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Dark Reading
AI apps that interpret external data (read: most AI apps) need exceptionally rigorous security filters, or attackers can take advantage.
The Hacker News
Numerous Windows machines located in South Korea have been targeted by a botnet tracked as PseudoManuscrypt since at least May 2021 by employing the same delivery tactics of another malware called CryptBot. "PseudoManuscrypt is disguised as an installer that is similar to a form of CryptBot, and is being distributed," South Korean cybersecurity company AhnLab Security Emergency Response Center (
Graham Cluley
For years, "The Spine Collector" has been haunting publishers around the world, attempting to steal manuscripts by famous authors. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Dark Reading
The "PseudoManuscrypt" operation infected some 35,000 computers with cyber-espionage malware and targeted computers in both government and private industry.
Graham Cluley
Who has been playing video games rather than hunting down criminals? How is a man alleged to have stolen manuscripts of unpublished books from celebrity authors? Which pot contains an elephant? And why has Graham been listening to podcasts about pest control marketing? All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault.
Bleeping Computer
An Italian man allegedly involved in a multi-year scheme to fraudulently obtain hundreds of prepublication manuscripts was arrested on Wednesday at the John F. Kennedy International Airport, in New York. [...]
The Hacker News
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a "human-operated phishing platform" that impersonates advertising products for artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots like Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude, OpenAI ChatGPT, Perplexity, Meta Muse, and Manus. The products, which claim to offer campaign optimization, spend audits, and business-account connections, are designed with one goal in
The Hacker News
The North Korean threat actor known as Lazarus Group has been attributed to the zero-day exploitation of a now-patched security flaw in Google Chrome to seize control of infected devices. Cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky said it discovered a novel attack chain in May 2024 that targeted the personal computer of an unnamed Russian national with the Manuscrypt backdoor. This entails triggering the
The Hacker News
The North Korea-backed Lazarus Group has been observed leveraging the Log4Shell vulnerability in VMware Horizon servers to deploy the NukeSped (aka Manuscrypt) implant against targets located in its southern counterpart. "The attacker used the Log4j vulnerability on VMware Horizon products that were not applied with the security patch," AhnLab Security Emergency Response Center (ASEC) said in a