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Fake Chrome updates spread malware

⚠️ Campaign (since Nov-22) uses vulnerable, hacked sites to push fake browser updates. Malicious JS shows an update msg and automatically downloads a zip when landing on the page. Opening the file will execute a cryptominer #malware.

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21.4.2023

Discarded, not destroyed: Old routers reveal corporate secrets

🗑️ The fate of a discarded routers? ESET purchased a few used ones to investigate. In many cases, previous configurations weren't wiped and data could be used to identify the prior owners and network details. #cybersecurity

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21.4.2023

AI chatbots making it harder to spot phishing emails, say experts

⚠️ Europol issues a warning about criminal use of ChatGPT "AI allows crafting very believable ‘spear-phishing’ emails and other written communication with very little effort, especially compared to what you have to do before." #phishing

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31.3.2023

Pig butchering scams: The anatomy of a fast‑growing threat

💬 Hyper-connectedness cuts both ways. Scammers also can reach you anytime, any channel. And their techniques are developing. "Pig butchering scams" start with weeks long cold msg chains, to trick people later. Examples >> #cybercrime

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31.3.2023

Microsoft Security Copilot is a new GPT-4 AI assistant for cybersecurity

🤖 Microsoft is developing an AI-powered #cybersecurity assistant to help identify breaches and derive smart signals from data. Security Copilot has a chatbot interface like new Bing, and is the latest example of MS's big push with AI.

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31.3.2023

New Wi-Fi Protocol Security Flaw Affecting Linux, Android and iOS Devices

⚠️ Researchers uncovered a #vulnerability in IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi protocol standard: "Attacker can disconnect a victim and connect under his MAC address (using the credentials of the adversary) to steal the data still underway to them."

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31.3.2023

Just 1% of Nonprofit Domains Have Basic DMARC Email Security Protections

⚠️ Only 1.2% of nearly 10M verified .org domains analyzed are using proper DMARC rules. DMARC is used to automatically flag emails that are suspected to be sent from an impersonated domain. It's an important tool for battling #phishing.

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24.3.2023

Fake ChatGPT Chrome Browser Extension Caught Hijacking Facebook Accounts

⚠️ "ChatGPT For Google", #malware version of real browser add-on, got 9k installations in 30 days. Extension harvested FB session cookies to hijack accounts. After this? Password change > Name / pic change > Extremist propaganda sharing

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24.3.2023

Hackers Drain Bitcoin ATMs Of $1.5 Million By Exploiting 0-Day Bug

Bitcoin ATMs allow people exchange bitcoin for other currencies. A threat actor exploited a #vulnerability to use the interface to upload and execute a malicious Java app and drain 56 BTC from accounts - roughly worth $1.5 million.

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24.3.2023