Cybersecurity

Metaverse poses serious privacy risks for users, report warns

The immersive internet experience known as the metaverse will erode users’ privacy unless significant steps are taken to improve and regulate how the technology captures and stores personal data, a new report from New York University argues. The metaverse relies on extended reality (XR) technologies — the umbrella term referring to augmented reality, virtual reality […]

Cybersecurity

Understanding and mitigating the security risks of chatbots

Chatbots are surging in popularity, with ChatGPT notably reaching a staggering 180.5 million unique visitors in August 2023. These bots are revolutionizing numerous industries, ranging from healthcare and travel to content creation and sales, offering businesses a more efficient way to engage with customers and cut labor costs. AI-powered service desks, for instance, streamline customer […]

Cybersecurity

Nearly 12,000 Juniper Firewalls Found Vulnerable to Recently Disclosed RCE Vulnerability

Sep 19, 2023THNNetwork Security / Exploit New research has found that close to 12,000 internet-exposed Juniper firewall devices are vulnerable to a recently disclosed remote code execution flaw. VulnCheck, which discovered a new exploit for CVE-2023-36845, said it could be exploited by an “unauthenticated and remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on Juniper firewalls without […]

Cybersecurity

CapraTube | Transparent Tribe’s CapraRAT Mimics YouTube to Hijack Android Phones

Executive Summary SentinelLabs identified three Android application packages (APK) linked to Transparent Tribe’s CapraRAT mobile remote access trojan (RAT). These apps mimic the appearance of YouTube, though they are less fully featured than the legitimate native Android YouTube application. CapraRAT is a highly invasive tool that gives the attacker control over much of the data […]