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Category: Digital Forensics

PyPI Attack: ChatGPT, Claude Impersonators Deliver JarkaStealer via Python Libraries

PyPI Attack: ChatGPT, Claude Impersonators Deliver JarkaStealer via Python Libraries

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two malicious packages uploaded to the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that impersonated popular artificial intelligence (AI) models like OpenAI ChatGPT and Anthropic Claude to deliver an information stealer called JarkaStealer. The packages, named gptplus and claudeai-eng, were uploaded by a user named “Xeroline” in November 2023, attracting 1,748 and 1,826 downloads, respectively. Both

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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 collect budget details of Facebook Ads Manager accounts of their victims, which might be a gateway for Facebook malvertisement,” Netskope Threat Labs

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Apple Releases Urgent Updates to Patch Actively Exploited Zero-Day Vulnerabilities

Apple Releases Urgent Updates to Patch Actively Exploited Zero-Day Vulnerabilities

Apple has released security updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, visionOS, and its Safari web browser to address two zero-day flaws that have come under active exploitation in the wild. The flaws are listed below – The iPhone maker said it addressed CVE-2024-44308 and CVE-2024-44309 with improved checks and improved state management, respectively. Not much is

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FBI Seeks Public Help to Identify Chinese Hackers Behind Global Cyber Intrusions

FBI Seeks Public Help to Identify Chinese Hackers Behind Global Cyber Intrusions

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has sought assistance from the public in connection with an investigation involving the breach of edge devices and computer networks belonging to companies and government entities. “An Advanced Persistent Threat group allegedly created and deployed malware (CVE-2020-12271) as part of a widespread series of indiscriminate computer intrusions designed

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