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Add This Surprising ‘Palate Cleanser’ to Your Thanksgiving Spread
I host a full Friendsgiving meal in early November because it’s truly heartwarming to bring my chosen family all together for a home cooked meal—but low-key. I also need to test side dishes to share with you all. This year, the most surprising dish I made wasn’t squash, or another spin on sweet potatoes, but a resurrection of summer fruit.…
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FIN7 hackers launch deepfake nude “generator” sites to spread malware
Image: Midjourney The notorious APT hacking group known as FIN7 has launched a network of fake AI-powered deepnude generator sites to infect visitors with information-stealing malware. FIN7 is believed to be a Russian hacking group that has been conducting financial fraud and cybercrime since 2013, with ties to ransomware gangs, such as DarkSide, BlackMatter, and BlackCat, who recently conducted an exit scam after stealing…
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Fake browser updates spread updated WarmCookie malware
A new ‘FakeUpdate’ campaign targeting users in France leverages compromised websites to show fake browser and application updates that spread a new version of the WarmCookie backdoor. FakeUpdate is a cyberattack strategy used by a threat group known as ‘SocGolish’ who compromises or creates fake websites to show visitors fake update prompts for a variety of applications, such as web browsers,…
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Meta, Snap, and TikTok partner to stop the spread of suicide and self-harm content
Meta, Snap, and TikTok have founded a new program called Thrive to help stop the spread of graphic content depicting or encouraging self-harm and suicide. Thrive enables participating companies to share “signals” to alert each other of violating content on their platforms. Thrive is built in conjunction with the Mental Health Coalition, a charitable organization that says it works to…
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Azure domains and Google abused to spread disinformation and malware
A clever disinformation campaign engages several Microsoft Azure and OVH cloud subdomains as well as Google search to promote malware and spam sites. Android users receive a “new info related to…” Google search notification about a subject they have previously searched about, but are then presented with misleading search results, driving traffic to scam websites disguised as infotainment articles. Polluted search results…
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