A phishing campaign targeting high-profile X accounts has been observed hijacking and exploiting them for fraudulent activity. The campaign, uncovered by SentinelLabs, has impacted various individuals and organizations, including US political figures, international journalists, a platform employee, major technology firms,…
Feb 03, 2025Ravie LakshmananFinancial Security / Malware Brazilian Windows users are the target of a campaign that delivers a banking malware known as Coyote. “Once deployed, the Coyote Banking Trojan can carry out various malicious activities, including keylogging, capturing screenshots,…
A hidden backdoor function embedded in the firmware of the Contec CMS8000 patient monitor has been identified by the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The vulnerability, which includes a hard-coded IP address and the potential for unauthorized access…
Feb 03, 2025Ravie LakshmananOpen Source / Software Security The maintainers of the Python Package Index (PyPI) registry have announced a new feature that allows package developers to archive a project as part of efforts to improve supply chain security. “Maintainers…
Feb 03, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Network Security As many as 768 vulnerabilities with designated CVE identifiers were reported as exploited in the wild in 2024, up from 639 CVEs in 2023, registering a 20% increase year-over-year. Describing 2024 as “another…
A total of 768 CVEs were publicly reported as exploited in the wild for the first time in 2024, according to new data by VulnCheck. This represents a 20% increase compared to 2023, when 639 CVEs were publicly reported as…
Feb 03, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity / Recap This week, our news radar shows that every new tech idea comes with its own challenges. A hot AI tool is under close watch, law enforcement is shutting down online spots that help cybercriminals,…
European police are struggling to access, analyze and store potentially huge volumes of data needed to advance cybercrime investigations, a new Europol report has warned. The policing group’s Common Challenges in Cybercrime study was written with input from criminal justice cooperation…
The UK government has announced a new AI Code of Practice which it claims will form the basis of a global standard for securing the technology, through the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI). Published on Friday as a voluntary code…
A Russian-speaking cybercrime gang known as Crazy Evil has been linked to over 10 active social media scams that leverage a wide range of tailored lures to deceive victims and trick them into installing malware such as StealC, Atomic macOS…
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