Latest News: Cybersecurity

In a wave of cyber attacks that have sent shockwaves through the European banking sector, users of multiple financial institutions have fallen victim to the insidious SpyNote Android spyware. The notorious malware, traditionally known for espionage and data collection, has recently been repurposed

Recently, a friend of mine who is a novice crypto investor reached out to me asking if I could look into a company that promotes crypto mining and investment. The website promised returns that seemed too good to be true and had various other red flags. Unfortunately, by the time I got back to them

Google's fourth annual year-in-review of zero-day exploits emphasized the concerning issue of n-days on Android acting as effective 0-days for threat actors. Due to long delays in distributing and incorporating patches, threat actors are able to exploit n-day vulnerabilities that have yet to be

The cyber threat landscape has taken a sinister turn in recent weeks with the emergence of AI tools designed explicitly for malicious activities. According to recent findings by the Netenrich threat research team, a new generative AI-driven model known as “FraudGPT” has been making waves on the

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new variant of the notorious AsyncRAT malware. Dubbed HotRat, the trojan is actively spreading through pirated versions of popular software, including video games, image and sound editing tools, and Microsoft Office. According to Avast security

Chinese President Xi Jinping has instructed the construction of a “strong cyber security barrier” around China's internet infrastructure, reinforcing the country's infamous Great Firewall. His call, issued during a recent two-day cybersecurity meeting in Beijing, comes as part of an ongoing

According to a recent post by Ram Gall, a threat analyst at the WordPress security firm Wordfence, an undisclosed group of hackers have initiated a campaign targeting a recently disclosed vulnerability in the WooCommerce Payments plugin. The campaign began on July 14th, with the intensity of the

Cybercriminals have found a potent weapon in the form of WormGPT, a generative AI tool designed explicitly for malicious activities. WormGPT has emerged as an alternative to the well-known AI model ChatGPT, empowering hackers to launch more sophisticated cyber attacks, particularly in Business

All-In-One Security (AIOS), a widely-used WordPress plugin with over 1 million installations, has issued a security update to fix a bug which caused users' passwords to be stored in plaintext on the WordPress site’s database. AIOS confirmed that the bug, introduced in version 5.1.9, has been

A reliable source has revealed that a Chinese group, recognized by Microsoft, recently launched a cyber attack on the email accounts of important American officials, such as the Commerce Secretary, Gina Raimondo. The consequences of this theft are still unfolding and are affecting a larger number