Browser security is becoming increasingly popular, as organizations understand the need to protect at the point of risk – the browser. Network and endpoint solutions are limited in their ability to protect from web-borne threats like phishing websites or malicious…
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Wikileaks’ Julian Assange Released from U.K. Prison, Heads to Australia
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been freed in the U.K. and has departed the country after serving more than five years in a maximum security prison at Belmarsh for what was described by the U.S. government as the “largest compromises…
Multiple WordPress Plugins Compromised: Hackers Create Rogue Admin Accounts
Multiple WordPress plugins have been backdoored to inject malicious code that makes it possible to create rogue administrator accounts with the aim of performing arbitrary actions. “The injected malware attempts to create a new administrative user account and then sends…
4 FIN9-linked Vietnamese Hackers Indicted in $71M U.S. Cybercrime Spree
Four Vietnamese nationals with ties to the FIN9 cybercrime group have been indicted in the U.S. for their involvement in a series of computer intrusions that caused over $71 million in losses to companies. The defendants, Ta Van Tai (aka…
Google Introduces Project Naptime for AI-Powered Vulnerability Research
Google has developed a new framework called Project Naptime that it says enables a large language model (LLM) to carry out vulnerability research with an aim to improve automated discovery approaches. “The Naptime architecture is centered around the interaction between…
Critical RCE Vulnerability Discovered in Ollama AI Infrastructure Tool
Cybersecurity researchers have detailed a now-patch security flaw affecting the Ollama open-source artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure platform that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution. Tracked as CVE-2024-37032, the vulnerability has been codenamed Probllama by cloud security firm Wiz.…
Ease the Burden with AI-Driven Threat Intelligence Reporting
Learn about critical threats that can impact your organization and the bad actors behind them from Cybersixgill’s threat experts. Each story shines a light on underground activities, the threat actors involved, and why you should care, along with what you…
RedJuliett Cyber Espionage Campaign Hits 75 Taiwanese Organizations
A likely China-linked state-sponsored threat actor has been linked to a cyber espionage campaign targeting government, academic, technology, and diplomatic organizations in Taiwan between November 2023 and April 2024. Recorded Future’s Insikt Group is tracking the activity under the name…
Multiple Threat Actors Deploying Open-Source Rafel RAT to Target Android Devices
Multiple threat actors, including cyber espionage groups, are employing an open-source Android remote administration tool called Rafel RAT to meet their operational objectives by masquerading it as Instagram, WhatsApp, and various e-commerce and antivirus apps. “It provides malicious actors with…
Warning: New Adware Campaign Targets Meta Quest App Seekers
A new campaign is tricking users searching for the Meta Quest (formerly Oculus) application for Windows into downloading a new adware family called AdsExhaust. “The adware is capable of exfiltrating screenshots from infected devices and interacting with browsers using simulated…