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TODAY

Elon Musk deep fakes promote new cryptocurrency scam

100+by Lawrence Abrams / 6h

Cryptocurrency scammers are using deep fake videos of Elon Musk and other prominent cryptocurrency advocates to promote a BitVex trading platform scam that steals deposited currency. [...]

PDF smuggles Microsoft Word doc to drop Snake Keylogger malware

Keylogging (Enterprise T1056.001)

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400+by Bill Toulas / 8h

Threat analysts have discovered a recent malware distribution campaign using PDF attachments to smuggle malicious Word documents that infect users with malware. [...]

Microsoft tests new Windows 11 Desktop search that only works with Edge

Desktop Search Windows 11

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by Lawrence Abrams / 8h

Microsoft is testing a new feature in the latest Windows 11 preview build that displays an Internet search box directly on the desktop. The problem is that it does not honor your default browser and only uses Bing and Microsoft Edge instead. [...]

Google: Predator spyware infected Android devices using zero-days

100+by Sergiu Gatlan / 8h

Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) says that state-backed threat actors used five zero-day vulnerabilities to install Predator spyware developed by commercial surveillance developer Cytrox. [...]

YESTERDAY

Ransomware attack exposes data of 500,000 Chicago students

Data Encrypted for Impact (Enterprise T1486)

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85by Lawrence Abrams / 1d

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Nearly 500000 CPS Chicago

The Chicago Public Schools has suffered a massive data breach that exposed the data of almost 500,000 students and 60,000 employee after their vendor, Battelle for Kids, suffered a ransomware attack in December. [...]

Malicious PyPI package opens backdoors on Windows, Linux, and Macs

Keylogging (Enterprise T1056.001)

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500+by Bill Toulas / 1d

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PyPI Package Windows WL

Yet another malicious Python package has been spotted in the PyPI registry performing supply chain attacks to drop Cobalt Strike beacons and backdoors on Windows, Linux, and macOS systems. [...]

Windows 11 hacked three more times on last day of Pwn2Own contest

300+by Sergiu Gatlan / 1d

On the third and last day of the 2022 Pwn2Own Vancouver hacking contest, security researchers successfully hacked Microsoft's Windows 11 operating system three more times using zero-day exploits. [...]

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