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Cops drill into chat apps, sink plot to smuggle tonnes of coke into Europe
2023-09-02 07:55

Video Efforts by cops to seize and shut down encrypted messaging apps favored by criminals, and then mine their conversations for evidence, appear to have led to more arrests - plus the seizure of about 2.7 tonnes of cocaine. Europol on Friday celebrated its "Dismantling of a large drug-trafficking organization," following an investigation into a Balkan cartel that was suspected of smuggling coke into Europe from South America via sea.

Russian Hackers Use Zulip Chat App for Covert C&C in Diplomatic Phishing Attacks
2023-08-17 09:39

The phishing attacks feature PDF documents with diplomatic lures, some of which are disguised as coming from Germany, to deliver a variant of a malware called Duke, which has been attributed to APT29. "The threat actor used Zulip - an open-source chat application - for command-and-control, to evade and hide its activities behind legitimate web traffic," Dutch cybersecurity company EclecticIQ said in an analysis last week.

Brit healthcare body rapped for WhatsApp chat sharing patient data
2023-08-03 09:26

Staff at NHS Lanarkshire - which serves over half a million Scottish residents - used WhatsApp to swap photos and personal info about patients, including children's names and addresses. This, the watchdog said, "Demonstrates that information governance expectations regarding WhatsApp were not understood by staff involved in the WhatsApp Group."

Microsoft Exposes Russian Hackers' Sneaky Phishing Tactics via Microsoft Teams Chats
2023-08-03 06:38

Microsoft on Wednesday disclosed that it identified a set of highly targeted social engineering attacks mounted by a Russian nation-state threat actor using credential theft phishing lures sent as Microsoft Teams chats. Microsoft said the campaign, observed since at least late May 2023, affected less than 40 organizations globally spanning government, non-government organizations, IT services, technology, discrete manufacturing, and media sectors.

Hackers steal Signal, WhatsApp user data with fake Android chat app
2023-07-31 19:26

Hackers are using a fake Android app named 'SafeChat' to infect devices with spyware malware that steals call logs, texts, and GPS locations from phones. The Android spyware is suspected to be a variant of "Coverlm," which steals data from communication apps such as Telegram, Signal, WhatsApp, Viber, and Facebook Messenger.

BreachForums database and private chats for sale in hacker data breach
2023-07-27 21:36

While consumers are usually the ones worried about their information being exposed in data breaches, it's now the hacker's turn, as the notorious Breached cybercrime forum's database is up for sale and member data shared with Have I Been Pwned. Yesterday, the Have I Been Pwned data breach notification service announced that visitors can check if their information was exposed in a data breach of the Breached cybercrime forum.

Hands on with GPT-4-powered Bing AI Chat's virtual search
2023-07-19 21:20

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Android spyware camouflaged as VPN, chat apps on Google Play
2023-06-19 15:22

Three Android apps on Google Play were used by state-sponsored threat actors to collect intelligence from targeted devices, such as location data and contact lists. The malicious Android apps were discovered by Cyfirma, who attributed the operation with medium confidence to the Indian hacking group "DoNot," also tracked as APT-C-35, which has targeted high-profile organizations in Southeast Asia since at least 2018.

Microsoft now lets you speak to its AI-powered Bing Chat
2023-06-09 17:19

Microsoft announced today that users would also be able to communicate with Bing Chat, the AI-powered chat-based version of its Bing search engine, via voice commands. "We know many of you love using voice input for chat on Mobile. It's now also available on desktop by clicking on the microphone icon in the Bing Chat box," the Bing Team said.

Vivaldi is spoofing Edge Browser to bypass Bing Chat restrictions
2023-06-08 22:24

The Vivaldi Browser is now spoofing Microsoft Edge on Android devices starting today to bypass browser restrictions Microsoft placed in Bing Chat. Since Microsoft released its Bing Chat, they have restricted it so users can only use it on the Microsoft Edge Browser.