A Vietnamese threat actor infected at least 500,000 devices worldwide within three months in a malverposting campaign leveraging inappropriate Facebook Ads.
Attackers approach targets for account takeover pretending to be a member of the Meta tech support team, using Facebook profiles that they have created that have a post history that makes it appear as if they are a legitimate employee.
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Unknown hackers reportedly breached AT&T customer email accounts for months via an API security issue to conduct a massive crypto theft scheme estimated at nearly $20 million.
Roughly in keeping with numbers seen in recent years, the Google Play Store announced that it blocked 1.43 million bad apps and banned 173,000 malicious or policy-violating developer accounts in 2022.
T-Mobile data breach second data breach of 2023 took place from February to March. Those impacted likely had their Social Security numbers, ID numbers, account pins and other sensitive data revealed.
The FTC has found that not only has Facebook not fully complied with its obligations, but that it has also been in violation of children's privacy regulations with its Messenger Kids app.
ChatGPT, is now allowing users to disable chat history. However, any prior conversations remain logged and available to the company's AI models, and chats will still be retained for 30 days before deletion in order to "fight abuse."
By leveraging public interest in generative AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Google’s Bard, hackers are distributing novel malware on Facebook and hijacking online accounts.
Describing cyber threats as one of its primary challenges, the FBI is asking for an additional $64 million in 2024 to add 192 new positions and improve its cyber capabilities. Much of the budget request focuses on the looming threat that China poses.
