From The Aether
Chinese Hackers Exploit Versa Director Flaw: What You Need to Know
Volt Typhoon, a Chinese state-backed hacking group, exploited a zero-day flaw in Versa Director to...
Vietnamese Non-Profit Battles 4-Year Malware Attack by OceanLotus Hackers
OceanLotus, a Vietnamese-aligned hacking crew, has been targeting a non-profit supporting Vietnamese human rights for...
Browsers Beware: Nasty Exploit Campaigns Target Safari and Chrome Users
Cybersecurity researchers have identified exploit campaigns using flaws in Apple Safari and Google Chrome to...
Deepfake Disaster: How AI is Fueling Nonconsensual Synthetic Forgeries and What Companies Are (or Aren’t) Doing About It
Generative AI’s dark side: deepfake porn. From nudify apps to manipulated celebrity images, tech companies...
Unmasking the Malware Madness: A Deep Dive into “crypted.bat” and its Bizarre Obfuscation Tactics
Malware obfuscation is like a villain’s disguise party, and last week I found a file...
Pakistani Man Acquitted of Cyber Terrorism in Fake News Riot Case
Pakistani court acquits Farhan Asif of cyber terrorism charges after his fake news post sparked...
Big Brother at Work: How Cybersecurity Software Turns Employees into Suspects
Employee surveillance software, like Microsoft Sentinel and Forcepoint Behavioral Analytics, treats workers as potential threats,...
China’s Volt Typhoon Exploits Versa Bug: A Cybersecurity Nightmare Unfolds
China’s Volt Typhoon has exploited a high-severity bug in Versa Director, planting credential-stealing web shells...
Sea-Tac Cyber Chaos: Airport Outage Sparks Travel Turmoil
The Port of Seattle is investigating a possible cyberattack after computer outages disrupted operations and...
Microsoft’s Monday Mayhem: Admins Drowning in False Malware Alerts
Microsoft 365 admins were bombarded with false malware reports, leading to a Monday meltdown. Microsoft...
Ransomware Roundup: Arrest, Extortion, and Million-Dollar Payouts – Cybersecurity Drama Unfolds
Latvian national Deniss Zolotarjovs, aka “Sforza,” has been charged in the US for his role...
Hackers Demand Ransom After Massive U.S. Marshals Data Breach – Over 380GB Stolen
Hunters International claims to have stolen over 380 gigabytes from the U.S. Marshals Service. Allegedly,...
FBI Nabs Russian Hacker: First Karakurt Member Busted in US Extradition Drama
The US government has charged Deniss Zolotarjovs, a member of the Russian ransomware group Karakurt,...
University Sparks Panic with Fake Ebola Alert: Phishing Test Backfires Spectacularly
UCSC sparked panic with a phishing test email about a fake Ebola outbreak, prompting apologies...
UN Cybercrime Convention: Tech Giants and Activists Unite Against It
The United Nations convention against cybercrime has tech giants and human rights advocates in a...
Hackers Outsmart CAPTCHA: Greasy Opal’s $70 Tool Exposes Security Flaw
Cybersecurity experts have discovered the Greasy Opal group selling CAPTCHA-solving services. Based in the Czech...
LiteSpeed Cache Vulnerability: How Hackers Could Take Over Your WordPress Site
LiteSpeed Cache, the popular WordPress plugin, had a vulnerability that allowed hackers to gain admin...
Global IT Meltdown: Lessons from $5.4 Billion of Blue Screen Chaos
When the digital world stands still, chaos reigns supreme. Recent IT outages, including the CrowdStrike...
Microsoft’s September Summit: How to Prevent Another CrowdStrike Catastrophe
Microsoft is gearing up for a special conference to dissect the CrowdStrike computer shutdown debacle....
Meta Blocks WhatsApp Accounts Linked to Phishing: Major Setback for APT42 Hackers
Meta blocked WhatsApp accounts linked to APT42’s social engineering attempts targeting political and diplomatic figures....