Exploring the tactics of phishing and scam websites in 2023
Phishing scams pose an escalating danger as cybercriminals employ increasingly sophisticated techniques, rendering their detection and prevention more challenging. In this Help Net Security video, Abhilash Garimella, Head of Research at Bolster, talk.....»»
Fisker appoints chief restructuring officer after missing payment to noteholder
Fisker said in its 2023 annual report that it may have to file for bankruptcy protection within 30 days if it does not get relief from its creditors. A forbearance agreement with one noteholder expires May 1......»»
Vastly bigger than the Black Summer: 84 million hectares of northern Australia burned in 2023
It may come as a surprise to hear 2023 was Australia's biggest bushfire season in more than a decade. Fires burned across an area eight times as big as the 2019–20 Black Summer bushfires that tore through 10 million hectares in southeast Australia......»»
North Korea is evading sanctions by animating Max and Amazon shows
Thousands of exposed files on North Korean server tell the tale. Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty) For almost a decade, Nick Roy has been scanning North Korea’s tiny Internet presence, spotting new websites comin.....»»
One of 2023’s best indie games is getting a movie starring LaKeith Stanfield
Di Bonaventure Pictures and LaKeith Stanfield are working on a film adaptation of 2023's excellent horror action indie game El Paso, Elsewhere......»»
Ford Mustang Mach-E 2024 vs. Mach-E 2023: What’s new in Ford’s electric Mustang?
The Mustang Mach-E is getting some upgrades for 2024 -- but how does the 2024 model compare with the 2023 Mustang Mach-E?.....»»
Planning at multiple scales for healthy corals and communities
Governments in the Mesoamerican Reef region are exploring the use of nature-based solutions to strengthen coral health and societal benefits for coastal communities. A new study led by Stanford researchers in collaboration with scientists from the Wo.....»»
MITRE breached by nation-state threat actor via Ivanti zero-days
MITRE has been breached by attackers via two zero-day vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-46805, CVE-2024-21887) in Ivanti’s Connect Secure VPN devices. The attackers have also managed to move laterally and compromise the company network’s VMware i.....»»
Europe suffered record number of "extreme heat stress" days in 2023: Monitors
Europe endured a record number of "extreme heat stress" days in 2023, two leading climate monitors said Monday, underscoring the threat of increasingly deadly summers across the continent......»»
Elizabeth Warren on green texts: Apple is ruining relationships
Senator Elizabeth Warren has tweeted a somewhat bizarre one-minute video in which she says that green texts are “ruining relationships” and that this is “just one of the dirty tactics that Apple uses to keep a stranglehold on the smartphone mar.....»»
Whistleblower reveals 2023 CareGard cyberattack, says F&I company concealed it from partners
AFG Cos. was unprepared for a ransomware attack last summer, for months had been unsure of the extent of the breach, and as of early this month hadn't alerted automaker partners or the agents selling its coverage to dealerships, a whistleblower alleg.....»»
Former AFG exec reveals 2023 CareGard data breach, criticizes company"s response
AFG Cos. was unprepared for a ransomware attack last summer, for months had been unsure of the extent of the breach, and as of early this month hadn't alerted automaker partners or the agents selling its coverage to dealerships, a whistleblower alleg.....»»
LastPass users targeted by vishing attackers
The CryptoChameleon phishing kit is being leveraged by vishing attackers looking to trick LastPass users into sharing their master password. “Initially, we learned of a new parked domain (help-lastpass[.]com) and immediately marked the website.....»»
Unraveling the mysteries of consecutive atmospheric river events
In California's 2022-2023 winter season, the state faced nine atmospheric rivers (ARs) that led to extreme flooding, landslides, and power outages—the longest duration of continuous AR conditions in the past 70 years. Scientists at Lawrence Berkele.....»»
LastPass users targeted in phishing attacks good enough to trick even the savvy
Campaign used email, SMS, and voice calls to trick targets into divulging master passwords. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Password-manager LastPass users were recently targeted by a convincing phishing campaign that use.....»»
Don’t sleep on this INCREDIBLE Moto G Power 5G 2023 deal!
The Moto G Power 5G 2023 is on sale on Amazon right now where this amazing deal lets you save $100 off the price TODAY! The post Don’t sleep on this INCREDIBLE Moto G Power 5G 2023 deal! appeared first on Phandroid. If there’s one thin.....»»
Latest romance scam tactic uses two phones with face-swap app
Romance scams are getting a whole lot more convincing with the latest tactic: using two phones, one running a face-swap app, to conduct live video calls with victims … more….....»»
Authorities take down LabHost, phishing-as-a-service platform
Law enforcement from 19 countries severely disrupted one of the world’s largest phishing-as-a-service platform, known as LabHost. This year-long operation, coordinated at the international level by Europol, resulted in the compromise of LabHost’s.....»»
Cheap ransomware for sale on dark web marketplaces is changing the way hackers operate
Since June 2023, Sophos X-Ops has discovered 19 junk gun ransomware variants — cheap, independently produced, and crudely constructed — on the dark web. The developers of these junk gun variants are attempting to disrupt the traditional affiliate.....»»
Bots dominate internet activity, account for nearly half of all traffic
49.6% of all internet traffic came from bots in 2023, a 2% increase over the previous year, and the highest level Imperva has reported since it began monitoring automated traffic in 2013. For the fifth consecutive year, the proportion of web traffic.....»»
Life-threatening rat pee infections reach record levels in NYC
Between 2001 and 2020, there was an average of 3 cases per year. Last year's tally was 24. Enlarge / A rat looks for food while on a subway platform at the Columbus Circle - 59th Street station on May 8, 2023, in New York City......»»