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As voice cloning technology has become ever more effective, it is of increasing interest to actors… and cybercriminals. When Tim Heller first heard his cloned voice he says it was so accurate that “my jaw hit the floor… it was Read More …
The notorious Lazarus advanced persistent threat (APT) group has been identified as the cybergang behind a campaign spreading malicious documents to job-seeking engineers. The ploy involves impersonating defense contractors seeking job candidates. Researchers have been tracking Lazarus activity for months Read More …
A Russian man was sentenced Monday to what amounted to time already served in U.S. government custody and will be deported after pleading guilty to trying to pay a Tesla employee $500,000 to install computer malware at the company’s Nevada Read More …
Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) says that North Korean government-sponsored hackers are once again targeting security researchers using fake Twitter and LinkedIn social media accounts. The hackers also created a website for a fake company named SecuriElite (located in Turkey) Read More …
An Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability has been discovered used in recent North Korean attacks against security and vulnerability researchers. Last month, Google disclosed that the North Korean state-sponsored hacking group known as Lazarus was conducting social engineering attacks against security Read More …
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a notification warning of ongoing vishing attacks attempting to steal corporate accounts and credentials for network access and privilege escalation from US and international-based employees. Vishing (also known as voice phishing) is Read More …
Last year, we observed attacks launched to steal high-profile Instagram accounts. Now, attacks of a similar nature are on the rise again, this time using new lures to achieve the same goal. Both strikes involve a group of Turkish-speaking hackers Read More …
The FBI thwarted the plans of 27-year-old Russian national Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov to recruit an insider within Tesla’s Nevada Gigafactory, persuade him to plant malware on the company’s network, and then ransom Tesla under threat that he would leak data Read More …
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have issued a joint security advisory on Thursday, warning about an ongoing wave of vishing attacks targeting the US private sector. Vishing, or voice phishing, is Read More …
The Ritz Hotel in London has launched an investigation into a data breach in which scammers may have posed as staff members to steal credit card data. In a series of messages posted to Twitter dated August 15, the luxury Read More …
