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Attackers Are Already Exploiting ChatGPT to Write Malicious Code

Since OpenAI released ChatGPT in late November, many security experts have predicted it would only be a matter of time before cybercriminals began using the AI chatbot for writing...
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JsonWebToken Security Bug Opens Servers to RCE

A high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2022-23529) has been discovered in the popular JsonWebToken (JWT) open source encryption project, which could be used by attackers to achieve remote code execution (RCE) on...
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‘Copyright Infringement’ Lure Used for Facebook Credential Harvesting

An extensive credential-harvesting campaign has hackers leveraging Facebook copyright infringement notices to steal enterprise credentials.Malicious actors continue to use tried and true phishing techniques and social engineering tactics to...
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Vice Society Releases Info Stolen From 14 UK Schools, Including Passport Scans

Another month, another release of personal information stolen from a school system. This time, it's a group of 14 schools in the United Kingdom.Once again, the perpetrator appears to...
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Russia-Linked Turla APT Sneakily Co-Opts Ancient Andromeda USB Infections

A hacking group — suspected to be the Russia-linked Turla Team — reregistered at least three old domains associated with the decade-old Andromeda malware, allowing the group to distribute...
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PurpleUrchin Gang Embraces DevOps In Massive Cloud Malware Campaign

More information has become available on "PurpleUrchin," a malicious campaign in which a threat group called Automated Libra is using DevOps and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) practices to mine...
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Space Race: Defenses Emerge as Satellite-Focused Cyberattacks Ramp Up

With cyberattacks becoming a reality against the space sector's infrastructure in 2022, two groups are aiming to get ahead of future attacks by creating framework initiatives.The goal of the frameworks...
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Cyberattackers Torch Python Machine Learning Project

An unknown attacker slipped a malicious binary into the PyTorch machine learning project by registering a malicious project with the Python Package Index (PyPI), infecting users' machines if they...
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Chinese ‘RedZei’ Group Batters Victims With Incessant Vishing Effort

Chinese threat actors have been targeting Chinese-speaking students in the United Kingdom with a unique phone scam that aims to steal their personal information with repeated phone calls and...
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Raspberry Robin Worm Hatches a Highly Complex Upgrade

Hacking groups are using a new version of the Raspberry Robin framework to attack Spanish and Portuguese-language based financial institutions — and it's complexity quotient has been significantly upgraded,...
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