Tag: security
US government agency warns scammers are spoofing it — so make sure you don’t pick up this call
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the government agency looking after cybersecurity protections, has issued a warning it is being impersonated by scammers. In an alert, the organization said impersonation scams were on the rise, and that they often use the names and titles of government employees. “The…
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Watch out – downloading that web app could infect your whole device with malware
Progressive Web Apps (PWA), a type of application delivered via a web browser, can be hijacked to be used for phishing, creating authentic-looking, convincing data-harvesting platforms, experts have warned. Researcher mr.d0x, a notable figure in the cybersecurity community, particularly known for creating and sharing tools and techniques that are useful…
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This dangerous new form of malware is attacking Windows and Linux systems alike
For almost a decade, different Chinese threat actor groups used a piece of weaponized code that was mistakenly categorized as a variant of another malware, security experts have admitted. In a report, Trend Micro revealed since 2016, groups such as Iron Tiger and Calypso used a piece of malware that…
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Black Basta ransomware gangs exploit patched Windows flaw to launch zero-day attacks
The Cardinal cybercrime group (also known as UNC4393, or Storm-1811), an affiliate of the notorious Black Basta gang, has been found exploiting a recently-patched Windows vulnerability to deploy the encryptor, while the flaw was still a zero-day. A report from cybersecurity researchers Symantec changes what was so far known about…
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The future of hunting down security flaws could be multiple LLMs working together
The future of penetration testing and vulnerability hunting will most likely not be with AI, but rather AIs – as in multiples, security experts have warned. Researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) found a group of Large Language Models (LLMs) outperformed single AI use, and significantly outperformed the…
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Microsoft warns Azure Tags could be targeted by hackers
Microsoft seems to have had a slight change of heart when it comes to the security risk its Azure Service Tags are posing. While initially claiming the tool was never meant to be a security measure, the company is now warning users that there are scenarios in which Service Tags…
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