February 2023 - Page 5 of 13

Twitter gets rid of SMS 2FA for non-Blue members — What you need to do

Twitter has announced that it will no longer support SMS two-factor authentication unless you pay for a Twitter Blue subscription. However, there are more secure options for multi-factor authentication, which we describe below. […]

19 Feb

Windows 11 will let you end tasks directly from the taskbar

Microsoft will soon add a new way to end unresponsive processes in Windows 11 in the form of a new option that will show up when right-clicking an app’s taskbar icon. […]

18 Feb

New WhiskerSpy malware delivered via trojanized codec installer

Security researchers have discovered a new backdoor called WhiskerSpy used in a campaign from a relatively new advanced threat actor tracked as Earth Kitsune, known for targeting individuals showing an interest in North Korea. […]

17 Feb

Europol busts ‘CEO fraud’ gang that stole €38M in a few days

Europol has dismantled a Franco-Israeli ‘CEO fraud’ group that employed business email compromise (BEC) attacks to divert payments from organizations to bank accounts under the threat actor’s control. […]

17 Feb

GoDaddy: Hackers stole source code, installed malware in multi-year breach

Web hosting giant GoDaddy says it suffered a breach where unknown attackers have stolen source code and installed malware on its servers after breaching its cPanel shared hosting environment in a multi-year attack. […]

17 Feb

Norwegian police recover $5.8M crypto from massive Axie Infinity hack

Norwegian police (Økokrim) have seized 60 million kroner ($5,800,000) worth of cryptocurrency stolen by the North Korean Lazarus hacking group last year from Axie Infinity’s Ronin Bridge. […]

17 Feb

Bing Chat’s secret modes turn it into a personal assistant or friend

Bing’s new AI chat has secret chat modes that can be used to change the AI bot into a personal assistant, a friend to help with your emotions and problems, a game mode to play games with Bing, or its default, Bing Search mode. […]

17 Feb

FBI is investigating a cybersecurity incident on its network

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is reportedly investigating malicious cyber activity on the agency’s network. […]

17 Feb

Fortinet fixes critical RCE flaws in FortiNAC and FortiWeb

Cybersecurity solutions company Fortinet has released security updates for its FortiNAC and FortiWeb products, addressing two critical-severity vulnerabilities that may allow unauthenticated attackers to perform arbitrary code or command execution. […]

16 Feb

New Mirai malware variant infects Linux devices to build DDoS botnet

A new Mirai botnet variant tracked as ‘V3G4’ targets 13 vulnerabilities in Linux-based servers and IoT devices to use in DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks. […]

Month: February 2023

Twitter gets rid of SMS 2FA for non-Blue members — What you need to do

Windows 11 will let you end tasks directly from the taskbar

New WhiskerSpy malware delivered via trojanized codec installer

Europol busts ‘CEO fraud’ gang that stole €38M in a few days

GoDaddy: Hackers stole source code, installed malware in multi-year breach

Norwegian police recover $5.8M crypto from massive Axie Infinity hack

Bing Chat’s secret modes turn it into a personal assistant or friend

FBI is investigating a cybersecurity incident on its network

Fortinet fixes critical RCE flaws in FortiNAC and FortiWeb

New Mirai malware variant infects Linux devices to build DDoS botnet