CISA has issued an Industrial Control Systems medical advisory warning of critical vulnerabilities in Illumina's DNA sequencing instruments, including privilege misconfiguration and remote IP address binding.

Read details: https://thehackernews.com/2023/04/cisa-warns-of-critical-flaws-in.html

OpenAI is back in 🇮🇹 Italy!

ChatGPT is now available after meeting data protection requirements.

Read: https://thehackernews.com/2023/04/chatgpt-is-back-in-italy-after.html

🚨 CERT-UA has issued a warning regarding Russian cyber attacks targeting Ukrainian government entities through phishing emails disguised as Windows security updates.

Read: https://thehackernews.com/2023/05/apt28-targets-ukrainian-government.html

🛡️ Google blocked 1.43 Million bad apps in 2022! Security improvements are making a huge difference, but cybercriminals are still finding ways in. Keep an eye out for suspicious apps!

Read details: https://thehackernews.com/2023/05/google-blocks-143-million-malicious.html

Be careful what you click! A Vietnamese threat actor has infected over 500,000 devices worldwide with malware through a 'malverposting' campaign on social media platforms.

Read more: https://thehackernews.com/2023/05/vietnamese-threat-actor-infects-500000.html

An analysis of over 70 billion DNS records has led to the discovery of Decoy Dog, a cohesive and highly unusual toolkit for targeting enterprise networks.

Read details: https://thehackernews.com/2023/05/new-decoy-dog-malware-toolkit-uncovered.html

Heads up, everyone!

CISA has issued an advisory warning of active exploitation of three known vulnerabilities, including CVE-2023-1389 (TP-Link Archer AX-21), CVE-2021-45046 (Apache Log4j2) and CVE-2023-21839 (Oracle WebLogic).

Details: https://thehackernews.com/2023/05/active-exploitation-of-tp-link-apache.html

ScarCruft, the North Korean threat group behind RokRAT malware, has adapted to the blocking of macros by using oversized LNK files.

Learn more about: https://thehackernews.com/2023/05/north-koreas-scarcruft-deploys-rokrat.html

Beware! A new Android surveillanceware called BouldSpy, believed to be linked to the Iranian government, has been spying on over 300 individuals belonging to minority groups, including Iranian Kurds, Baluchis, and Azeris.

Details: https://thehackernews.com/2023/05/bouldspy-android-spyware-iranian.html

🚨 New Windows-based financial trojan LOBSHOT found! TA505 threat actor leverages rogue Google Ads to spread malware.

Learn about its hVNC capabilities and how it stays under the radar: https://thehackernews.com/2023/05/lobshot-stealthy-financial-trojan-and.html

Critical flaw affecting ME RTU remote terminal units!

CISA has issued an advisory about the security vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-2131, which has received the highest severity rating of 10.0 on the CVSS scoring system.

Details: https://thehackernews.com/2023/05/cisa-issues-advisory-on-critical-rce.html

🚨 Cybersecurity alert! Over 50,000 attempts to exploit a 5-year-old unpatched flaw in TBK digital video recording devices were observed in April.

Learn more about the critical vulnerability and its impact on camera video feeds: https://thehackernews.com/2023/05/hackers-exploiting-5-year-old-unpatched.html

Apple and Google are joining forces to tackle unauthorized tracking on Bluetooth location-tracking devices like AirTags.

https://thehackernews.com/2023/05/apple-and-google-join-forces-to-stop.html

They are working on a draft industry-wide specification that will detect and alert users of any unauthorized tracking.

Operation SpecTor has resulted in the arrest of 288 dark web vendors involved in drug trafficking. This coordinated effort also seized $53.4 million, 850 kg of drugs, and 117 firearms.

Read details: https://thehackernews.com/2023/05/operation-spector-534-million-seized.html

Chinese state-sponsored hacking outfit Earth Longzhi, a subgroup within APT41, has launched a new hacking campaign targeting government, healthcare, tech & manufacturing entities in Taiwan, Thailand, the Philippines, and Fiji.

Details: https://thehackernews.com/2023/05/chinese-hacker-group-earth-longzhi.html

Google is rolling out Passkeys across all platforms, making it a passwordless solution for Google Accounts.

Learn how it works: https://thehackernews.com/2023/05/google-introduces-passwordless-secure.html

Passkeys, backed by the FIDO Alliance, are more secure than passwords and resistant to online attacks such as phishing.

🤖 Facebook has taken action against malicious campaigns leveraging popular topics like ChatGPT, Google BERT, and TikTok marketing tools as a lure to trick users into downloading malware.

Details: https://thehackernews.com/2023/05/meta-takes-down-malware-campaign-that.html

Stay cautious and avoid clicking on suspicious links!

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has taken down several cyber espionage campaigns that targeted South Asia through coordinated inauthentic behavior on social media platforms.

Read more to learn about it: https://thehackernews.com/2023/05/meta-uncovers-massive-social-media.html

🔥 Researchers have developed a new PoC exploit for a critical PaperCut server vulnerability that can bypass all current detections, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges.

Learn details here: https://thehackernews.com/2023/05/researchers-uncover-new-exploit-for.html

🚨 Three new security flaws discovered in Microsoft Azure API Management service that could expose sensitive information and compromise backend services.

Learn more about these vulnerabilities: https://thehackernews.com/2023/05/researchers-discover-3-vulnerabilities.html