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From Deepfakes to Malware: AI's Expanding Role in Cyber Attacks

The Hacker News

Large language models (LLMs) powering artificial intelligence (AI) tools today could be exploited to develop self-augmenting malware capable of bypassing YARA rules.

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Microsoft disables macros to curtail Malware Cyber Attacks

CyberSecurity Insiders

Microsoft has made it official that it has disabled macros across its office products to block malware cyber attacks. The post Microsoft disables macros to curtail Malware Cyber Attacks appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Experts Uncover Year-Long Cyber Attack on IT Firm Utilizing Custom Malware RDStealer

The Hacker News

A highly targeted cyber attack against an East Asian IT company involved the deployment of a custom malware written in Golang called RDStealer.

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Russia launching wiper malware cyber attacks against Ukraine

CyberSecurity Insiders

After almost 6 months of war with Ukraine, Russia seems to have hit it digitally and so is reportedly launching wiper cyber attacks that could clean off data on the targeted computers on a permanent note. From March this year, Moscow indulged in disinformation spread, DDoS attacks on Ukraine and other hacktivists related campaigns.

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Save the Children confirms it was hit by cyber attack

Security Affairs

The charity organization Save the Children International revealed that it was hit by a cyber attack. A Save The Children spokesperson told Recorded Future News that the cyber attack had no impact on the operations of the organization.

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Escalating China-Taiwan Tensions Fuel Alarming Surge in Cyber Attacks

The Hacker News

The rising geopolitical tensions between China and Taiwan in recent months have sparked a noticeable uptick in cyber attacks on the East Asian island country.

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Iranian Hackers Launch Destructive Cyber Attacks on Israeli Tech and Education Sectors

The Hacker News

Israeli higher education and tech sectors have been targeted as part of a series of destructive cyber attacks that commenced in January 2023 with an aim to deploy previously undocumented wiper malware.

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