Massive Phishing Campaign Strikes Latin America: Venom RAT Targeting Multiple Sectors

The threat actor known as TA558 has been attributed to a new massive phishing campaign that targets a wide range of sectors in Latin America with the goal of deploying Venom RAT.
The attacks primarily singled out hotel, travel, trading, financial, manufacturing, industrial, and government verticals in Spain, Mexico, United States, Colombia, Portugal, Brazil, Dominican Republic, and

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Cybersecurity Threats Intensify in the Middle East During Ramadan

How security teams in the region fortify their defenses amid short-staffing — and increased DDoS, phishing, and ransomware campaigns — during the Muslim holy month.

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Funding the Organizations Securing the Internet

Common Good Cyber is a global consortium connecting nonprofit, private sector, and government organizations to fund organizations focused on securing Internet infrastructure.

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Google to Purge Billions of Files Containing Personal Data in Settlement of Chrome Privacy Case

Google agreed to purge billions of records containing personal information collected from more than 136 million people using its Chrome web browser as part of settlement in a lawsuit accusing it of illegal surveillance.

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Backdoor Discovered in XZ Utils: Patch Your Systems Now (CVE-2024-3094)

By Waqas

Critical Backdoor Alert! Patch XZ Utils Now (CVE-2024-3094) & Secure Your Linux System. Learn how a hidden backdoor…

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Microsoft Beefs Up Defenses in Azure AI

Microsoft adds tools to protect Azure AI from threats such as prompt injection, as well as give developers the capabilities to ensure generative AI apps are more resilient to model and content manipulation attacks.

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The Incognito Mode Myth Has Fully Unraveled

To settle a years-long lawsuit, Google has agreed to delete “billions of data records” collected from users of “Incognito mode,” illuminating the pitfalls of relying on Chrome to protect your privacy.

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XZ Utils Backdoor Implanted in Carefully Executed, Multiyear Supply Chain Attack

Had a Microsoft developer not spotted the malware when he did, the outcome could have been much worse.

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AT&T Confirms 73M Customers Affected in Data Leak

AT&T denies any evidence of unauthorized access but admits that a data set released on the Dark Web including Social Security numbers and other sensitive information on tens of millions of customers is genuine.

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Banks in Singapore begin sharing data to combat financial crime

Six banks will share customer data deemed suspicious in a bid to fight money laundering and terrorism financing activities.

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