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Modular macOS Stealer Uses Kill Loops to Force Password Entry
A new macOS stealer has been observed pairing the paste-a-command social engineering of a ClickFix lure with a coercion routine that rendered the machine unusable until the victim surrendered their password. According to new research from Group-IB published on June 16, the malware, dubbed ClickLock Stealer, has hit at least 100 victims across 33 countries in…
New Research: Hackers Are Using AI-Written Code to Spread Malware
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Data Breach Confirmed After Australian Energy Giant Origin Is Hacked
Australia’s Origin Energy Limited has confirmed suffering a data breach, and a hacker claims to have accessed the records of millions of customers. Headquartered in Sydney, Origin Energy is one of Australia’s largest electricity and gas retailers while also engaging in power generation, natural gas exploration and production, and renewable energy initiatives. On July 22,…
This Week in Scams: Pokémon Card Cons, Email Extortion, and a Viral AI Wedding Photo
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Pakistani Police Systems Hit by Chinese and Indian Espionage
Two rival nation-state cyber espionage operations, one linked to China and the other to India, have converged on the same Pakistani police force. According to new analysis published by SentinelLabs, the research arm of SentinelOne, on July 9, suspected China- and India-nexus actors ran intrusion campaigns against several Pakistani law enforcement bodies between February 2024 and…
