Fleckpe Android Malware Sneaks onto Google Play Store with Over 620,000 Downloads
A new Android subscription malware named Fleckpe has been unearthed on the Google Play Store, amassing more than 620,000 downloads in total since 2022. Kaspersky, which identified 11 apps on the official app storefront, said the malware masqueraded as legitimate photo editing apps, camera, and smartphone wallpaper packs. The apps have since been taken down. The operation […]
Cisco Warns of Vulnerability in Popular Phone Adapter, Urges Migration to Newer Model
Cisco has warned of a critical security flaw in SPA112 2-Port Phone Adapters that it said could be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on affected devices. The issue, tracked as CVE-2023-20126, is rated 9.8 out of a maximum of 10 on the CVSS scoring system. The company credited Catalpa of DBappSecurity for […]
How small businesses can secure employees’ mobile devices
Fact: 77% of organizations are convinced they’re capable of protecting their mobile devices—smartphones, tablets, and laptops (including Chromebooks)—from cybersecurity threats. Another fact: A third of those organizations aren’t protecting their mobile devices at all. And that matters—in its Mobile Security Index 2022 report, Verizon reported that 45 percent of businesses suffered a major mobile-related compromise […]
AI-powered content farms start clogging search results with ad-stuffed spam
A recent study by NewsGuard, trackers of online misinformation, makes some alarming discoveries about the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in content farm generation. If you’ve previously held your nose at the content mill grind, it’s probably going to become a lot more unpleasant. Content farms are the pinnacle of search engine optimisation (SEO) shenanigans. […]
Researchers Discover 3 Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Azure API Management Service
Three new security flaws have been disclosed in Microsoft Azure API Management service that could be abused by malicious actors to gain access to sensitive information or backend services. This includes two server-side request forgery (SSRF) flaws and one instance of unrestricted file upload functionality in the API Management developer portal, according to Israeli cloud […]
Researchers Uncover New Exploit for PaperCut Vulnerability That Can Bypass Detection
Cybersecurity researchers have found a way to exploit a recently disclosed critical flaw in PaperCut servers in a manner that bypasses all current detections. Tracked as CVE-2023-27350 (CVSS score: 9.8), the issue affects PaperCut MF and NG installations that could be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. While the flaw was patched by […]
Why the Things You Don’t Know about the Dark Web May Be Your Biggest Cybersecurity Threat
IT and cybersecurity teams are so inundated with security notifications and alerts within their own systems, it’s difficult to monitor external malicious environments – which only makes them that much more threatening. In March, a high-profile data breach hit national headlines when personally identifiable information connected to hundreds of lawmakers and staff was leaked on […]
Meta Uncovers Massive Social Media Cyber Espionage Operations Across South Asia
Three different threat actors leveraged hundreds of elaborate fictitious personas on Facebook and Instagram to target individuals located in South Asia as part of disparate attacks. “Each of these APTs relied heavily on social engineering to trick people into clicking on malicious links, downloading malware or sharing personal information across the internet,” Guy Rosen, chief […]
Meta Takes Down Malware Campaign That Used ChatGPT as a Lure to Steal Accounts
Meta said it took steps to take down more than 1,000 malicious URLs from being shared across its services that were found to leverage OpenAI’s ChatGPT as a lure to propagate about 10 malware families since March 2023. The development comes against the backdrop of fake ChatGPT web browser extensions being increasingly used to steal users’ Facebook account credentials with […]
The impact of blockchain technology on the future of finance
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