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‘These attacks don’t look like break-ins’ — HP warns hackers are turning popular remote access tools into dangerous, stealthy backdoors

HP’s latest threat report reveals hackers are abusing legitimate remote access tools and fake downloads to silently compromise corporate devices.
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Computing, Computing Security, Cyber Crime, Cyber Security, Pro, Security

How scammers use “scraped New York Times content” to trick security scanners — and exploit “free” Google Cloud links to flood your inbox

Researchers uncovered a global phishing network using Google Cloud redirects and copied news content across thousands of coordinated servers.
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Computing, Computing Security, Cyber Crime, Cyber Security, Pro, Security

‘Data can place the lives of frontline military or other personnel at risk’: FBI warns that China is luring Western military and intelligence operatives with ‘gig-work’ job offers to steal secrets

China is using fake organizations to pay for intelligence reports, with higher payments for more secrets.

Computing, Computing Security, Cyber Crime, Cyber Security, Pro, Security

Anonymous video chat app leaks data on millions of users — more than 22 million records exposed, including 3 million containing names and email addresses

A not-so-private anonymous video chat app has compromised credentials, including usernames, emails, and network information, thanks to a misconfigured Kibana dashboard.
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Computing, Computing Security, Cyber Crime, Cyber Security, Pro

A Russian hacker tricked a 17,000-strong MAGA Telegram channel with a jailbroken AI for over 5 years, leading to fraud, credential theft, and an empty crypto wallet

The threat actor tricked tens of thousands of MAGA and QAnon community members into believing he was a USAF veteran.
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Computing, Computing Security, Cyber Crime, Pro, Security

FBI confirms 25 ransomware groups using First VPN’s now seized services — here’s what we know

FBI links First VPN’s activities to gangs involved in cybercrime and calls for tighter security controls and behavioural monitoring to prevent cyberattacks.
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Computing, Computing Security, Cyber Crime, VPN, VPN Privacy & Security

82% of IT pros report a web-based security incident in past year – BYOD, SaaS tools, and remote work policies all play a part in security resilience

Confidence is high, despite malware running rampant and businesses losing login credentials left and right.

antivirus, Computing, Computing Security, Cyber Crime, Cyber Security, Pro, Security

Websites are using this FROST-y new technique to spy on users by snooping on their SSD activity

A new side-channel attack was discovered but exploiting it is not as easy as it sounds.