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According to Bugcrowd, nearly three-quarters (72%) of white hat hackers don’t believe generative AI can replace human creativity in security research and vulnerability management. Inside a Hacker’s Mind – 2023 report. Nonetheless, hackers surveyed admit that generative AI tools like…

July 12, 2023THNMoreThreat Intel / Cyber ​​Espionage Microsoft said Tuesday it had defeated a cyberattack by Chinese nation-state actors that targeted 20 entities, including government agencies, in a cyberespionage campaign aimed at obtaining sensitive data. The attack, which began on…

A British IT employee has been sentenced to three years and seven months in prison after trying to extort money for himself by exploiting a ransomware attack against the company he worked for. As previously explained in our Smashing Security…

Notorious Russian state-backed cyber gang uses legal sale of BMW cars to target diplomats in Kiev, Ukraine, new analysis by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers reveals became. The novel phishing campaign was carried out by the “Cloaked Ursa” group…

July 12, 2023hacker newsDNS filtering/network security Artificial intelligence (AI) has immense potential for optimizing internal processes within companies. However, there are also legitimate concerns about unauthorized use, such as the risk of data loss and legal implications. In this article,…

In a threat analysis post published July 12, 2023, cybersecurity provider SOCRadar said the financial industry has faced a surge in ransomware attacks in recent years. The trend began in the first half of 2021, when Trend Micro saw a…

July 12, 2023THNMoreRansomware/Cyber ​​Threat Ransomware has emerged as the only cryptocurrency-based crime to rise in 2023, with cybercriminals extorting nearly $175.8 million more than a year ago, according to Chainalysis findings. “Ransomware attackers are on pace for the second-highest year…

July 12, 2023THNMoreCyber ​​Threat / Gaming Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new rootkit signed by Microsoft designed to communicate with attacker-controlled attack infrastructure. Trend Micro believes this cluster of activity is from the same actor previously identified behind the FiveSys…

Security researchers have recorded a 62% year-over-year increase in phishing websites and a 304% increase in fraudulent pages in 2022. Group-IB new Digital risk trends in 2023 Today’s report classifies phishing as a threat that results in identity theft and…

July 12, 2023hacker newsCloud Security/Cryptocurrency called the new fileless attack Pyrus Attackers have been observed attacking cloud workloads to deliver cryptocurrency miners, according to new findings from Wiz. “The attack consists of Python code that loads XMRig Miner directly into…