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Interpol busts African Cybercrime An Interpol-led operation has led to the arrest of 1,006 suspects across 19 African countries and 134,089 malicious infrastructures and networks were taken down as part of a coordinated effort to disrupt cybercrime in Africa. The law enforcement operation dubbed Serengeti, took place between September 2 and October 31, 2024, and targeted criminals behind ransomware, business email compromise (BEC), digital extortion, and online scams. Read More : https://lnkd.in/e7sp79YC #africa #africancybercrime #serengeti #interpol #nigeria #southafrica #law #operationserengeti #africacybersecurity #cybersecurity #whizsecurity #infosecurity #hacking #cybersafe #cybersafenews

Meta removes 2 Million accounts linked to cyber crime activities Meta has announced that it has taken down over 2 million accounts linked to cyber crime activities, particularly focusing on schemes like ‘pig butchering.’ Meta removed these accounts from its ecosystem and partnered with law enforcement agencies in those countries to share intelligence to disrupt the scam operations at their core. Read More : https://lnkd.in/etPQmczb #meta #cybercrime #scamaccounts #scam #pigbutchering #scamslave #cryptocurrency #metaplatform #cybersecurity #whizsecurity #infosecurity #hacking #cybersafe #cybersafenews

Google uses large language model to find real-world vulnerability Researchers at Google said that they have discovered the first vulnerability using a large language model which is an exploitable stack buffer underflow in SQLite. According to a blog post, Google said it believes the bug is the first public example of an AI tool finding a previously unknown exploitable memory-safety issue in widely used real-world software. The vulnerability was found in SQLite, an open source database engine popular among developers.   Read More : https://lnkd.in/e5G77Gw5 #google #zeroday #vulnerability #projectzero #artificialintelligence #bigsleep #deepmind #googledeepmind  #cybersecurity #whizsecurity #infosecurity #hacking #cybersafe #cybersafenews

DDoS attacks service provider websites seized by authorities German police shut down DDoS-for-hire platform Dstat.cc and arrested two men accused of operating the site used for launching DDoS attacks. Two men, aged 19 and 28 from Darmstadt and Rhein-Lahn, were arrested in Germany for allegedly managing criminal infrastructure used for DDoS attacks and large-scale drug trafficking. Authorities accuse them of running the online platform “Flight RCS,” which sold designer drugs and the facilitation of DDoS attacks.   Read More :https://lnkd.in/ee3D6Dnu #ddos #ddosattack #germany #cyberattack #drugtrafficking #poweroff #operationpoweroff #lawenforcement #cybersecurity #whizsecurity #infosecurity #hacking #cybersafe #cybersafenews

Google Warns of Samsung Zero-Day exploited in the wild Google’s Threat Analysis Group researchers warn of a Samsung zero-day vulnerability that is actively exploited in the wild. The vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-44068 (CVSS score of 8.1) is a use-after-free issue, which could be exploited to escalate privileges on a vulnerable Android device. Read More : https://lnkd.in/dMUKbJT3 #samsung #vulnerability #zeroday #securityflaw #samsungzeroday #google #threatanalysisgroup #googletag #android #cybersecurity #whizsecurity #infosecurity #itsecurity #hacking #cybersafe #cybersafenews

Follow @cybersafe.news Bumblebee malware returns in recent attacks. The Bumblebee malware loader was found in recent attacks after Europol disrupted it during 'Operation Endgame' in May. The malware, believed to be the creation of TrickBot developers, emerged in 2022 as a replacement for the BazarLoader backdoor to provide ransomware threat actors access to victim networks. Read More : https://lnkd.in/dpHW2WMn #malware #bumblebee #bumblebeemalware #botnet #netskope #europol #trickbot #bazarloader #cybersecurity #whizsecurity #infosecurity #hacking #cybersafe #cybersafenews

OpenAI confirms hackers use ChatGPT to write malware OpenAI has confirmed that hackers are exploiting its AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT, to create malware and conduct cyberattacks. OpenAI has disrupted over 20 malicious cyber operations abusing ChatGPT, for debugging and developing malware, spreading misinformation, evading detection, and conducting spear-phishing attacks. Read More : https://lnkd.in/etNHJEc8 #chatgpt #malware #chatbot #artificialintelligence #ai #openai #proofpoint #cybersecurity #whizsecurity #infosecurity #hacking #cybersafe #cybersafenews

Star Health Insurance data breach affects 31 M customers Star Health and Allied Insurance confirmed that it was hit by a malicious cyber attack which resulted in “unauthorized and illegal access to certain data. The Indian health insurance provider assured that its operations remained unaffected. A thorough and rigorous forensic investigation, led by independent cybersecurity experts, is underway, and the insurance provider is working closely with government and regulatory authorities at every stage of this investigation. Read More : https://lnkd.in/gkYsaEJN #databreach #insurance #starhealth #starhealthinsurance #dataleak #india #insurancecompany #healthinsurance #cybersecurity #whizsecurity #infosecurity #itsecurity #hacking #cybersafe #cybersafenews

Internet Archive data breach impacts 31 M user accounts Internet Archive's "The Wayback Machine" has suffered a data breach after a threat actor compromised the website and stole a user authentication database containing 31 million records. A malicious JavaScript pop-up appeared on the Internet Archive website alerting the visitors that the Internet Archive was breached. The message read as "Have you ever felt like the Internet Archive runs on sticks and is constantly on the verge of suffering a catastrophic security breach? It just happened. See 31 million of you on HIBP!"   Read More : https://lnkd.in/gCgztBQb #internetarchive #thewaybackmachine #databreach #ddos #ddosattack #javascript #hibp #waybackmachine #cybersecurity #whizsecurity #infosecurity #hacking #cybersafe #cybersafenews

Japanese video sharing site Niconico hit by cyberattack The Japanese video-sharing platform, Niconico, was forced to temporarily suspend its services following a large-scale cyberattack on June 8th. In response to the incident, the company temporarily suspended Niconico Family Services such as Niconico Video, Niconico Live Broadcast, Niconico Channel, etc. The company also suspended the Niconico Account login on external services. Read More : https://lnkd.in/euWwtwnV #japan #videosharingsite #niconicon #cyberattack #ransomware #niconicovideo #niconicochannel #cybersecurity #whizsecurity #infosecurity #hacking #cybersafe #cybersafenews