Latitude cyberattack leads to data theft at two service providers
Latitude Financial Services (Latitude) has disclosed a data breach after suffering a cyberattack, causing the company to shut down internal and customer-facing systems. Latitude is…
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Microsoft unveils AI-powered Microsoft 365 Copilot assistant
Microsoft has announced a new assistant powered by artificial intelligence to help boost productivity across Microsoft 365 apps, currently being tested by select commercial customers.…
Convincing Twitter ‘quote tweet’ phone scam targets bank customers
A convincing Twitter scam is targeting bank customers by abusing the quote-tweet feature, as observed by BleepingComputer. What makes this scam stand out is it preys on customers tweeting…
Winter Vivern APT hackers use fake antivirus scans to install malware
An advanced hacking group named ‘Winter Vivern’ targets European government organizations and telecommunication service providers to conduct espionage. The group’s activities align with the interests…
Microsoft support ‘cracks’ Windows for customer after activation fails
In an unexpected twist, a Microsoft support engineer resorted to running an unofficial ‘crack’ on a customer’s Windows PC after a genuine copy of the operating system…
First-known Dero cryptojacking operation seen targeting Kubernetes
The first known cryptojacking operation mining the Dero coin has been found targeting vulnerable Kubernetes container orchestrator infrastructure with exposed APIs. Dero is a privacy…
ChatGPT may be a bigger cybersecurity risk than an actual benefit
ChatGPT made a splash with its user-friendly interface and believable AI-generated responses. With a single prompt, ChatGPT provided detailed answers that other AI assistants had…
ChipMixer platform seized for laundering ransomware payments, drug sales
An international law enforcement operation has seized the cryptocurrency mixing service ‘ChipMixer’ which is said to be used by hackers, ransomware gangs, and scammers to…
Ransomware hit 860 critical infrastructure orgs in 2022
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) revealed in its 2022 Internet Crime Report that ransomware gangs breached the networks of at least 860 critical infrastructure…
Mozilla Firefox gets built-in Firefox Relay controls
Mozilla has announced the integration of Firefox Relay, an email protection system that helps users evade trackers and spammers, directly into the Firefox browser. From…
CISA warns of Adobe ColdFusion bug exploited as a zero-day
CISA has added a critical vulnerability impacting Adobe ColdFusion versions 2021 and 2018 to its catalog of security bugs exploited in the wild. This critical…
NordVPN open sources its Linux VPN client and libraries
Nord Security (Nord) has released the source code of its Linux NordVPN client and associated networking libraries in the hopes of being more transparent and…