Sextortion scam now use your “cheating” spouse’s name as a lure
A new variant of the ongoing sextortion email scams is now targeting spouses, saying that their husband or wife is cheating on them, with links…
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Transport for London staff faces systems disruptions after cyberattack
Transport for London, the city’s public transportation agency, revealed today that its staff has limited access to systems and email due to measures implemented in response…
Car rental giant Avis discloses data breach impacting customers
Image: MidjourneyAmerican car rental giant Avis notified customers that unknown attackers breached one of its business applications last month and stole some of their personal…
Microsoft Office 2024 to disable ActiveX controls by default
After Office 2024 launches in October, Microsoft will disable ActiveX controls by default in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio client apps. ActiveX is a legacy…
SpyAgent Android malware steals your crypto recovery phrases from images
A new Android malware named SpyAgent uses optical character recognition (OCR) technology to steal cryptocurrency wallet recovery phrases from screenshots stored on the mobile device.…
SonicWall SSLVPN access control flaw is now exploited in attacks
SonicWall is warning that a recently fixed access control flaw tracked as CVE-2024-40766 in SonicOS is now “potentially” exploited in attacks, urging admins to apply patches…
Apache fixes critical OFBiz remote code execution vulnerability
Apache has fixed a critical security vulnerability in its open-source OFBiz (Open For Business) software, which could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable…
Microsoft removes revenge porn from Bing search using new tool
Microsoft announced today that it has partnered with StopNCII to proactively remove harmful intimate images and videos from Bing using digital hashes people create from their…
LiteSpeed Cache bug exposes 6 million WordPress sites to takeover attacks
Yet, another critical severity vulnerability has been discovered in LiteSpeed Cache, a caching plugin for speeding up user browsing in over 6 million WordPress sites.…
Russian military hackers linked to critical infrastructure attacks
Image: MidjourneyThe United States and its allies have linked a group of Russian hackers (tracked as Cadet Blizzard and Ember Bear) behind global critical infrastructure…
Fake OnlyFans tool backstabs cybercriminals, steals passwords
Hackers are targeting other hackers with a fake OnlyFans tool that claims to help steal accounts but instead infects threat actors with the Lumma stealer…
Musician charged with $10M streaming royalties fraud using AI and bots
Image: MidjourneyNorth Carolina musician Michael Smith was indicted for collecting over $10 million in royalty payments from Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, and YouTube Music using AI-generated…