Category: CYBER SECURITY

Russian authorities have opened a criminal case against the creators of the anonymous payment system UPS and the cryptocurrency exchange Cryptex, accusing them of organizing a criminal community and engaging in illegal financial activities.

The notorious hacking group FIN7 has developed a network of fake AI-powered deepnude generator websites aimed at infecting visitors with information-stealing malware.

The Browser Company has rolled out a Bug Bounty Program for its Arc browser, aiming to engage security researchers in identifying vulnerabilities and offering rewards for their discoveries.

Europol has announced a major crackdown on the notorious LockBit ransomware group, involving coordinated actions across 12 countries as part of Operation Cronos.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced a $31.5 million settlement with T-Mobile following multiple data breaches that exposed the personal information of millions of U.S. consumers.

A newly discovered vulnerability in the NVIDIA Container Toolkit affects a wide range of AI applications, both in cloud environments and on-premise systems, which rely on the toolkit for GPU resource access.

According to the indictment, these individuals, referred to as "the Conspirators," orchestrated a widespread hacking campaign targeting U.S. government officials, members of the media, NGOs, and people connected to U.S. political campaigns.

The exposed data, stored in an unsecured WordPress folder, included not only facial recognition images but also personally identifiable information (PII) such as names, phone numbers, email addresses, and even sensitive notes regarding the reasons for DNA face matching tests.

The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned two cryptocurrency exchanges, Cryptex and PM2BTC, for laundering funds connected to Russian ransomware gangs and cybercrime groups.

The official OpenAI Newsroom account on X, which shares news and updates from the company and has nearly 54,000 followers, was taken over to promote a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme.

Temu, the fast-growing e-commerce platform, has firmly denied allegations of a data breach after a hacker claimed to be selling a database with 87 million customer records.

Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler uncovered a non-password-protected database containing over 780,000 records belonging to FleetPanda, a tech provider specializing in dispatch management and analytics for the fuel industry.

According to the FBI, 2023 marked a record year for cryptocurrency fraud, with losses surpassing $5.6 billion.

A cybersecurity researcher is urging users to update Adobe Acrobat Reader following the release of a critical fix for a zero-day vulnerability.

A newly discovered privacy vulnerability in WhatsApp, the messaging platform with over 2 billion users globally, is being exploited by attackers to bypass the app’s "View Once" feature. This flaw enables them to view supposedly one-time messages multiple times.

Confidant Health, an AI-powered platform offering mental health and addiction treatment services, recently experienced a significant data breach.

A newly discovered high-severity vulnerability in the LiteSpeed Cache plugin, used to speed up browsing on over 6 million WordPress sites, has raised significant security concerns.

The U.S. Justice Department has announced that the FBI seized 32 web domains linked to the Doppelgänger network, a Russian-backed disinformation campaign targeting the American public ahead of the 2024 presidential election.