Elon Musk Deep Fakes Promote New Cryptocurrency Scam Cryptocurrency scammers are using deep fake videos of Elon Musk and other prominent cryptocurrency advocates to promote a BitVex trading platform scam that steals deposited currency. This fake BitVex cryptocurrency trading platform claims to be owned by Elon Musk, who created the
PDF Smuggles Microsoft Word Doc to Drop Snake Keylogger Malware Threat analysts have discovered a recent malware distribution campaign using PDF attachments to smuggle malicious Word documents that infect users with malware. The choice of PDFs is unusual, as most malicious emails today arrive with DOCX or XLS attachments laced
Microsoft Tests New Windows 11 Desktop Search that Only Works with Edge Microsoft is testing a new feature in the latest Windows 11 preview build that displays an Internet search box directly on the desktop. The problem is that it does not honor your default browser and only uses Bing
Google: Predator Spyware Infected Android Devices Using zero-days Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) says that state-backed threat actors used five zero-day vulnerabilities to install Predator spyware developed by commercial surveillance developer Cytrox. In these attacks, part of three campaigns that started between August and October 2021, the attackers used zero-day
Ransomware Attack Exposes Data of 500,000 Chicago students The Chicago Public Schools has suffered a massive data breach that exposed the data of almost 500,000 students and 60,000 employee after their vendor, Battelle for Kids, suffered a ransomware attack in December. Ohio-based Battelle for Kids is a not-for-profit educational organization
Malicious PyPI Package Opens Backdoors on Windows, Linux, and Macs Yet another malicious Python package has been spotted in the PyPI registry performing supply chain attacks to drop Cobalt Strike beacons and backdoors on Windows, Linux, and macOS systems. PyPI is a repository of open-source packages that developers can use
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