OpenAI Bans Accounts Misusing ChatGPT for Surveillance and Influence Campaigns
Feb 22, 2025Ravie LakshmananDisinformation / Artificial Intelligence OpenAI on Friday revealed that it banned a set of accounts that used...
Apple Drops iCloud’s Advanced Data Protection in the U.K. Amid Encryption Backdoor Demands
Feb 21, 2025Ravie LakshmananData Protection / Encryption Apple is removing its Advanced Data Protection (ADP) feature for iCloud from the...
Data Leak Exposes TopSec’s Role in China’s Censorship-as-a-Service Operations
Feb 21, 2025Ravie LakshmananSurveillance / Content Monitoring An analysis of a data leak from a Chinese cybersecurity company TopSec has...
Cybercriminals Can Now Clone Any Brand’s Site in Minutes Using Darcula PhaaS v3
Feb 21, 2025Ravie LakshmananDark Web / Cybercrime The threat actors behind the Darcula phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform appear to be readying...
Webinar: Learn How to Identify High-Risk Identity Gaps and Slash Security Debt in 2025
Feb 21, 2025The Hacker NewsIdentity Security / Threat Prevention In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, weak identity security isn't just...
AI-Powered Deception is a Menace to Our Societies
Wherever there’s been conflict in the world, propaganda has never been far away. Travel back in time to 515 BC...
Cisco Confirms Salt Typhoon Exploited CVE-2018-0171 to Target U.S. Telecom Networks
Feb 21, 2025Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Vulnerability Cisco has confirmed that a Chinese threat actor known as Salt Typhoon gained...
CISA Flags Craft CMS Vulnerability CVE-2025-23209 Amid Active Attacks
Feb 21, 2025Ravie LakshmananWeb Security / Vulnerability A high-severity security flaw impacting the Craft content management system (CMS) has been...
North Korean Hackers Target Freelance Developers in Job Scam to Deploy Malware
Freelance software developers are the target of an ongoing campaign that leverages job interview-themed lures to deliver cross-platform malware families...
Chinese-Linked Attackers Exploit Check Point Flaw to Deploy ShadowPad and Ransomware
Feb 20, 2025Ravie LakshmananRansomware / Vulnerability A previously unknown threat activity cluster targeted European organizations, particularly those in the healthcare...
