Smart home assistants at risk from “NUIT” ultrasound attack

Categories: News

Tags: ultrasound

Tags: NUIT

Tags: speakers

Tags: microphone

Tags: device

Tags: IoT

Tags: assistant

Tags: alexa

Tags: siri

Tags: google

Tags: silent

We take a look at research for an IoT attack called NUIT, capable of hijacking voice assistants via ultrasonic attack.

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“Log-out king” Instagram scammer gets accounts taken down, then charges to reinstate them

Categories: News

Tags: Instagram scam

Tags: Instascammer

Tags: ban-as-a-service

Tags: BaaS

Tags: takedown-for-hire

Tags: OBN Brandon

Tags: obnbrandon

Tags: OBN

A fraudster going by OBN Brandon has been defrauding Instagram influencers and entertainment figures out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by taking down their accounts and then asking for money to get them back up again.

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Fake DDoS services set up to trap cybercriminals

Categories: News

Tags: NCA

Tags: national crime agency

Tags: DDoS

Tags: distributed denial of service

Tags: booter

Tags: underground

The British National Crime Agency has been setting up fake DDoS services to teach people a lesson in what not to do online.

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ChatGPT helps both criminals and law enforcement, says Europol report

Categories: News

Tags: ChatGPT

Tags: large language models

Tags: LLMs

Tags: jailbreak

Tags: restrictions

Tags: impersonating

Tags: misinformation

Subject matter experts at Europol were asked to explore how criminals can abuse LLMs such as ChatGPT, as well as how they may assist investigators in their daily work

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Ransomware gunning for transport sector’s OT systems next

Categories: News

Categories: Ransomware

Tags: ENISA

Tags: operational technology

Tags: OT

Tags: OT systems

Tags: ransomware

ENISA released a report tackling the threat landscape of the transportation industry. And it has foreseen the targeting of OT systems in the future.

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A week in security (March 20 – 26)

Categories: News

Tags: potentially unwanted programs

Tags: PUP

Tags: ViLE

Tags: Google

Tags: Magecart

Tags: skimmer

Tags: skimming

Tags: NBA

Tags: Google Pixel crop

Tags: Kritec Magecart

Tags: fake IRS tax mail

Tags: Emotet

Tags: BreachForums

Tags: Bitcoin ATM

Tags: Bitcoin

Tags: USB bomb

Tags: USB

Tags: ChatGPT

The most interesting security related news from the week of March 20 – 26.

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