Addio ad una della più grandi botnet malware attive nel panorama internazionale, responsabile di danni per “centinaia di milioni” di dollari a livello globale. Ieri, l’FBI ha annunciato di aver “interrotto e smantellato” con successo il malware Qakbot, identificando oltre 700.000 computer infetti in tutto il mondo, di cui più di 200.000 negli Stati Uniti. ..
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Il nuovo crimine informatico emergente? L’uso dell’intelligenza artificiale e del machine learning per compiere truffe, estorsioni e “rapimenti virtuali”. Negli Stati Uniti, l’FBI ha già messo in guardia il pubblico su come i criminali informatici utilizzino la tecnologia deepfake per manipolare foto e video innocui e convertirli in schemi redditizi di sextortion. La Federal Trade Commission ha ..
The U.N. human rights office says criminal gangs have forced hundreds of thousands of people in Southeast Asia into participating in unlawful online scam operations, including false romantic ploys, bogus investment pitches, and illegal gambling schemes. The Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, in a new report, cites “credible sources” that at ..
Meta on Tuesday said it purged thousands of Facebook accounts that were part of a widespread online Chinese spam operation trying to covertly boost China and criticize the West. The campaign, which became known as “Spamouflage“, was active across more than 50 platforms and forums including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and X, formerly known as ..
Dutch infrastructure-as-a-service and cloud solutions provider Leaseweb shut down some critical systems last week due to a cyberattack. The company said it detected unusual activity in certain areas of its cloud environments on the night of August 22. “The issue had an impact on a specific portion of our cloud-based infrastructure leading to downtime for ..
SecurityWeek is publishing a weekly cybersecurity roundup that provides a concise compilation of noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar. We provide a valuable summary of stories that may not warrant an entire article, but are nonetheless important for a comprehensive understanding of the cybersecurity landscape. Each week, we will curate and present ..
Nearly 1,000 organizations and 60 million individuals are reportedly impacted by the recent MOVEit campaign conducted by the Russian-speaking Cl0p ransomware group. It’s worth noting that these numbers include both directly and indirectly impacted entities. For instance, several organizations and millions of people had their information compromised through PBI, which provides research services for the ..
A financially motivated cybercrime group has exploited a zero-day vulnerability in the popular file archiving utility WinRAR to deliver malware to traders and steal their money, according to cybersecurity firm Group-IB. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-38831, was quickly patched by WinRAR developers, with a beta version released on July 20 and a stable version (6.23) ..
A UK court on Wednesday found a teenager responsible for a hacking campaign that included one of the biggest breaches in the history of the video game industry. Arion Kurtaj, 18, was described by the prosecution as one of the “key players” in the Lapsus$ group that hacked Rockstar Games in 2022 and published footage ..
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has published information on six cryptocurrency wallets operated by North Korean hackers and believed to be holding stolen funds. The cryptocurrency addresses, the FBI says, hold roughly 1,580 Bitcoin that are likely related to the recent theft of cryptocurrency assets worth hundreds of millions of dollars. “Over the last 24 ..
