ChatGPT-Written Malware

I don’t know how much of a thing this will end up being, but we are seeing ChatGPT-written malware in the wild.

…within a few weeks of ChatGPT going live, participants in cybercrime forums—­some with little or no coding experience­—were using it to write software and emails that could be used for espionage, ransomware, malicious spam, and other malicious tasks.

“It’s still too early to decide whether or not ChatGPT capabilities will become the new favorite tool for participants in the Dark Web,” company researchers wrote. “However, the cybercriminal community has already shown significant interest and are jumping into this latest trend to generate malicious code.”…

January 10, 2023
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Kinsing malware targets Kubernetes environments via misconfigured PostgreSQL

Kinsing cryptojacking operators are exploiting misconfigured and exposed PostgreSQL servers to access Kubernetes environments. Researchers at Microsoft Defender for Cloud observed threat actors behind the Kinsing cryptojacking operation using two methods to gain initial access in Kubernetes environments: exploitation of weakly configured PostgreSQL containers and exploiting vulnerable images. The crypto-miner Kinsing was first spotted by security firm […]

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January 10, 2023
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Airline company Air France-KLM discloses security breach

Airline company Air France-KLM is notifying the customers of its loyalty program Flying Blue of a data breach. Airline company Air France-KLM announced it has suffered a data breach, data belonging to customers of its loyalty program Flying Blue were exposed. The Flying Blue loyalty program is used by other airlines, including Aircalin, Kenya Airways, […]

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January 10, 2023
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Resecurity Released a Status Report on Drug Trafficking in the Dark Web (2022-2023)

Cybersecurity firm Resecurity published report on drug trafficking marketplaces currently operating in the Dark Web Resecurity, a Los Angeles-based cybersecurity and risk management provider has released an eye-opening report on drug trafficking marketplaces currently operating in the Dark Web. The report highlights a rapidly growing shadow economy, and new communication methods such as proprietary Android-based […]

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January 9, 2023
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inSicurezzaDigitale launches the Dashboard Ransomware Monitor

The cybersecurity blog inSicurezzaDigitale has launched the Italian Dashboard Ransomware Monitor to analyze the principal RaaSs’ activities. Here it comes, inSicurezzaDigitale announced the Dashboard Ransomware Monitor, it is the second project after the recent presentation of the project Mastodon. The Dashboard is very easy to use and it is available via this link: ransom.insicurezzadigitale.com The […]

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January 9, 2023
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Dridex targets MacOS users with a new delivery technique

Experts warn of a new variant of the Dridex banking malware that is targeting systems using the macOS operating system. Trend Micro experts discovered a new variant of the Dridex banking malware that targets the MacOS platform and that used a new technique to deliver documents embedded with malicious macros. The Dridex banking Trojan that has been […]

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January 8, 2023
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 401 by Pierluigi Paganini

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. Chick-fil-A launched an investigation into “suspicious activity” IcedID malware campaign targets Zoom users Hive Ransomware gang […]

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January 8, 2023
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Chick-fil-A launched an investigation into “suspicious activity”

American fast food restaurant chain Chick-fil-A informed its customers of having launched an investigation into “suspicious activity.” Chick-fil-A is an American fast food restaurant chain, it is the country’s largest which specializes in chicken sandwiches. The company informed its customers of having launched an investigation into “suspicious activity on some customer accounts.” “We are investigating suspicious […]

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January 8, 2023
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