Day: March 23, 2023
Fake ChatGPT Chrome Browser Extension Caught Hijacking Facebook Accounts
23 March 2023Mar 23, 2023Ravie LakshmananBrowser Security / Artificial Intelligence Google has stepped in to remove a bogus Chrome browser extension from the official Web Store that masqueraded as OpenAI’s ChatGPT service to harvest Facebook session cookies and hijack the accounts. The “ChatGPT For Google” extension, a trojanized version of a legitimate open source browser add-on, attracted […]
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Nexus: A New Rising Android Banking Trojan Targeting 450 Financial Apps
23 March 2023Mar 23, 2023Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Banking An emerging Android banking trojan dubbed Nexus has already been adopted by several threat actors to target 450 financial applications and conduct fraud. “Nexus appears to be in its early stages of development,” Italian cybersecurity firm Cleafy said in a report published this week. “Nexus provides all the […]
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2023 Cybersecurity Maturity Report Reveals Organizational Unpreparedness for Cyberattacks
23 March 2023Mar 23, 2023The Hacker News In 2022 alone, global cyberattacks increased by 38%, resulting in substantial business loss, including financial and reputational damage. Meanwhile, corporate security budgets have risen significantly because of the growing sophistication of attacks and the number of cybersecurity solutions introduced into the market. With this rise in threats, budgets, and solutions, […]
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Operation Soft Cell: Chinese Hackers Breach Middle East Telecom Providers
23 March 2023Mar 23, 2023Ravie LakshmananCritical Infrastructure Security Telecommunication providers in the Middle East are the subject of new cyber attacks that commenced in the first quarter of 2023. The intrusion set has been attributed to a Chinese cyber espionage actor associated with a long-running campaign dubbed Operation Soft Cell based on tooling overlaps. “The initial attack […]
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German and South Korean Agencies Warn of Kimsuky’s Expanding Cyber Attack Tactics
23 March 2023Mar 23, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Browser Security German and South Korean government agencies have warned about cyber attacks mounted by a threat actor tracked as Kimsuky using rogue browser extensions to steal users’ Gmail inboxes. The joint advisory comes from Germany’s domestic intelligence apparatus, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), […]
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