Spotify playlists and podcasts are being abused to push pirated software, game cheat codes, spam links, and “warez” sites. By injecting targeted keywords and links in playlist names and podcast descriptions, threat actors may benefit from boosting SEO for their dubious online properties appearing in Google. […]
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Brave on iOS adds new “Shred” button to wipe site-specific data
Brave Browser 1.71 for iOS introduces a new privacy-focused feature called “Shred,” which allows users to easily delete site-specific mobile browsing data. […]
Chinese hackers exploit Fortinet VPN zero-day to steal credentials
Chinese threat actors use a custom post-exploitation toolkit named ‘DeepData’ to exploit a zero-day vulnerability in Fortinet’s FortiClient Windows VPN client that steal credentials. […]
US space tech giant Maxar discloses employee data breach
Hackers breached U.S. satellite maker Maxar Space Systems and accessed personal data belonging to its employees, the company informs in a notification to impacted individuals. […]
Palo Alto Networks patches two firewall zero-days used in attacks
Palo Alto Networks has finally released security updates for an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability in its Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW). […]
US charges Phobos ransomware admin after South Korea extradition
Evgenii Ptitsyn, a Russian national and suspected administrator of the Phobos ransomware operation, was extradited from South Korea and is facing cybercrime charges in the United States. […]
Critical RCE bug in VMware vCenter Server now exploited in attacks
Broadcom warned today that attackers are now exploiting two VMware vCenter Server vulnerabilities, one of which is a critical remote code execution flaw. […]
Fake Bitwarden ads on Facebook push info-stealing Chrome extension
Fake Bitwarden password manager advertisements on Facebook are pushing a malicious Google Chrome extension that collects and steals sensitive user data from the browser. […]
Microsoft 365 Admin portal abused to send sextortion emails
The Microsoft 365 Admin Portal is being abused to send sextortion emails, making the emails appear trustworthy and bypassing email security platforms. […]
Phishing emails increasingly use SVG attachments to evade detection
Threat actors increasingly use Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) attachments to display phishing forms or deploy malware while evading detection. […]