Hunters International’s new tactic of deploying websites to impersonate legitimate open-source network scanning tools indicates that they are targeting IT workers in the hopes of breaching accounts with elevated privileges.
Category: Vulnerabilities
North Korean hacker got hired by US security vendor, immediately loaded malware | Ars Technica
Personally, I would not want to deal with a Cybersecurity company that apparently has such poor hiring protocols that they let this happen. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/07/us-security-firm-unwittingly-hired-apparent-nation-state-hacker-from-north-korea/
LAPD warns residents after spike in burglaries using Wi-Fi jammers that disable security cameras, smart doorbells | Tom’s Hardware
High-tech burglars have apparently knocked out their victims’ wireless cameras and alarms in the Los Angeles Wilshire-area neighborhoods before getting away with swag bags full of valuables.
Police say scam thief took more than $6K from man’s account | News | annistonstar.com
These scams cost very little from the scammers’ side. Even if only one or two are successful scams, they make a huge profit for the thieves while often wiping out…
Revolver Rabbit gang registers 500,000 domains for malware campaigns
A cybercriminal gang that researchers track as Revolver Rabbit has registered more than 500,000 domain names for infostealer campaigns that target Windows and macOS systems.
Don’t Fall for It: Hackers Pounce on CrowdStrike Outage With Phishing Emails | PCMag
Banks and health-care providers saw their services disrupted and TV broadcasters went offline as businesses worldwide grappled with the ongoing outage. Air travel has been hit hard, too, with planes grounded and services delayed.
What Is Bitcoin Mining? How to Prevent Bitcoin Scams? | Fortinet
Some companies pretend to provide mining services using a bitcoin mining cloud. They take your money but never mine any bitcoin for you. People often fall for the scam because they want to get their hands on the bitcoin cryptocurrency, and while there are legitimate services out there, some are fraudulent.
Google’s Gemini AI will be all over the Paris Olympics broadcast – The Verge
As part of the deal to promote Gemini and Google’s other AI tools, announcers and commentators will squeeze Google Search AI Overviews into broadcast segments by trying to answer Olympic and Paralympic questions.