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GoldFactory gang steals biometric data, drains bank accounts
A Chinese-backed threat group is stealing biometric data from bank clients so it can mimic them and illegally access their bank accounts.
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DarkGate gang using CAPTCHA to spread malware
Legal advertising tools are being leveraged by cybercriminals to conceal their illicit campaigns and track victims, warns analyst.
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ChatGPT has a “memory” now, critics say it’s just OpenAI storing your data
ChatGPT will now be able to memorize your previous chats.
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Locations tracked in anti-abortion ad campaign
Over 14 million ads were delivered to individuals who visited abortion clinics and across social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat.
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Varta battery manufacturing plants halted by massive cyberattack
Varta AG, the German automotive battery manufacturer says that a cyberattack on Monday knocked five of its production plants offline.
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Bank of America customer info exposed via third party breach
Infosys McCamish Systems says the data of 57,000 Bank of America retirement plan customers were compromised during a November breach claimed by the LockBit ransom gang.
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Companies use AI to read private Slack and Teams messages
It is not a secret that work chats are not private, but AI is taking it to the next level.
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Meta cuts political content on Reels but users say “Don’t babysit us”
Meta has announced changes in how it shares political content by excluding it from Reels and Explore on Instagram and not recommending it on Threads.
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Facebook Marketplace database out in the wild, hackers claiming 200,000 users
A hacker on Breach Forums, an illicit marketplace, has shared private personal information records that were allegedly stolen from Facebook Marketplace.
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US Government Accountability Office breached by CGI Federal
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) said the sensitive information of 6,000 current and former GAO employees was compromised in the January breach of third-party government contractor CGI Federal.
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US judge orders Elon Musk to testify in SEC's Twitter probe
A federal judge orders Elon Musk to testify for the second time in the US Securities and Exchange Commission's probe of his $44 billion takeover of Twitter.
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White House will fight deepfakes with cryptographic verification
Deepfake and generative AI scams are on the rise and seemingly unstoppable. The White House, though, says their official releases, including President Joe Biden’s addresses, will be cryptographically verified. What does it mean?
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US takes down malware sites in cyber bust
The Department of Justice (DoJ) says it has made two arrests and suspended four web domains that were being used to sell malware.
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ExpressVPN issues emergency Windows patch
ExpressVPN has issued an emergency patch for its Windows-based app after receiving a tip-off from a tech expert and writer.
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Cyberattack halts funerals in Austrian town
A ransomware attack has thrown a town in Lower Austria into disarray, disrupting services including funerals, according to local media reports.
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Hyundai Europe claimed as latest ransom victim of Black Basta
The Hyundai Motor Corporation’s European division has reportedly been the victim of a January ransomware attack carried out by the Russian-linked Black Basta ransom gang.
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Cyberattack hits Swedish cloud provider Advania, healthcare services impacted
Advania, a Nordic information technology provider serving the public and private sectors, has suffered a cybersecurity incident affecting at least 60 of its customers in Sweden. Local media reports that several healthcare centers were exposed to the attack.
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NASA launches climate change satellite probe
The US space agency has launched a satellite mission that will aim to monitor our planet’s air and oceans in the hope of better understanding climate change.
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Chinese hackers spent at least five years in US critical networks
Top US agencies claim to have confirmed that China has planted cyber-intruders in American critical infrastructure.
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Danish schools will stop sending student data to Google
School students in Denmark regularly use Chromebooks and Google Workspace in class. But from now on, their data will not be sent to the tech giant.
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