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Threat actors use beta apps to bypass mobile app store security

The FBI is warning of a new tactic used by cybercriminals where they promote malicious "beta" versions of cryptocurrency investment apps on popular mobile app stores that are then used to steal crypto. [...]
Bleepingcomputer 15 Aug 2023 431 Views

Sites scramble to block ChatGPT web crawler after instructions emerge

Without announcement, OpenAI recently added details about its web crawler, GPTBot, to its online documentation site. GPTBot is the name of the user agent that the company uses to retrieve webpages to train the AI models behind ChatGPT, such as GPT-4. Earlier...
Ars Technica 12 Aug 2023 3847 Views

EvilProxy Cyberattack Flood Targets Execs via Microsoft 365

A campaign sent 120,000 phishing emails in three months, circumventing MFA to compromise cloud accounts of high-level executives at global organizations
Dark Reading 11 Aug 2023 469 Views

Gafgyt malware exploits five-years-old flaw in EoL Zyxel router

Fortinet has issued an alert warning that the Gafgyt botnet malware is actively trying to exploit a vulnerability in the end-of-life Zyxel P660HN-T1A router in thousands of daily attacks. [...]
Bleepingcomputer 11 Aug 2023 511 Views

Rhysida Ransomware Trains Its Sights on Healthcare Operations

The new group has already made an impact in multiple countries and industries, including a multistate hospital chain in the US.
Dark Reading 11 Aug 2023 449 Views

EvilProxy phishing campaign targets 120,000 Microsoft 365 users

EvilProxy is becoming one of the more popular phishing platforms to target MFA-protected accounts, with researchers seeing 120,000 phishing emails sent to over a hundred organizations to steal Microsoft 365 accounts.
Bleeping Computer 10 Aug 2023 659 Views

Hackers use open source Merlin post-exploitation toolkit in attacks

Ukraine is warning of a wave of attacks targeting state organizations using 'Merlin,' an open-source post-exploitation and command and control framework.
Bleeping Computer 10 Aug 2023 598 Views

New BitForge cryptocurrency wallet flaws lets hackers steal crypto

Multiple zero-day vulnerabilities named 'BitForge' in the implementation of widely used cryptographic protocols like GG-18, GG-20, and Lindell 17 affected popular cryptocurrency wallet providers, including Coinbase, ZenGo, Binance, and many more.
Bleeping Computer 10 Aug 2023 499 Views

QakBot Malware Operators Expand C2 Network with 15 New Servers

The operators associated with the QakBot (aka QBot) malware have set up 15 new command-and-control (C2) servers as of late June 2023.
The Hacker News 10 Aug 2023 494 Views

Author discovers AI-generated counterfeit books written in her name on Amazon

Amazon resisted a removal request, citing lack of "trademark registration numbers."
Ars Technica 9 Aug 2023 3198 Views