The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has revealed that Americans lost almost $8.8 billion to various types of scams in 2022. This marks a significant increase of over 30% compared to the previous year. The agency also reported that Americans…
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TELUS is investigating a leak of stolen source code, employee data
A threat actor has posted images that disclosed the TELUS company’s payroll details and source code repositories. TELUS is the 2nd most prominent company in the telecom industry. After the threat actor had leaked the details, TELUS started investigating the…
Hackers use fake ChatGPT to spread malware
The popularity of OpenAI’s chatbot, ChatGPT, has become a new target for hackers looking to distribute malware for Windows and Android devices. With over 100 million users by January 2023, the chatbot has become one of the fastest-growing consumer applications…
Vulnerability in Cisco ClamAV anti-malware scanner
A safety and security defect in a Cisco ClamAV anti-malware scanning device item has produced a significant safety and safety danger for some things coming from networking titan Cisco. More significantly, susceptibility in the ClamAV checking collection (tracked as CVE-2023-20032)…
Europol Dismantles Franco-Israeli ‘CEO Fraud Group’
Europol has successfully dismantled a Franco-Israeli ‘CEO fraud’ group that employed business email compromise (BEC) attacks to divert payments from organizations to bank accounts under the threat actor’s control. The group managed to pilfer €38,000,000 ($40.3M) from a single company…
Activision acknowledges a data breach – exposed player and game information.
Activision has acknowledged that a data breach occurred in early December 2022 due to hackers deceiving an employee with an SMS phishing text to access the company’s internal systems. According to the video game developer, neither player information nor the…
Global MyloBot Botnet 50,000 Devices Affected Everyday
Most of the thousands of hacked computers are found in Iran, the United States, Indonesia, and India, thanks to the sophisticated botnet MyloBot. According to recent research by BitSight, the number of unique hosts has decreased from a peak of…
GoDaddy Discovers Malware Attack on Servers
In early December 2022, GoDaddy got complaints from a small number of customers. It was about their websites being intermittently redirected. Upon investigation, it was discovered that an unauthorized third party had gained access. It was access to servers in…
Semiconductor firm loses $250 million due to supply chain ransomware.
One of the top global providers of tools, services, and software for the production of semiconductors, Applied Materials, has warned that a cybersecurity breach at one of its suppliers might cost the company $250 million in second-quarter sales. MKS Instruments…
The 0ktapus Phishing Attack: Campaign: The Most Prolific Phish
Global cybersecurity leader, Group-IB, has discovers that 9,931 thousand accounts from over 130 organisations were under compromise. It was because of a massive phishing attack campaign called “0ktapus”. The campaign has been active since March 2022 and affected several organisations,…