Amazon Fixes High-severity Vulnerability in Android Photos App Amazon has confirmed and fixed a vulnerability in its Photos app for Android, which has been downloaded over 50 million times on the Google Play Store. Amazon Photos is an image and video storage application that enables users to seamlessly share their Read more…
Evilnum Hackers Return in New Operation Targeting Migration Orgs The Evilnum hacking group is showing renewed signs of malicious activity, targeting European organizations that are involved in international migration. Evilnum is an APT (advanced persistent threat) that has been active since at least 2018 and had its campaign and tools Read more…
FBI: Stolen PII and Deepfakes Used to Apply for Remote Tech Jobs The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warns of increasing complaints that cybercriminals are using Americans’ stolen Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and deepfakes to apply for remote work positions. Deepfakes (digital content like images, video, or audio) are sometimes generated Read more…
Malicious Messenger Chatbots Used to Steal Facebook Accounts A new phishing attack is using Facebook Messenger chatbots to impersonate the company’s support team and steal credentials used to manage Facebook pages. Chatbots are programs that impersonate live support people and are commonly used to provide answers to simple questions or Read more…
FBI Warning on LinkedIn Fraud Reveals Another Cyber Security Risk The Federal Bureau of Investigation in San Francsico and Sacramento, California, is warning business owners to be wary of a LinkedIn Fraud. In a new scam, fraudsters initiate a LinkedIn chat, convince their victims to open a legitimate crypto account, then Read more…
Over 900,000 Kubernetes Instances Found Exposed Online Over 900,000 misconfigured Kubernetes clusters were found exposed on the Internet to potentially malicious scans, some even vulnerable to data-exposing cyberattacks. Kubernetes is a highly versatile open-source container orchestration system for hosting online services and managing containerized workloads via a uniform API interface. Read more…
Bank of the West Found Debit Card-stealing Skimmers on ATMs The Bank of the West is warning customers that their debit card numbers and PINs have been stolen by skimmers installed on several of the bank’s ATMs. The financial institute, which operates over 600 branches in the United States, first detected Read more…
US, Brazil Seize 272 Websites Used to Illegally Download Music The domains of six websites that streamed and provided illegal downloads of copyrighted music were seized by U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Department of Justice. 266 other websites part of the same network were also taken down in Read more…
LockBit 3.0 Introduces the First Ransomware Bug Bounty Program The LockBit ransomware operation has released ‘LockBit 3.0,’ introducing the first ransomware bug bounty program and leaking new extortion tactics and Zcash cryptocurrency payment options. The ransomware operation launched in 2019 and has since grown to be the most prolific ransomware Read more…
Microsoft: Recent Windows Updates caused Edge Freeze Issues Microsoft says it addressed a known issue that was causing all Microsoft Edge tabs running IE (Internet Explorer) mode to stop responding if one of the opened sites displayed a modal dialog box after issuing a window.focus call. The IE mode problems Read more…
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