cyber security
Hellcat Ransomware Upgrades Arsenal to Target Government, Education, and Energy Sectors
The cybersecurity community has raised alarms over the rapid evolution of the Hellcat ransomware group, which has escalated its tactics to target critical sectors....
cyber security
New GIFTEDCROOK Stealer Targets Government Organizations to Exfiltrate Sensitive Data
Cybersecurity experts have uncovered an alarming escalation in cyber-espionage operations targeting Ukrainian critical sectors, as outlined in CERT-UA's latest alert, CERT-UA#14303.
The campaign, attributed...
cyber security
Morphing Meerkat: A PhaaS Utilizing DNS Reconnaissance to Generate Targeted Phishing Pages
Originally discovered in 2020 as a Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) platform, Morphing Meerkat has since evolved into a sophisticated cybercriminal tool.
Initially capable of mimicking login...
AI
AI Surpasses Elite Red Teams in Crafting Effective Spear Phishing Attacks
In a groundbreaking development in the field of cybersecurity, AI has reached a pivotal moment, surpassing elite human red teams in the creation of...
cyber security
PoisonSeed Targets CRM and Bulk Email Providers in New Supply Chain Phishing Attack
A sophisticated phishing campaign, dubbed "PoisonSeed," has been identified targeting customer relationship management (CRM) and bulk email providers to facilitate cryptocurrency-related scams.
The...
Android
Beware! Fake Unpaid Tolls Messages Used in Phishing Attack to Steal Login Credentials
A surge in phishing text messages claiming unpaid tolls has been linked to a massive phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) operation.
These scams, which have been hitting...
Cyber Attack
Hackers Use URL Shorteners and QR Codes in Tax-Themed Phishing Attacks
As the United States approaches Tax Day on April 15, cybersecurity experts have uncovered a series of sophisticated phishing campaigns leveraging tax-related themes to...
cyber security
DeepSeek-R1 Prompts Abused to Generate Advanced Malware and Phishing Sites
The release of DeepSeek-R1, a 671-billion-parameter large language model (LLM), has sparked significant interest due to its innovative use of Chain-of-Thought (CoT) reasoning.
CoT...