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Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an updated version of an Android banking malware called Chameleon that has expanded its targeting to include users in the U.K. and Italy. "Representing a...

The BidenCash stolen credit card marketplace is giving away 1.9 million credit cards for free via its store to promote itself among cybercriminals. BidenCash launched in early 2022 as a new marketplace on both the dark web and the clearnet, selling credit and debit cards that were stolen through phishing or skimmers on e-commerce sites.

Third-party supply chain risk is a key concern from Australian cyber security professionals. ASIC reveals third-party supply chain risk as key gap in Australia.

Security vendor Sonatype believes developers are failing to address the critical remote code execution vulnerability in the Apache Struts 2 framework, based on recent downloads of the code. It is a logic bug in the framework's file upload feature: if an application uses Struts 2 to allow users to upload files to a server, those folks can abuse the vulnerability to save documents where they shouldn't be allowed to on that remote machine.

A new piece of JavaScript malware has been observed attempting to steal users' online banking account credentials as part of a campaign that has targeted more than 40 financial institutions across...

The Solntsepek group has taken credit for the attack. They're linked to the Russian military, so it's unclear whether the attack was government directed or freelance.

Mozilla last week revised its position on a web security technology called Trusted Types, which it has decided to implement in its Firefox browser. Trusted Types addresses the risk of unsafe input by limiting the attack surface via Content Security Policy and a content filtering mechanism.

John Hanley of IBM Security shares 4 key findings from the highly acclaimed annual Cost of a Data Breach Report 2023 What is the IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report? The IBM Cost of a Data Breach...

German law enforcement has announced the disruption of a dark web platform called Kingdom Market that specialized in the sales of narcotics and malware to "tens of thousands of users."...

The Chameleon Android banking trojan has re-emerged with a new version that uses a tricky technique to take over devices - disable fingerprint and face unlock to steal device PINs. It does this by using an HTML page trick to acquire access to the Accessibility service and a method to disrupt biometric operations to steal PINs and unlock the device at will.