The FBI, CSA, and ACSC have released a joint cybersecurity advisory about the Play ransomware group and their MO.
Month: December 2023
New MetaStealer malvertising campaigns
In recent malvertising campaigns, threat actors dropped the MetaStealer information stealer, more or less coinciding with a new version release.
Mr. Cooper leaks personal data of 14 million loan and mortgage customers
Loan and mortgage giant Mr. Cooper reported a data breach in which the personal data of 14.7 million homeowners were stolen.
Meet the entirely legal, iPhone-crashing device, the Flipper Zero: Lock and Code S04E25
This week on the Lock and Code podcast, we speak with EFF public interest technology Cooper Quintin about the hacking tool, the Flipper Zero.
A week in security (December 11 – December 17)
A list of topics we covered in the week of December 11 to December 17 of 2023
PikaBot distributed via malicious search ads
PikaBot, a stealthy malware normally distributed via malspam is now being spread via malicious ads.
Chrome starts the countdown to the end of tracking cookies
Google will soon roll out its Tracking Protection feature to some randomly chosen users in order to prepare for a full deployment.
Apple to introduce new feature that makes life harder for iPhone thieves
Apple has plans to make it harder for iPhone thieves to steal your personal information even if they have your device’s passcode.
Apple now requires a judge’s order to hand over your push notification data
Apple has changed its legal process guidelines so it now requires a judge’s order to hand over information about its customers’ push notifications.
Ransomware review: December 2023
In November, ransomware gangs attacked at least 457 victims—the highest monthly count in 2023, after May’s record numbers.