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Over 145,000 Industrial Control Systems Across 175 Countries Found Exposed Online

Over 145,000 Industrial Control Systems Across 175 Countries Found Exposed Online

New research has uncovered more than 145,000 internet-exposed Industrial Control Systems (ICS) across 175 countries, with the U.S. alone accounting for over one-third of the total exposures. The analysis, which comes from attack surface management… 

5 Scattered Spider Gang Members Indicted in Multi-Million Dollar Cybercrime Scheme

5 Scattered Spider Gang Members Indicted in Multi-Million Dollar Cybercrime Scheme

Nov 21, 2024Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Identity Theft Five alleged members of the infamous Scattered Spider cybercrime crew have been indicted in the U.S. for targeting employees of companies across the country using social engineering techniques… 

Google’s AI-Powered OSS-Fuzz Tool Finds 26 Vulnerabilities in Open-Source Projects

Google’s AI-Powered OSS-Fuzz Tool Finds 26 Vulnerabilities in Open-Source Projects

Nov 21, 2024Ravie LakshmananArtificial Intelligence / Software Security Google has revealed that its AI-powered fuzzing tool, OSS-Fuzz, has been used to help identify 26 vulnerabilities in various open-source code repositories, including a medium-severity flaw in… 

NodeStealer Malware Targets Facebook Ad Accounts, Harvesting Credit Card Data

NodeStealer Malware Targets Facebook Ad Accounts, Harvesting Credit Card Data

Threat hunters are warning about an updated version of the Python-based NodeStealer that’s now equipped to extract more information from victims’ Facebook Ads Manager accounts and harvest credit card data stored in web browsers. “They… 

Hackers Exploiting NFCGate to Steal Funds via Mobile Payments

Hackers Exploiting NFCGate to Steal Funds via Mobile Payments

Nov 20, 2024Ravie LakshmananPayment Security / Cybercrime Threat actors are increasingly banking on a new technique that leverages near-field communication (NFC) to cash out victim’s funds at scale. The technique, codenamed Ghost Tap by ThreatFabric,…