A large-scale fraud campaign with over 700 domain names is likely targeting Russian-speaking users looking to purchase tickets for the Summer Olympics in Paris. […]
Google Adds Passkeys to Advanced Protection Program for High-Risk Users
Google on Wednesday announced that it’s making available passkeys for high-risk users to enroll in its Advanced Protection Program (APP).
“Users traditionally needed a physical security key for APP — now they can choose a passkey to secure their account,” Shuvo Chatterjee, product lead of APP, said.
Passkeys are considered a more secure and phishing-resistant alternative to passwords. Based on
“Users traditionally needed a physical security key for APP — now they can choose a passkey to secure their account,” Shuvo Chatterjee, product lead of APP, said.
Passkeys are considered a more secure and phishing-resistant alternative to passwords. Based on
Google Advanced Protection Program gets passkeys for high-risk users
Google announced today that passkeys are now available for high-risk users when enrolling in the Advanced Protection Program, which provides the strongest level of account security. […]
Crypto Analysts Expose HuiOne Guarantee’s $11 Billion Cybercrime Transactions
Cryptocurrency analysts have shed light on an online marketplace called HuiOne Guarantee that’s widely used by cybercriminals in Southeast Asia, particularly those linked to pig butchering scams.
“Merchants on the platform offer technology, data, and money laundering services, and have engaged in transactions totaling at least $11 billion,” Elliptic said in a report shared with The Hacker News.
“Merchants on the platform offer technology, data, and money laundering services, and have engaged in transactions totaling at least $11 billion,” Elliptic said in a report shared with The Hacker News.
ViperSoftX Malware Disguises as eBooks on Torrents to Spread Stealthy Attacks
The sophisticated malware known as ViperSoftX has been observed being distributed as eBooks over torrents.
“A notable aspect of the current variant of ViperSoftX is that it uses the Common Language Runtime (CLR) to dynamically load and run PowerShell commands, thereby creating a PowerShell environment within AutoIt for operations,” Trellix security researchers Mathanraj Thangaraju and Sijo Jacob
“A notable aspect of the current variant of ViperSoftX is that it uses the Common Language Runtime (CLR) to dynamically load and run PowerShell commands, thereby creating a PowerShell environment within AutoIt for operations,” Trellix security researchers Mathanraj Thangaraju and Sijo Jacob
New OpenSSH Vulnerability Discovered: Potential Remote Code Execution Risk
Select versions of the OpenSSH secure networking suite are susceptible to a new vulnerability that can trigger remote code execution (RCE).
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-6409 (CVSS score: 7.0), is distinct from CVE-2024-6387 (aka RegreSSHion) and relates to a case of code execution in the privsep child process due to a race condition in signal handling. It only impacts versions 8.7p1
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-6409 (CVSS score: 7.0), is distinct from CVE-2024-6387 (aka RegreSSHion) and relates to a case of code execution in the privsep child process due to a race condition in signal handling. It only impacts versions 8.7p1
US and partners disrupt bot farm pushing Russian propaganda
Almost a thousand Twitter accounts controlled by a large bot farm pushing Russian propaganda and domains used to register the bots were taken down in a joint international law enforcement operation led by the U.S. Justice Department. […]
US disrupts AI-powered bot farm pushing Russian propaganda on X
Almost a thousand Twitter accounts controlled by a large bot farm pushing Russian propaganda and domains used to register the bots were taken down in a joint international law enforcement operation led by the U.S. Justice Department. […]
New Blast-RADIUS attack bypasses widely-used RADIUS authentication
Blast-RADIUS, an authentication bypass in the widely used RADIUS/UDP protocol, enables threat actors to breach networks and devices in man-in-the-middle MD5 collision attacks. […]
Fujitsu confirms customer data exposed in March cyberattack
Fujitsu confirms that information related to some individuals and customers’ business has been compromised during the data breach detected earlier this year. […]