Fake reviewers face big fines
The FTC is cracking down on fake reviews. Under the new proposed rules, organisations involved in the buying, selling, and manipulation of reviews could be very much out of pocket. Every time a consumer sees a fake review, it will carry a fine of “up to $50,000” per viewing. From the FTC release: Our proposed rule […]
Elderly targeted in car accident scam, kingpin arrested
The head of a criminal network responsible for defrauding hundreds of elderly people has been arrested, Europol has announced. After a joint operation in Germany, Poland, and the UK, Europol says the suspect was arrested in London from where he ran a network of fraudsters targeting mainly German and Polish citizens. Europol estimates that the overall […]
ChatGPT’s Bing Browsing Feature Disabled for Paywall Article Access
By Waqas The feature that allows users to browse with the Bing browser is only available for paid ChatGPT users. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: ChatGPT’s Bing Browsing Feature Disabled for Paywall Article Access
Swedish Data Protection Authority Warns Companies Against Google Analytics Use
The Swedish data protection watchdog has warned companies against using Google Analytics due to risks posed by U.S. government surveillance, following similar moves by Austria, France, and Italy last year. The development comes in the aftermath of an audit initiated by the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) against four companies CDON, Coop, Dagens Industri, and Tele2. “In […]
Teen among suspects arrested in Android banking malware scheme
By Waqas The arrests took place in Singapore over complaints from unsuspecting victims. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Teen among suspects arrested in Android banking malware scheme
Authors Sue OpenAI: ChatGPT’s Training Methods Challenged in Lawsuit
By Habiba Rashid Another day, another lawsuit against the developers of the groundbreaking AI chatbot ChatGPT. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Authors Sue OpenAI: ChatGPT’s Training Methods Challenged in Lawsuit
DDoSia Attack Tool Evolves with Encryption, Targeting Multiple Sectors
The threat actors behind the DDoSia attack tool have come up with a new version that incorporates a new mechanism to retrieve the list of targets to be bombarded with junk HTTP requests in an attempt to bring them down. The updated variant, written in Golang, “implements an additional security mechanism to conceal the list of targets, […]
Mexico-Based Hacker Targets Global Banks with Android Malware
An e-crime actor of Mexican provenance has been linked to an Android mobile malware campaign targeting financial institutions globally, but with a specific focus on Spanish and Chilean banks, from June 2021 to April 2023. The activity is being attributed to an actor codenamed Neo_Net, according to security researcher Pol Thill. The findings were published by […]
Alert: 330,000 FortiGate Firewalls Still Unpatched to CVE-2023-27997 RCE Flaw
No less than 330000 FortiGate firewalls are still unpatched and vulnerable to CVE-2023-27997, a critical security flaw affecting Fortinet devices that have come under active exploitation in the wild. Cybersecurity firm Bishop Fox, in a report published last week, said that out of nearly 490,000 Fortinet SSL-VPN interfaces exposed on the internet, about 69 percent remain unpatched. […]
Brave browser will prevent websites from port scanning visitors
If you use Brave browser, then you’re shortly going to find you have a new string added to your security bow. Websites performing port scanning will now be automatically blocked beginning with version 1.54 of the browsing tool. Port scanning, I hear you cry? Yes indeed. You may well not have even been aware that […]