Amazon trapped millions into hard-to-cancel Prime memberships
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says Amazon allegedly used dark patterns to trick millions of users into enrolling in its Prime program and trapping them…
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A Tour of the New Cybercrime Underground
The world of cybercrime is moving quickly. Threat actors, ransomware gangs, malware developers, and others are increasingly and rapidly moving off of the “traditional” dark…
Chinese APT15 hackers resurface with new Graphican malware
The Chinese state-sponsored hacking group tracked as APT15 has been observed using a novel backdoor named ‘Graphican’ in a new campaign between late 2022 and…
New Condi malware builds DDoS botnet out of TP-Link AX21 routers
A new DDoS-as-a-Service botnet called “Condi” emerged in May 2023, exploiting a vulnerability in TP-Link Archer AX21 (AX1800) Wi-Fi routers to build an army of…
VMware warns of critical vRealize flaw exploited in attacks
VMware updated a security advisory published two weeks ago to warn customers that a now-patched critical vulnerability allowing remote code execution is being actively exploited…
Hackers warn University of Manchester students’ of imminent data leak
The ransomware operation behind a cyberattack on the University of Manchester has begun to email students, warning that their data will soon be leaked after…
Microsoft shares workaround for Outlook freezes, slow starts
Microsoft is working to address a known issue affecting Outlook for Microsoft 365 customers, causing slow starts and freezes as if Offline Outlook Data Files…
Hackers infect Linux SSH servers with Tsunami botnet malware
An unknown threat actor is brute-forcing Linux SSH servers to install a wide range of malware, including the Tsunami DDoS (distributed denial of service) bot,…
Microsoft fixes Azure AD auth flaw enabling account takeover
Microsoft has addressed an Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) authentication flaw that could allow threat actors to escalate privileges and potentially fully take over the…
Over 100,000 ChatGPT accounts stolen via info-stealing malware
More than 101,000 ChatGPT user accounts have been stolen by information-stealing malware over the past year, according to dark web marketplace data. Cyberintelligence firm Group-IB…
Six steps to a stronger defense
Staying ahead of threat actors is a game of cat and mouse, with attackers often having the upper hand. In 2023, LockBit was the most…
Zyxel warns of critical command injection flaw in NAS devices
Zyxel is warning its NAS (Network Attached Storage) devices users to update their firmware to fix a critical severity command injection vulnerability. The newly discovered…