Tag: scam

Strava heatmap feature can be abused to find home addresses

June 12, 2023

According to BleepingComputer*, Researchers at the North Carolina State University Raleigh have discovered a privacy risk in the Strava app’s heatmap feature that could lead to identifying users’ home addresses. Strava is a popular running companion and fitness-tracking application with over 100 million users worldwide, helping people track their heart rate, activity details, GPS location, … More Strava heatmap feature can be abused to find home addresses

ESET Research deconstructs Asylum Ambuscade: group focused on cybercrime, cyberespionage and cyberattacks

June 9, 2023

Today, ESET Research released its analysis of Asylum Ambuscade, a cybercrime group that has been performing cyberespionage operations on the side. The group has been running cyberespionage campaigns since at least 2020. ESET found previous compromises of government officials and employees of state-owned companies in Central Asian countries and Armenia. In 2022 the group reportedly … More ESET Research deconstructs Asylum Ambuscade: group focused on cybercrime, cyberespionage and cyberattacks

Hear no evil: Ultrasound attacks on voice assistants

June 8, 2023

How  your voice assistant could do the bidding of a hacker – without you ever hearing a thing. Regular WeLiveSecurity readers won’t be stunned to read that cyberattacks and their methods keep evolving as bad actors continue to enhance their repertoire. It’s also become a common refrain that as security vulnerabilities are found and patched … More Hear no evil: Ultrasound attacks on voice assistants

Deepfakes being used in ‘sextortion’ scams

June 8, 2023

Miscreants are using AI to create faked images of a sexual nature, which they then employ in sextortion schemes. Scams of this sort used to see crims steal intimate images – or convince victims to send share them – before demanding payments to prevent their wide release. But scammers are now accessing publicly available and … More Deepfakes being used in ‘sextortion’ scams

MOVEit hack update: BBC, BA and Boots issued with ultimatum by cyber gang Clop

June 7, 2023

BBC reports* that a prolific cyber crime gang has issued an ultimatum to victims of a hack that has hit organisations around the world. The Clop group posted a notice on the dark web warning those affected by the MOVEit hack to email them before 14 June or stolen data will be published. More than … More MOVEit hack update: BBC, BA and Boots issued with ultimatum by cyber gang Clop