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US Government officials targeted with texts and AI-generated deepfake voice messages impersonating senior U.S. officials

Security Affairs

“Contact information acquired through social engineering schemes could also be used to impersonate contacts to elicit information or funds.” Always confirm authenticity before responding, and contact security officials or the FBI if uncertain. Avoid clicking links or downloading files from unverified sources.

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News alert: SquareX discloses nasty browser-native ransomware that’s undetectable by antivirus

The Last Watchdog

Ransomware attacks typically involve tricking victims into downloading and installing the ransomware, which copies, encrypts, and/or deletes critical data on the device, only to be restored upon the ransom payment. Traditionally, the primary target of ransomware has been the victims device. .

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Mobile Malware Uses Deepfakes, Social Engineering to Bypass Biometric Authentication

SecureWorld News

A sophisticated form of mobile malware dubbed "GoldPickaxe" has been uncovered, which collects facial recognition data to produce deepfake videos, enabling hackers to bypass biometric authentication protections on banking apps. The hackers rely heavily on social engineering tactics to distribute the malware.

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The Impact of AI on Social Engineering Cyber Attacks

SecureWorld News

Social engineering attacks have long been a threat to businesses worldwide, statistically comprising roughly 98% of cyberattacks worldwide. Given the much more psychologically focused and methodical ways that social engineering attacks can be conducted, it makes spotting them hard to do.

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Glove Stealer bypasses Chrome’s App-Bound Encryption to steal cookies

Security Affairs

The malware could harvest a huge trove of data from infected systems, including cookies, autofill, cryptocurrency wallets, 2FA authenticators, password managers, and email client information. To extract cookies from Chromium-based browsers, it downloads a module from the C&C to bypass App-Bound encryption.

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News alert: SquareX discloses ‘Browser Syncjacking’ – a new attack to hijack browser

The Last Watchdog

The extension then silently authenticates the victim into a Chrome profile managed by the attackers Google Workspace. Once this authentication occurs, the attacker has full control over the newly managed profile in the victims browser, allowing them to push automated policies such as disabling safe browsing and other security features.

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Threat actor impersonates Google via fake ad for Authenticator

Malwarebytes

Not only does this trick innocent victims into downloading malware or losing their data to phishing sites, it also erodes trust in brands and by association in Google Search itself. This was the case here with this ad for Authenticator: The truth is Larry Marr has nothing to do with Google, and is likely a fake account.