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A security flaw in OpenAI’s ChatGPT application programming interface could be used to initiate a distributed denial-of-service attack on websites, according to a researcher. The discovery was made by Benjamin Flesch, a security researcher in Germany, who detailed the vulnerability Read More …
The North Pole Company, a Canadian gift basket delivery service, allegedly suffered a data breach in which half a million customers lost sensitive personal information. The claim was made on BreachForums, a popular underground community where cybercriminals come to share Read More …
apan aims to take a more proactive approach to cyber defence by allowing hackers working for the authorities to “attack” pre-emptively to prevent or stop sabotage attempts. Under a new strategy of “active cyber defence”, Japan plans to allow hackers Read More …
IntelBroker has struck again. This time, the notorious BreachForums bigwig, which has a long list of high-profile victims, including Europol, Cisco, and GE, has claimed to have breached IT giant Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). The suspected Serbian-origin hacker is offering Read More …
The Cyber Security Council of the UAE Government has announced that the nation’s cybersecurity systems have successfully countered malicious ransomware attacks targeting several strategic sectors, including government and private entities. The Council revealed that the country’s emergency cyber-response systems, in Read More …
The prolific Clop ransomware gang has named dozens of corporate victims it claims to have hacked in recent weeks after exploiting a vulnerability in several popular enterprise file transfer products developed by U.S. software company Cleo. In a post on Read More …
The FBI says it has removed PlugX malware from thousands of infected computers worldwide. The move came after suspicion that cybercriminals groups under control of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) used a version of PlugX malware to control, and Read More …
Change Healthcare, the UnitedHealth-owned health tech company that lost more than 100 million people’s sensitive health data in a ransomware attack last year, said on Tuesday that the company has “substantially” completed notifying affected individuals about the massive data breach. Read More …
Multi-vector DDoS attacks have emerged as one of the biggest challenges in cybersecurity today. The number of such incidents has been growing significantly year over year. In this article, we’ll break down what multi-vector attacks are, how they work, and Read More …
When launching and persisting attacks at scale, threat actors can inadvertently leave behind traces of information. They often reuse, rotate and share portions of their infrastructure when automating their campaign’s setup before launching an attack. Defenders can leverage this behavior Read More …
