Security company ProjectDiscovery secures $25 million in funding and introduces its ProjectDiscovery Cloud Platform, aiming to democratize cybersecurity and enhance vulnerability management.
Interpol and Afripol’s joint operation, Africa Cyber Surge II, resulted in the arrest of 14 suspected cybercriminals and the shutdown of over 20,000 suspicious computer networks, significantly impacting cybercrime in Africa.
A social engineering campaign targeting users of the Zimbra Collaboration email server has been ongoing since April 2023, primarily focusing on small and medium-sized enterprises and governmental entities in Poland, Ecuador, Italy, Mexico, and Russia, using phishing emails and fake login pages to steal login credentials.
A recent report by CyCognito highlights the vulnerability crisis in web applications, revealing that 74% of web applications have personally identifiable information (PII) that is vulnerable to known major exploits.
Google plans to enhance user security by introducing a proactive alert system in Chrome 117 that notifies users when an installed extension has been removed from the Chrome Web Store, providing them with the ability to review and make informed decisions about their extensions and automatically deactivating malware-labeled extensions.
Chinese threat actors known as Bronze Starlight have been targeting the Southeast Asian gambling sector through cyberattacks, using exploits in Microsoft Edge, McAfee VirusScan, and Adobe Creative Cloud executables to distribute malware, specifically Cobalt Strike beacons, with the motive of data collection and monitoring.
