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Cybercriminals Hijacking Vulnerable SSH Servers in New Proxyjacking An active financially motivated campaign is targeting vulnerable SSH servers to covertly ensnare them into a proxy network. Unlike cryptojacking, in which the resources are used to illicitly mine cryptocurrency, proxyjacking offers the ability for threat actors to leverage the victim’s unused bandwidth to secretly run different…

WhatsApp Upgrades Proxy Feature to Counter Internet Shutdowns In January, WhatsApp officially launched support for proxy servers. This allows users to bypass government-imposed censorship and internet shutdowns by adding a proxy address to their WhatsApp accounts. Internet shutdowns have been increasingly common across the world during times of crises, conflicts, communal violence, and to prevent…

3 Steps to Secure AI Usage with SaaS Security It is the basic yet imperative first step to both understanding and controlling AI usage. Employees using AI tools experience the advantages of quick answers and accurate results, enabling them to perform their jobs more effectively and efficiently.2) Implementing Robust Security Measures Identifying the permissions AI…

Iranian Hackers Use POWERSTAR Backdoor in Targeted Espionage Attacks Charming Kitten, an Iranian nation-state actor affiliated with the IRGC, has been attributed to a spearphishing campaign that delivers an updated version of a PowerShell backdoor called POWERSTAR. The group also uses other implants such as PowerLess and BellaCiao to carry out its espionage operations. According…

Meta’s Nick Clegg discusses how AI is reshaping the feed. Last July, as the Instagram feed began to fill up with recommended posts, the company was thrown briefly into crisis. Kylie Jenner opined,“Make Instagram Instagram again,” opined Kim Kardashian. After I watched a few Reels from one popular comedian that a friend had sent me,…

Google is in hot water over its new video ads The report centers around one of Google’s video ad formats, called TrueView. Adalytics discovered that Google has been placing ads in small, muted video players that appear in the corner of the screen. This violates US sanctions. Google is facing scrutiny over claims it misled…

Apple is worth $3 trillion AAPL briefly crossed the $3 trillion mark in January, 2022, and today its market cap hit that bar again. Shares traded at a price above $192 immediately after trading began on Friday. In May, Apple reported an all-time high for its installed base of active devices and a March quarter…

Meta to Let EU Download Apps through Facebook Meta is planning to let people in the EU directly download apps through Facebook ads, setting the company up to eventually compete with Google and Apple’s app stores. The new type of ad is set to start as a pilot with a handful of Android app developers…

Google is no longer providing local news links in Canada Google will be removing links to Canadian news in its Canadian editions of Search, News, and Discover due to the recent passage of the Online News Act. The law, also called Bill C-18, forces big tech companies like Google and Meta to pay news publishers…

From MuddyC3 to PhonyC2: Iran’s Evolving Cyber Weapon The Iranian state-sponsored espionage group dubbed MuddyWater uses a previously unknown command-and-control (C2) framework called PhonyC2. This framework has been put to use by the actor since 2021. It is structurally and functionally similar to MuddyC3, a previous MuddleWater custom C2 framework that was written in Python…