The FBI has issued a Public Service Announcement offering advice on how to spot and react to AI scamming attacks – particularly when they are targeting financial fraud. FBI | Criminals Use Generative Artificial Intelligence to Facilitate Financial Fraud Well worth a read – I am going to be including …
The National Cyber Security Centre releases the “most exploited” of 2022
The NCSC in collaboration with allies from around the world have released a list of those cyber vulnerabilities that were the most exploited by threat actors last year. NCSC and allies reveal most common cyber vulnerabilities exploited in 2022 – NCSC There are two main trends in the report: Defend …
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ESXiArgs Ransomware Recovery Advice
Following the discovery of a coding flaw in the ESXiArgs Ransomware, the US government Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI have released a document outlining how to use the various scripts and processes to recovery data after an attack: CISA and FBI Release ESXiArgs Ransomware Recovery Guidance …
One more warning about online shopping and scam adverts
the FBI have issued a warning about fraudulent adverts taken out by threat actors and displayed on legitimate search engine requests. The FBI is warning the public that cyber criminals are using search engine advertisement services to impersonate brands and direct users to malicious sites that host ransomware and steal …
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Domains associated with DDoS seized and closed
The cyber-attack-as-a-service market for threat actors is expanding – as it allows less skilled individuals to access sophisticated hacks and in many cases then monetise them. But not without law enforcement fighting back: FBI seized domains linked to 48 DDoS-for-hire service platforms (bleepingcomputer.com)
