Category Security

Aug 23, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Threat Intelligence Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a never-before-seen dropper that serves as a conduit to launch next-stage malware with the ultimate goal of infecting Windows systems with information stealers and loaders. “This memory-only dropper decrypts…

The US government has filed a lawsuit against the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and its affiliate Georgia Tech Research Corporation (GTRC) for alleged cybersecurity violations. The Department of Justice (DoJ) has joined a whistleblower to file a “complaint-in-intervention”…

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YouTube has released a new AI troubleshooting tool to help users recover their accounts after they’ve been hacked. The AI chatbot “support assistant” will act as a guide for users to resecure their login and recover their account after its…

Aug 23, 2024The Hacker NewsThreat Detection / Security Automation Let’s be honest. The world of cybersecurity feels like a constant war zone. You’re bombarded by threats, scrambling to keep up with patches, and drowning in an endless flood of alerts.…

Qilin, the ransomware group believed to be behind the recent Synnovis attack, has been observed stealing credentials stored in Google Chrome after gaining access to a target’s network. Researchers at Sophos X-Ops, who detected the activity, said this is an…

Liverpool supporters have been identified as the most frequent and highest-paying victims of ticket scams in the English Premier League football season 2023/24, according to a report by NatWest Bank. Last season, Liverpool fans lost over £17,000 ($22,000) to criminals,…

Aug 23, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Crime / Ransomware A 33-year-old Latvian national living in Moscow, Russia, has been charged in the U.S. for allegedly stealing data, extorting victims, and laundering ransom payments since August 2021. Deniss Zolotarjovs (aka Sforza_cesarini) has been…

Aug 23, 2024Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Data Privacy Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new information stealer that’s designed to target Apple macOS hosts and harvest a wide range of information, underscoring how threat actors are increasingly setting their sights on…

Security researchers have discovered a backdoor in a popular make of contactless key card, that could be exploited at scale to open hotel room and office doors across the globe. Quarklabs said it found the hardware backdoor in FM11RF08S, a…