Over 20,000 crypto fraud victims identified in international crackdown
An international law enforcement action led by the U.K.’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has identified over 20,000 victims of cryptocurrency fraud across Canada, the United…
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Canadian employees targeted in payroll pirate attacks
A financially motivated threat actor tracked as Storm-2755 is stealing Canadian employees’ salary payments after hijacking their accounts in payroll redirection (also known as payroll…
ChatGPT rolls out new $100 Pro subscription to challenge Claude
OpenAI has rolled out a new Pro subscription that costs $100 and is in line with Claude’s pricing, which also has a $100 subscription, in…
CPUID hacked to deliver malware via CPU-Z, HWMonitor downloads
Hackers gained access to an API for the CPUID project and changed the download links on the official website to serve malicious executables for the popular…
Analysis of one billion CISA KEV remediation records exposes limits of human-scale security
Author: Saeed Abbasi, Senior Manager, Threat Research Unit, Qualys With Time-to-Exploit now at negative seven days and autonomous AI agents accelerating threats, the data no…
Nearly 4,000 US industrial devices exposed to Iranian cyberattacks
The attack surface targeted by Iranian-linked hackers in cyberattacks against U.S. critical infrastructure networks includes thousands of Internet-exposed programmable logic controllers (PLCs) manufactured by Rockwell…
Google rolls out Gmail end-to-end encryption on mobile devices
Google says Gmail end-to-end encryption (E2EE) is now available on all Android and iOS devices, allowing enterprise users to read and compose emails without additional…
New VENOM phishing attacks steal senior executives’ Microsoft logins
Threat actors using a previously undocumented phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform called “VENOM” are targeting credentials of C-suite executives across multiple industries. The operation has been active…
New ‘LucidRook’ malware used in targeted attacks on NGOs, universities
A new Lua-based malware, called LucidRook, is being used in spear-phishing campaigns targeting non-governmental organizations and universities in Taiwan. Cisco Talos researchers attribute the malware…
Healthcare IT solutions provider ChipSoft hit by ransomware attack
Dutch healthcare software vendor ChipSoft has been impacted by a ransomware attack that forced the company to take offline its website and digital services for…
Smart Slider updates hijacked to push malicious WordPress, Joomla versions
Hackers hijacked the update system for the Smart Slider 3 Pro plugin for WordPress and Joomla, and pushed a malicious version with multiple backdoors. The…
Eurail says December data breach impacts 300,000 individuals
Eurail B.V., a European travel operator that provides digital passes covering 33 national railways, says attackers stole the personal information of over 300,000 individuals in…