Helga Labus
How APTs target SMBs
Small and medium businesses (SMBs) are not exempt from being targeted by advanced persistent threat (APT) actors, according to Proofpoint researchers. By analyzing a year’s …
Phishers use encrypted file attachments to steal Microsoft 365 account credentials
Phishers are using encrypted restricted-permission messages (.rpmsg) attached in phishing emails to steal Microsoft 365 account credentials. “[The campaigns] are low …
New Buhti ransomware uses leaked payloads and public exploits
A newly identified ransomware operation has refashioned leaked LockBit and Babuk payloads into Buhti ransomware, to launch attacks on both Windows and Linux systems. Use of …
Phishing campaign targets ChatGPT users
A clever phishing campaign aimed at stealing users’ business email account credentials by impersonating OpenAI, the company behind the ChatGPT chatbot, has been spotted …
IT employee piggybacked on cyberattack for personal gain
A 28-year-old former IT employee of an Oxford-based company has been convicted of blackmailing his employer and unauthorized access to a computer with intent to commit other …
Simple OSINT techniques to spot AI-fueled disinformation, fake reviews
Error messages that ChatGPT and other AI language models generate can be used to uncover disinformation campaigns, hate speech and fake reviews via OSINT collection and …
DarkBERT could help automate dark web mining for cyber threat intelligence
Researchers have developed DarkBERT, a language model pretrained on dark web data, to help cybersecurity pros extract cyber threat intelligence (CTI) from the Internet’s …
Cisco fixes critical flaws in Small Business Series Switches
Nine vulnerabilities – 4 of them critical – have been found in a variety of Cisco Small Business Series Switches. PoC exploit code is available (but not public), …
TP-Link routers implanted with malicious firmware in state-sponsored attacks
A Chinese state-sponsored APT group implanted malicious firmware into TP-Link routers as part of attack campaigns aimed at European foreign affairs entities, say Check Point …
Inactive Google accounts will be deleted
A week after Twitter announced it will be removing idle accounts after 30 days of inaction, Google has updated its account inactivity policy. Updates to the Google account …
Lacroix manufacturing facilities shut down following cyberattack
French electronics manufacturer Lacroix closed three factories as a result of a cyberattack they “intercepted” over the weekend, the company has announced on …
WhatsApp allows users to lock sensitive chats
Meta has unveiled Chat Lock within WhatsApp, a feature that allows users to keep sensitive and intimate conversations safe from prying eyes. WhatsApp Chat Lock (Source: …
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