running on SonicWall firewalls.
“SonicWall PSIRT strongly advises users of the SMA1000 product to upgrade to the latest hotfix release version to address the vulnerability,” the company said in a Wednesday advisory.
Artificial neurons – tiny electronic circuits that replicate the way brain cells communicate – lie at the heart of neuromorphic computing, a field aiming to bring human-like intelligence to machines.
Despite rapid progress, today’s artificial neurons can only perform fixed tasks, each serving a narrow role. Thousands must be combined to replicate simple brain functions – a costly, energy-hungry process compared with the brain’s effortless adaptability.
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Background: Three-dimensional cellular models provide a more comprehensive representation of in vivo cell properties, encompassing physiological characteristics and drug susceptibility. Methods: Primary hepatocytes were seeded in ultra-low attachment plates to form spheroids, with or without tumoral cells. Spheroid structure, cell proliferation, and apoptosis were analyzed using histological staining techniques. In addition, extracellular vesicles were isolated from conditioned media by differential ultracentrifugation. Spheroids were exposed to cytotoxic drugs, and both spheroid growth and cell death were measured by microscopic imaging and flow cytometry with vital staining, respectively. Results: Concerning spheroid structure, an active outer layer forms a boundary with the media, while the inner core comprises a mass of cell debris.
The relevance of the gut microbiome, the community of microorganisms living in the digestive tract, to human health is a topic of intense interest. However, among the numerous benevolent bacteria living in the gut, there are some species that are harmful to humans.
For example, certain strains of Escherichia coli produce the genotoxin colibactin, which causes DNA damage and is linked with colon cancer. However, the colibactin molecule is complex and unstable, which has made it challenging to elucidate its chemical structure and the mechanism by which it damages DNA. In the culmination of years of research from multiple laboratories, researchers in a new Science study reveal the structure of the active form of colibactin bound to DNA.
The findings go a long way toward explaining the mutation signatures associated with colibactin exposure and provide substantial insight into how colibactin contributes to colorectal carcinogenesis.
Learn more in a new Science Perspective.
The structure of the bacterial genotoxin colibactin bound to DNA shows how it might contribute to cancer risk.
