Monthly Security Bulletin – June 2023

This month hot topics:

• What does ChatGPT know about phishing?  
• Cyber-Risk Declines But 78% of Organizations Predict Successful Attacks in Coming Year 
• New Cactus ransomware encrypts itself to evade antivirus  
• FBI nukes Russian Snake data theft malware with self-destruct command  
• Plenty of Phish in the Sea—Your Guide to Spotting Phishing Emails and Scams    
• New phishing-as-a-service tool “Greatness” already seen in the wild          
• Top 5 Password Cracking Techniques Used by Hackers       
• Airline exposes passenger info to others due to a ‘technical error’  
• Open-source Cobalt Strike port ‘Geacon’ used in macOS attacks    
• Parental control app with 5 million downloads vulnerable to attacks          
• KeePass exploit helps retrieve cleartext master password, fix coming soon
• Android phones are vulnerable to fingerprint brute-force attacks   
• Mobile Spyware — How You Can Keep Stalkers Off Your Phone       
• Why Are Some Countries Banning TikTok?   
• How I Got Started: White Hat Hacker
• Three Reasons You Need a VPN        
• Brute-Forcing a Fingerprint Reader   
• Android apps with spyware installed 421 million times from Google Play  
• What is the Dark Web? The Answer Can Help You Stay Safer Online.          
• RomCom malware spread via Google Ads for ChatGPT, GIMP, more          
• Microsoft finds macOS bug that lets hackers bypass SIP root restrictions