Bite Sized Cyber Crime

Mastodon Patched Multiple Severe Vulnerabilities

Mastodon is a decentralized social media platform that allows users to join servers suited to their interests and desires. However, in a recent pen test multiple vulnerabilities were revealed that could be detrimental to unpatched instances.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/JwGYH4Xs

LetMeSpy Stalkerware Breached

A lot of our fears with malware involve being spied on, but it doesn't take a master hacker to spy on you. LetMeSpy was an app that could be unknowingly downloaded on your device and now that it's breached your private conversations may be public.
 
Sources: https://pastebin.com/aUrTRBGA

Let’s Talk About AI and Security...

Everyone and their mom has heard of ChatGPT, and it is becoming necessary to address it's massive growth. I'll go over some of the basic risks generative AI brings to security.
 
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MOVEit Vulnerability Moved Data to Ransomware Group

MOVEit is a file transfer software that's been in the news for all the wrong reasons, so what exactly happened with it? Who is impacted? Who is responsible? Find out today.
 
Sources: https://pastebin.com/4RqNvNya

Heartbleed: The Vulnerability that Made Private Keys Public

Public key cryptography is a huge part of securing internet communications as a whole, and the scary thing is one wrong implementation in the software behind it can expose countless data. This occurred in 2014 with the Heartbleed bug.
 
Sources: https://pastebin.com/eLiznYVu

Operation Triangulation: A Clickless Exploit

Usually the standard advice for malware is not to click on any links or download any files. But some malware doesn't require any action from the user, including this campaign for iOS devices, to spy on you.
 
Sources: https://pastebin.com/mM5YvytS

Cosmicenergy Malware Designed to Disrupt Power Grids

Most malware, even if it affects our lives stays confined to the digital world, but in some rare cases malware is able to cause physical disruptions to utilities and even threaten human life. These strains may be becoming more commonplace.
Sources: https://pastebin.com/PejA6gE9

The .zip TLD Debate

Google recently made many TLDs available for the public to use, however two of them sparked much debate due to the names already being file extensions, .zip and .mov. Some say this will bring on a new wave of phishing, others say it likely won't be significant.
 
Sources: https://pastebin.com/x9h1s1rC