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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FBI, DoJ Shut Down BreachForums, Launch Investigation

Instead of online contraband, the website now asks anyone with information that could help with the investigation to contact authorities.

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