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As Threat Actors Continuously Adapt their TTPs in Today’s Threat Landscape, So Must You Earlier this year, threat researchers at Cybersixgill released the annual report, The State of the Cybercrime Underground. The research stems from an analysis of Cybersixgill’s collected intelligence items throughout 2022, gathered from the deep, dark and clear web. The report examines

Samsung is expected to take the wraps off the Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Galaxy Z Fold 5 during a Galaxy Unpacked event said to be held in the last week of July in South Korea. Most recently, the design of the clamshell foldable smartphone seems to have been leaked in the form of a

Jun 15, 2023Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Ransomware Ransomware actors and cryptocurrency scammers have joined nation-state actors in abusing cloud mining services to launder digital assets, new findings reveal. “Cryptocurrency mining is a crucial part of our industry, but it also holds special appeal to bad actors, as it provides a means to acquire money with a

ChatGPT will soon hit the road. Mercedes-Benz on Thursday said US drivers could power some of their luxury vehicles with ChatGPT in a test program starting June 16. Compatible with some 900,000 vehicles that have the automaker’s “MBUX” systems, ChatGPT will download over the air after drivers opt in via a Mercedes app or by

Jun 15, 2023The Hacker NewsBrowser Security / Data Security The revolutionary technology of GenAI tools, such as ChatGPT, has brought significant risks to organizations’ sensitive data. But what do we really know about this risk? A new research by Browser Security company LayerX sheds light on the scope and nature of these risks. The report

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Galaxy Z Flip 5 foldables are expected to launch next month. Samsung confirmed that it will host its next Unpacked event in Seoul, which is scheduled for late July. The Galaxy Z Fold 5 will be a flagship foldable smartphone offering and launch as a successor to last year’s

Jun 14, 2023Ravie LakshmananZero-Day / Network Security The Chinese state-sponsored group known as UNC3886 has been found to exploit a zero-day flaw in VMware ESXi hosts to backdoor Windows and Linux systems. The VMware Tools authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-20867 (CVSS score: 3.9), “enabled the execution of privileged commands across Windows, Linux, and PhotonOS

Redmi Pad 2 is reportedly in the works and could make its debut later this year as the successor to last year’s Redmi Pad. The company is yet to announce any details of the purported Redmi Pad 2, but its specifications have recently been leaked by a tipster on Weibo. These include the purported tablet’s

Jun 14, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Threat / Malware A new Golang-based information stealer called Skuld has compromised Windows systems across Europe, Southeast Asia, and the U.S. “This new malware strain tries to steal sensitive information from its victims,” Trellix researcher Ernesto Fernández Provecho said in a Tuesday analysis. “To accomplish this task, it searches for data

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 is set to launch next month alongside the Galaxy Z Fold 5 in Seoul. Samsung confirmed that it will host its next Unpacked event in Seoul, South Korea in late July. There are rumours about the next Galaxy Unpacked event being hosted on July 26. Samsung has not confirmed the

Jun 13, 2023Ravie LakshmananCrimeware / Cryptocurrency A novel multi-stage loader called DoubleFinger has been observed delivering a cryptocurrency stealer dubbed GreetingGhoul in what’s an advanced attack targeting users in Europe, the U.S., and Latin America. “DoubleFinger is deployed on the target machine, when the victim opens a malicious PIF attachment in an email message, ultimately

Infinix Note 30 5G is scheduled to launch in India on June 14. The phone was released globally earlier this year in May. It was launched alongside the Infinix Note 30 4G and Infinix Note 30 Pro. Earlier today, the company launched the Infinix Note 30 VIP model as the latest addition to the series. The Indian

Jun 13, 2023The Hacker NewsAPI Security / Webinar Believe it or not, your attack surface is expanding faster than you realize. How? APIs, of course! More formally known as application programming interfaces, API calls are growing twice as fast as HTML traffic, making APIs an ideal candidate for new security solutions aimed at protecting customer

Infinix Note 30 VIP was released globally on Tuesday. This is the latest addition to the Infinix Note 30 series, which was introduced earlier this year in May. The lineup includes the Infinix Note 30, Infinix Note 30 5G and Infinix Note 30 Pro. The Note 30 5G model is also set to launch in

Jun 12, 2023Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Software Security researchers have warned about an “easily exploitable” flaw in the Microsoft Visual Studio installer that could be abused by a malicious actor to impersonate a legitimate publisher and distribute malicious extensions. “A threat actor could impersonate a popular publisher and issue a malicious extension to compromise a targeted

Samsung launched the Galaxy S23 series earlier this year. The top-end Galaxy S23 Ultra grabbed attention due to its 10x optical zoom camera. Now, the rumours and speculations about the successor to Galaxy S23 Ultra have started doing rounds on the internet. A recent report suggests that the purported Galaxy S24 Ultra will come with

Jun 12, 2023The Hacker NewsAttack Surface Management The term “attack surface management” (ASM) went from unknown to ubiquitous in the cybersecurity space over the past few years. Gartner and Forrester have both highlighted the importance of ASM recently, multiple solution providers have emerged in the space, and investment and acquisition activity have seen an uptick.

Samsung has reportedly made the Google Wear OS 4-based One UI 5 Watch software update available to select beta testers in the US and South Korea. The update will allow owners of a Galaxy Watch to transfer their watch data and settings to a new phone without a factory reset. The feature is said to

The way we work has undergone a dramatic transformation in recent years. We now operate within digital ecosystems, where remote work and the reliance on a multitude of digital tools is the norm rather than the exception. This shift – as you likely know from your own life – has led to superhuman levels of