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A week in security (October 20 – October 26)
A list of topics we covered in the week of October 20 to October 26 of 2025
October 24, 2025 - From agentic browsers to chat assistants, the same tools built to help us can also expose us.
October 23, 2025 - A Magento bug called SessionReaper is doing the rounds, and researchers warn it’s letting attackers hijack real shopping sessions.
October 23, 2025 - The UK’s competition watchdog says Apple’s “walled garden” gives it too much control—and may soon force it to allow rival app stores on iPhones.
October 23, 2025 - This is part of its broader push to fight impersonation and fraud, after removing more than 21,000 fake customer-support pages from Facebook.
October 22, 2025 - The add-ons abuse WhatsApp Web to blast bulk messages, sidestepping both Chrome’s extension policies and WhatsApp’s anti-spam rules.