Category: CYBER SECURITY

The contest, which is called the “AI for Cybersecurity Grand Challenge,” is being run by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

weDevs, the developer of the popular WP Project Manager plugin for WordPress, has released a security patch to address a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Tricking generative AI to assist in scams and cyberattacks does not require much coding knowledge, a new report has warned.

The platform sold ‘phishing kits’ to hackers who used them to steal victims’ personal information, such as credit card numbers and passwords.

The Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) has notified students of a potential data leak following a ransomware attack in June as well as informed students that the breach has affected multiple programs over a 16-year time period, including public schools and adult education initiatives, across the US state.

A group of 43 Android apps with over 2.5 million installs has been found to load ads even when the user’s phone is turned off.

Researchers have observed CryptoRom fraudsters refining their techniques, including adding a ChatGPT-like AI chat tool to their toolset to trick users into scams, a new report said on Monday.

A hacktivist group known as Mysterious Team Bangladesh has been linked to more than 750 distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and 78 website defacements since June 2022, primarily targeting government, financial, and transportation sector organizations with a strong focus on India, a new report has shown.

Spyware maker LetMeSpy is no longer operational and is in the process of shutting down after a data breach in June wiped all its servers.

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued a record-breaking $300 million fine for auto warranty scam robocalls made by the largest illegal robocall operation the agency has ever investigated.

The Five Eyes cybersecurity authorities, in collaboration with CISA, the NSA, and the FBI, have released a list of the 12 most exploited vulnerabilities throughout 2022. The list includes vulnerabilities in software from Microsoft, Adobe, Cisco, and other major vendors. “In 2022, malicious cyber actors…

Russian hackers are targeting government organizations with phishing attacks that use Microsoft Teams as a lure.

Hackers exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Salesforce’s legitimate email services and SMTP servers to target Facebook users with phishing emails.

Hackers have been infecting Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 players with self-spreading malware for about a month, exploiting a bug reported to the game’s publisher five years ago.

Cybersecurity researchers have warned that hackers are using a fake Android chat app to steal data from users of encrypted messaging apps like Signal and WhatsApp.

A new vulnerability in text messaging could allow hackers to track your location, even if your communications are encrypted.

Two new malware families targeting Android users have been discovered on Google Play, named CherryBlos and FakeTrade, which are designed to steal cryptocurrency credentials and funds or conduct scams using optical character recognition (OCR), a new report has said.

Maximus has confirmed that hackers exploited a vulnerability in MOVEit Transfer to access the protected health information of 8 to 11 million individuals.

The vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to steal sensitive information, take control of a WordPress site, or even upload malicious files.