OpenAI Blocks Iranian Influence Operation Using ChatGPT for U.S. Election Propaganda
OpenAI on Friday said it banned a set of accounts linked to what it said was an Iranian covert influence operation that leveraged ChatGPT to generate content that, among other things, focused on the upcoming U.S. presidential election. “This week we identified...
Attackers Exploit Public .env Files to Breach Cloud and Social Media Accounts
A large-scale extortion campaign has compromised various organizations by taking advantage of publicly accessible environment variable files (.env) that contain credentials associated with cloud and social media applications. “Multiple security missteps were...
Russian Hacker Jailed 3+ Years for Selling Stolen Credentials on Dark Web
A 27-year-old Russian national has been sentenced to over three years in prison for peddling financial information, login credentials, and other personally identifying information (PII) on a now-defunct dark web marketplace called Slilpp. Georgy Kavzharadze, 27, of...
Russian Hackers Using Fake Brand Sites to Spread DanaBot and StealC Malware
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a sophisticated information stealer campaign that impersonates legitimate brands to distribute malware like DanaBot and StealC. The activity cluster, orchestrated by Russian-speaking cybercriminals and collectively...
Multi-Stage ValleyRAT Targets Chinese Users with Advanced Tactics
Chinese-speaking users are the target of an ongoing campaign that distributes malware known as ValleyRAT. “ValleyRAT is a multi-stage malware that utilizes diverse techniques to monitor and control its victims and deploy arbitrary plugins to cause further...
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