WhatsApp is adding stronger two-step verification, multiple passkeys and more context for unknown callers as it expands protections against scams.
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Meta says a bug in its AI-assisted account recovery workflow likely let attackers reset passwords for more than 20,000 Instagram accounts.
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There’s a lot that doesn’t add up in a security advisory password manager Dashlane published Monday, warning that attackers managed to obtain 20 encrypted user vaults.
“Starting on Sunday, May 31, 2026, an external party launched a brute force attack against certain Dashlane user accounts,” the company said. “The goal of the attack was to brute-force two-factor authentication (2FA) protections to allow the attacker to register new devices on existing user accounts.”
A Dashlane user who received such a 2FA request provided this screenshot of the notification, which arrived on Sunday.


Google reported the first confirmed AI-assisted zero-day exploit, raising new concerns about logic flaws, supply chain risk, and containment.
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