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  1. US Voters Urged to Use Official Sources for Election Information

    A joint US government advisory warned about increasing foreign influence efforts designed to undermine the legitimacy of the Presidential Election

  2. Pakistani Hackers Targeted High-Profile Indian Entities using Custom RAT

    APT36 evolved its remote access trojan, ElizaRAT, along with introducing a new stealer payload called ApoloStealer

  3. Oasis Fans Losing Up to £1000 Each to Ticket Scammers

    Lloyds Bank has revealed that Oasis fans comprise the vast majority of ticket scam victims it deals with

  4. Chinese Air Fryers May Be Spying on Consumers, Which? Warns

    A Which? report outlines serious privacy concerns with smart device products including air fryers

  5. Columbus Ransomware Attack Exposes Data of 500,000 Residents

    The City of Columbus, Ohio, informed the Maine Attorney General’s Office that approximately 55% of its residents were affected by the breach

  6. Cybercriminals Exploit DocuSign APIs to Send Fake Invoices

    Cybercriminals are exploiting DocuSign APIs to send fake invoices, bypassing security filters and mimicking well-known brands

  7. Nigerian Handed 26-Year Sentence for Real Estate Phishing Scam

    A US district court sentenced a Nigerian man for an elaborate ‘man-in-the-middle’ phishing campaign, which resulted in $12m in losses from real-estate transactions

  8. Google Researchers Claim First Vulnerability Found Using AI

    The flaw, an exploitable stack buffer underflow in SQLite, was found by Google’s Big Sleep team using a large language model (LLM)

  9. US Says Russia Behind Fake Haitian Voters Video

    US government agencies said the video, widely shared on social media, is part of Russia’s broader strategy of undermining the integrity of the Presidential Election

  10. Supply Chain Attack Uses Smart Contracts for C2 Ops

    Checkmarx has observed a novel npm supply chain attack using Ethereum smart contracts to manage command-and-control (C2) operations

  11. UK Council Sites Recover Following Russian DDoS Blitz

    Several UK council websites are back online after being disrupted by Russian hacktivist DDoS attacks

  12. Sophos Warns Chinese Hackers Are Becoming Stealthier

    Sophos provided details of changing tactics by Chinese APT groups over a five-year period, involving a shift towards stealthy, targeted attacks

  13. CISA Warns of Critical Software Vulnerabilities in Industrial Devices

    Multiple vulnerabilities in Rockwell Automation and Mitsubishi products could allow ICS cyber-attacks

  14. US and Israel Warn of Iranian Threat Actor’s New Tradecraft

    US and Israeli government agencies have warned that the Iranian state-sponsored threat actor Cotton Sandstorm is deploying new tradecraft to expand its operations

  15. New Xiu Gou Phishing Kit Targets US, Other Countries with Mascot

    New phishing kit Xiu Gou, featuring a unique “doggo” mascot, targets users in US, UK, Spain, Australia and Japan with 2000+ scam websites

  16. Misconfigured Git Configurations Targeted in Emeraldwhale Attack

    Emeraldwhale breach allowed access to over 10,000 repositories and resulted in the theft of more than 15,000 cloud service credentials

  17. Canadian Government Data Stolen By Chinese Hackers

    A report by the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security described China as the most sophisticated cyber threat to Canada, also identified India as an emerging threat

  18. North Korean Hackers Collaborate with Play Ransomware

    Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 has observed the first-ever collaboration between North Korean-backed Jumpy Pisces and Play ransomware

  19. Government Sector Suffers 236% Surge in Malware Attacks

    Malware-related attacks against global government organizations increased 236% year-on-year in Q1 2024, according to SonicWall

  20. Over 80% of US Small Businesses Have Been Breached

    ITRC data finds 81% of US small businesses have suffered a data or security breach over the past year

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