How Scammers Hijack Your Instagram

Scammers exploit Instagram’s influencer program to hijack users’ accounts by hacking into them, posting about cryptocurrencies, and then tricking victims into providing their login credentials to “vote” for the scammer’s fake influencer contest.

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Nigeria Halts Cybersecurity Tax After Public Outrage

In the midst of an economy struggling with soaring inflation, the Nigerian government paused plans to place a levy on domestic transactions that was aimed at enhancing cybersecurity.

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BreachForums Shut Down in Apparent Law Enforcement Operation

The hacking forum BreachForums is displaying a notice claiming that the website is under the control of the FBI.

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Cybercriminals Exploiting Microsoft’s Quick Assist Feature in Ransomware Attacks

The Microsoft Threat Intelligence team said it has observed a threat it tracks under the name Storm-1811 abusing the client management tool Quick Assist to target users in social engineering attacks.
“Storm-1811 is a financially motivated cybercriminal group known to deploy Black Basta ransomware,” the company said in a report published on May 15, 2024.
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Google Patches Yet Another Actively Exploited Chrome Zero-Day Vulnerability

Google has rolled out fixes to address a set of nine security issues in its Chrome browser, including a new zero-day that has been exploited in the wild.
Assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2024-4947, the vulnerability relates to a type confusion bug in the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine. It was reported by Kaspersky researchers Vasily Berdnikov and Boris

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In First AI Dialogue, US Cites ‘Misuse’ of AI by China, Beijing Protests Washington’s Restrictions

China advocates for the United Nations to take a leading role in the global governance of AI, a move that could sideline the U.S.

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Flaw in Wi-Fi Standard Can Enable SSID Confusion Attacks

Attackers can exploit the issue to trick users into connecting to insecure networks, but it works only under specific conditions.

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Scammers Fake DocuSign Templates to Blackmail & Steal From Companies

Cybercriminals are trafficking DocuSign assets that allow for easy extortion and business email compromise.

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