Octo Tempest one of the most dangerous financial hacking groups
Microsoft has published a detailed profile of a native English-speaking threat actor with advanced social engineering capabilities it tracks as Octo Tempest, that targets companies…
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Nigerian Police dismantle cybercrime recruitment, mentoring hub
The Nigerian Police Form has arrested six suspects and dismantled a mentoring hub linked to cybercrime activities, including business email compromise, romance, and investment scams.…
France says Russian state hackers breached numerous critical networks
The Russian APT28 hacking group (aka ‘Strontium’ or ‘Fancy Bear’) has been targeting government entities, businesses, universities, research institutes, and think tanks in France since…
StripedFly malware framework infects 1 million Windows, Linux hosts
A sophisticated cross-platform malware platform named StripedFly flew under the radar of cybersecurity researchers for five years, infecting over a million Windows and Linux systems…
Cloudflare sees surge in hyper-volumetric HTTP DDoS attacks
Cloudflare says the number of hyper-volumetric HTTP DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks recorded in the third quarter of 2023 surpasses every previous year, indicating…
New iLeakage attack steals emails, passwords from Apple Safari
Academic researchers created a new speculative side-channel attack they named iLeakage that works on all recent Apple devices and can extract sensitive information from the…
Samsung Galaxy S23 hacked two more times at Pwn2Own Toronto
Security researchers hacked the Samsung Galaxy S23 smartphone two more times on the second day of the Pwn2Own 2023 hacking competition in Toronto, Canada. The contestants…
Chilean telecom giant GTD hit by the Rorschach ransomware gang
Chile’s Grupo GTD warns that a cyberattack has impacted its Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platform, disrupting online services. Grupo GTD is a telecommunications company…
Microsoft tests Windows 11 encrypted DNS server auto-discovery
Microsoft is testing support for the Discovery of Network-designated Resolvers (DNR) internet standard, which enables automated client-side discovery of encrypted DNS servers on local area…
Windows 11 to let admins mandate SMB encryption for outbound connections
Windows 11 will let admins mandate SMB client encryption for all outbound connections, starting with today’s Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25982 rolling out to…
Flipper Zero can now spam Android, Windows users with Bluetooth alerts
A custom Flipper Zero firmware called ‘Xtreme’ has added a new feature to perform Bluetooth spam attacks on Android and Windows devices. A security researcher…
Seiko says ransomware attack exposed sensitive customer data
Japanese watchmaker Seiko has confirmed it suffered a Black Cat ransomware attack earlier this year, warning that the incident has led to a data breach,…