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  1. Meta to Introduce Labeling for AI-Generated Images Ahead of US Election

    Meta will start working on detecting AI images generated from rival services ahead of the November 2024 US presidential election

  2. Ransomware Payments Hit $1bn All-Time High in 2023

    Chainalysis monitoring of blockchain transactions reveals ransomware payments hit a record $1bn in 2023

  3. Chinese Spies Hack Dutch Networks With Novel Coathanger Malware

    Dutch intelligence services have blamed China for an attack last year targeting FortiGuard devices

  4. Malware-as-a-Service Now the Top Threat to Organizations

    The Darktrace report observed an increasing cross-functional adaption of many MaaS strains in 2023

  5. Safer Internet Day: Two Million Brits Victims of Financial Identity Fraud

    A new report suggests nearly 2 million UK adults have had their identity stolen and used by fraudsters to open a financial account in 2023

  6. Meta's Oversight Board Urges a Policy Change After a Fake Biden Video

    A fake video showing US President Joe Biden touching his granddaughter’s chest remains on Facebook despite an Oversight Board investigation

  7. Latest Ivanti Zero Day Exploited By Scores of IPs

    Shadowserver Foundation spots 170 distinct IP addresses trying to exploit Ivanti zero-day CVE-2024-21893

  8. US Cracks Down on Spyware with Visa Restrictions

    The US government will deny visas to those involved in misusing spyware

  9. ResumeLooters Gang Raids Retail and Job Site Data

    Group-IB uncovers mass data theft campaign from Chinese-speaking ResumeLooters hackers

  10. Pennsylvania Courts’ Website Disrupted by DoS Attack

    A number of court web systems have been taken offline in the US state of Pennsylvania following a denial of service attack

  11. US Condemns Iran, Issues Sanctions for Cyber-Attacks on Critical Infrastructure

    The US has announced sanctions against six Iranians responsible for an attack on Unitronics, an Israeli manufacturer of systems used in the water sector

  12. AnyDesk Hit by Cyber-Attack and Customer Data Breach

    The cyber-attack that hit the remote tool provider could have a more significant impact than initially expected

  13. Clorox and Johnson Controls Reveal $76m Cyber-Attack Bill

    SEC filings reveal multimillion-dollar costs of two serious 2023 cyber-attacks on Clorox and Johnson Controls

  14. UK Court Backlog Blocks Attempts to Fight Fraud Epidemic

    KPMG research finds a similar number of high-value UK fraud cases heard in 2023 to previous year

  15. Teen Chatting App Wizz Removed from Apple and Google Stores for Sextortion Concerns

    The Tinder-like app has countered claims of being a hot spot for sextortion scammers

  16. Romance Scam Victims Surge in 2023

    New data from Lloyds found that romance scam victims increased by 22% in 2023, with the average amount lost per incident £6937

  17. Cloudflare Suffers Breach After Failing to Rotate Stolen Okta Credentials

    Cloudflare revealed suspected nation-state attackers compromised its systems and accessed source code using credentials stolen in the Okta breach

  18. LockBit Reigns Supreme in Soaring Ransomware Landscape

    The last quarter of 2023 saw an 80% year-on-year increase in ransomware victim claims, according to ReliaQuest

  19. US Agencies Failure to Oversee Ransomware Protections Threaten White House Goals

    A GAO report found that federal agencies are not assessing whether critical infrastructure sectors are implementing NIST ransomware protection guidance

  20. Interpol-Led Initiative Targets 1300 Suspicious IPs

    Global collaborative effort focused on combating the global rise of phishing, malware and ransomware

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