Meta-owned WhatsApp on Friday said it disrupted a campaign that involved the use of spyware to target journalists and civil society members. The campaign, which targeted around 90 members,...
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malvertising campaign that's targeting Microsoft advertisers with bogus Google ads that aim to take them to phishing pages that are capable of...
AI-generated content is empowering even novice hackers to elevate phishing attacks, enabling highly personalized and convincing scams targeting…
Reps. Nancy Mace and Shontel Brown reintroduced VDP legislation after the 2024 bipartisan, bicameral bill didn’t get a full Senate vote. The post Bill requiring federal contractors to have...
Connecticut’s Community Health Center Inc. and California’s NorthBay Healthcare Corporation reported intrusions that exposed the data of hundreds of thousands of patients.
The company linked to the campaign recently signed a deal with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The post WhatsApp says it disrupted spyware campaign aimed at reporters, civil society...
In one security firm's test, the chatbot alluded to using OpenAI's training data.
Global law enforcement seizes 12 domains including Sellix, Cracked and Nulled, €300,000 in cash and cryptocurrencies, and multiple…
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have issued alerts about the presence of hidden functionality in Contec CMS8000 patient...
The FBI and authorities in The Netherlands this week seized a number of servers and domains for a hugely popular spam and malware dissemination service operating out of Pakistan. The proprietors...
Security researchers tested 50 well-known jailbreaks against DeepSeek’s popular new AI chatbot. It didn’t stop a single one.
Massive Pakistani cybercrime network HeartSender has been shut down in a joint US-Dutch operation. Learn how their phishing…
In an updated filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the insurance company Globe Life says an October 2024 potentially exposed the data of about 850,000 people.
The cybercriminals have been spreading malware through malicious wedding invitations sent through private and group chats on Telegram and WhatsApp.
As part of our ongoing mission to identify emerging threats to mobile security, our zLabs team shares how we can help protect you against Tria Stealer. The post Zimperium’s Protection Against Tria...
As part of our ongoing mission to identify emerging threats to mobile security, our zLabs team shares how we can help protect you against Tria Stealer. The post Zimperium’s Protection Against Tria...
Social engineering has long been an effective tactic because of how it focuses on human vulnerabilities. There’s no brute-force ‘spray and pray’ password guessing. No scouring systems for...
The Indian multinational temporarily suspended some of its IT services after discovering the ransomware attack.
Italy's data protection watchdog has blocked Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) firm DeepSeek's service within the country, citing a lack of information on its use of users' personal data. The...
Documents reveal that USAID was victimized by a password spray attack that resulted in roughly $500,000 in Microsoft service charges. The post Even the US government can fall victim to...
Google said it blocked over 2.36 million policy-violating Android apps from being published to the Google Play app marketplace in 2024 and banned more than 158,000 bad developer accounts that...
Discover how cybercriminals use 'Infrastructure Laundering' to exploit AWS and Azure for scams, phishing, and money laundering. Learn about FUNNULL CDN's tactics and their global impact on...
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Law enforcement seized dozens of domains linked to a group known as Saim Raza, or HeartSender, which has been selling hacking tools since at least 2020.
India's Tata Technologies has disclosed a ransomware attack affecting its IT assets. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
The Meta-owned company said the campaign was linked to Israeli spyware maker Paragon. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Cisco Talos found that exploitation of public-facing applications made up 40% of incidents it observed in Q4 2024, marking a notable shift in initial access techniques
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“A computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer must never make a management decision.” – IBM Training Manual, 1979 Artificial intelligence (AI) adoption is on the rise. According...
As is their wont, cybercriminals waste no time launching attacks that aim to cash in on the frenzy around the latest big thing – plus, what else to know before using DeepSeek