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Malicious Keylogger Malware Made Using ChatGPT
Malicious Keylogger Malware Made Using ChatGPT
A keylogger recently carried out malicious attacks using ChatGPT in what has been a growing trend of cybercriminals taking advantage of the sophisticated AI tool. The keylogger, dubbed BlackMamba, was made by Jeff Sims at the HYAS...
US Seeks to Return $112 Million in Stolen Crypto
US Seeks to Return $112 Million in Stolen Crypto
The Department of Justice (DoJ) has reportedly seized about $112 million worth of cryptocurrency stolen through various “cryptocurrency confidence scams.” It recovered the funds from six different accounts. Confidence scams tradit...
Avast Fined €13.7 Million for Illegally Selling Customers' Data
Avast Fined €13.7 Million for Illegally Selling Customers' Data
Avast, a multinational cybersecurity and antivirus company, has been fined approximately €13.7 million by the Czech Republic’s data protection authority for illegally processing its customers’ data, including the sale of browsing...
Mullvad VPN, Tor Create Security-Focused Browser
Mullvad VPN, Tor Create Security-Focused Browser
Mullvad VPN recently teamed up with the Tor Project to release a new free web browser that focuses on enhancing users’ privacy and security. The developers behind the Tor Project, who designed the Tor anonymity project and have th...
ChatGPT Blocked in Italy Over Data Protection Concerns
ChatGPT Blocked in Italy Over Data Protection Concerns
Advanced chatbot ChatGPT, created by OpenAI and backed by Microsoft, has been banned in Italy over privacy concerns. The Italian data protection authority suspects OpenAI of breaching the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)...
Microsoft Defender Mistakenly Tags Legitimate URLs as Malicious
Microsoft Defender Mistakenly Tags Legitimate URLs as Malicious
Microsoft Defender, the default security platform for Windows, is currently causing confusion among users as it mistakenly flags legitimate URLs as malicious, causing several false positives. Microsoft has confirmed that it is inv...
SafeMoon Token’s Liquidity Pool Drained in $8.9 Million Hack
SafeMoon Token’s Liquidity Pool Drained in $8.9 Million Hack
SafeMoon, a decentralized finance (DeFi) token, has been hacked for roughly $8.9 million, according to reports. The cybercriminal exploited a newly created “burn” feature in SafeMoon’s smart contract, artificially pumping the toke...
Scammer Receives 4-Year Prison Sentence After Being Caught in the US
Scammer Receives 4-Year Prison Sentence After Being Caught in the US
Solomon Ekunke Okpe, who is a 31-year-old from Nigeria, has been sentenced to four years and one month in prison for his participation in a cybercriminal group that operated from Nigeria and Malaysia. The group carried out a serie...
OpenAI Admits to Data Breach and Security Concerns in ChatGPT
OpenAI Admits to Data Breach and Security Concerns in ChatGPT
OpenAI, the organization behind ChatGPT, has confirmed a data breach caused by an issue in an open-source library. After a glitch, which inadvertently allowed people to access chat data from other users and resulted in a data brea...
President Biden Issues Executive Order Banning Spyware Use by U.S. Government Agencies
President Biden Issues Executive Order Banning Spyware Use by U.S. Government Agencies
President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Monday, prohibiting the use of commercial spyware by U.S. government agencies. The directive comes after the discovery that the threat was more extensive than previously indicated...