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"AI-Powered 'BlackMamba' Keylogging Attack Evades Modern EDR Security"A proof-of-concept (POC), Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered cyberattack that can quickly change its code is capable of evading the latest automated security-detection technologies, indicating the potential for developing undetectable malware.…
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"Detection Stays One Step Ahead of Deepfakes—for Now"Intel introduced its Real-Time Deepfake Detector video analysis technology in November 2022. "Deepfake" stems from the use of deep learning, a subfield of Artificial Intelligence (AI) involving multilayered Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs), to generate…
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"Computer Science Researchers Lead the Defense against the Dark Side of Tech"There is a dark side to Machine Learning (ML) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) advancements, as they eliminate the need for malicious actors to employ human workers to duplicate and distribute false or malicious content. According to Virginia Tech…
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"Hacking Group Defaces Faroe Islands Tourist Website, but Kept Out of Government Systems"The tourist website for the Faroe Islands, a self-governing part of the Kingdom of Denmark, was vandalized by a hacker group that claimed to have stolen employee data and other sensitive information. The archipelago of 18 islands has a population of 54,…
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"Chrome 111 Patches 40 Vulnerabilities"Google recently announced the release of Chrome 111 to the stable channel with patches for 40 vulnerabilities. A total of 24 of the addressed security defects were reported by external researchers. These include eight high-severity flaws, 11…
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"SYS01 Stealer Targets Critical Government Infrastructure"Researchers from Morphisec found a sophisticated information stealer, called SYS01 stealer, that has been used in attacks on employees of critical government infrastructure, manufacturing companies, and other sectors since November 2022. The campaign…
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"Medusa Claims Minneapolis Public Schools as Victim"Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) has been added to the darknet website used by the Medusa ransomware group to claim and extort victims. If the school system does not pay the demanded ransom, the threat actors threaten to make the stolen data public. MPS…
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"AI Is Taking Phishing Attacks to a Whole New Level of Sophistication"Egress reports that 92 percent of organizations have fallen victim to successful phishing attacks in the past 12 months, while 91 percent of organizations have experienced email data loss. In addition, 99 percent of cybersecurity leaders admit that email…
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"Emotet Malware Attacks Return after Three-Month Break"After a three-month hiatus, the Emotet malware operation is once again sending out malicious emails, rebuilding its network, and infecting devices. Emotet spreads via email attachments of malicious Microsoft Word and Excel documents. When the documents…
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"Sharp Panda Using New Soul Framework Version to Target Southeast Asian Governments"A Chinese threat actor known as Sharp Panda has been running a cyber espionage campaign against government entities in Southeast Asia. The attacks involve a new version of the Soul modular framework, which is different from what was seen in the group's…
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"Employees Are Feeding Sensitive Biz Data to ChatGPT, Raising Security Fears"Employees are feeding sensitive business data and privacy-protected information to Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT. This raises concerns that Artificial Intelligence (AI) services could be using the data in their models, and that the…
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"Asian Data Center Outsourcer Hacks Affect Fortune 500 Firms"According to the cybersecurity company Resecurity, threat actors are targeting multinational clients of data center outsourcers and help desk providers in China and Singapore, then selling stolen credentials on data leak sites. These malicious activities…