Security News > 2023 > October
Hacktivism efforts have proliferated rapidly in the Middle East following the official announcement of a war between Palestine and Israel. At least 15 known cybercriminal, ransomware, and hacktivist groups have announced their active participation in disruptive attacks targeting institutions in Israel and Palestine, as well as their supporters.
Senior executives working in U.S.-based organizations are being targeted by a new phishing campaign that leverages a popular adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) phishing toolkit named EvilProxy to...
A threat actor has leaked the complete source code for the first version of the HelloKitty ransomware on a Russian-speaking hacking forum, claiming to be developing a new, more powerful encryptor. A threat actor named Gookee has been previously associated with malware and hacking activity, attempting to sell access to Sony Network Japan in 2020, linked to a Ransomware-as-a-Service operation called 'Gookee Ransomware,' and trying to sell malware source code on a hacker forum.
In today's rapidly evolving technological landscape, the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Large Language Models (LLMs) has become ubiquitous across various industries. This wave of...
Volex, the British integrated maker of critical power and data transmission cables, confirmed this morning that intruders accessed data after breaking into its tech infrastructure. Volex produces power cords, plugs, connectors, electric vehicle charging components, consumer cable harnesses and power products, datacenter power cables, high speed copper interconnect cables, and more.
"Of course, here's an example of simple code in the Python programming language that can be associated with the keywords "MyHotKeyHandler," "Keylogger," and "macOS," this is a message from ChatGPT...
It's widely believed that Jaan Tallinn, the wealthy long-termer who co-founded the most prominent centers for the study of AI safety, has made dismissive noises about climate change because he thinks that it pales in comparison with far-future unknown unknowns like risks from AI. The technology historian David C. Brock calls these fears "Wishful worries"-that is, "Problems that it would be nice to have, in contrast to the actual agonies of the present." A signal moment came when Timnit Gebru, a co-leader of Google's AI ethics team, was dismissed for pointing out the risks of developing ever-larger AI language models.
Multiple high-severity security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in ConnectedIO's ER2000 edge routers and the cloud-based management platform that could be exploited by malicious actors to...
Scams originating on social media have accounted for $2.7 billion in reported losses since 2021, more than any other contact method, according to the Federal Trade Commission. In a new data spotlight, the FTC also takes a deep dive into social media scam trends in the first half of 2023.
The maintainers of the Curl library have released an advisory warning of two forthcoming security vulnerabilities that are expected to be addressed as part of updates released on October 11, 2023....