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Threat actors leverage meeting software applications and tools to penetrate weak security loopholes, infiltrate secure settings and organizations, steal highly confidential information, and restrict organizational functions.

Recorded Future’s Insikt group has recently unveiled a long-term campaign aimed at macOS cryptocurrency users, conducted by the “markopolo” threat actor.

The alleged virtual meeting software is Vortax, a carrier for three potent infostealers: Rhadamanthys, Stealc, and Atomic macOS Stealer (AMOS).

Exploiting these vulnerabilities in macOS denotes an alarming increase in AMOS attacks and malicious apps that put user security at risk.

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Jun 19, 2024NewsroomCybercrime / Cryptocurrency

A threat actor who goes by alias markopolo has been identified as behind a large-scale cross-platform scam that targets digital currency users on social media with information stealer malware and carries out cryptocurrency theft.

The attack chains involve the use of a purported virtual meeting software named Vortax (and 23 other apps) that are used as a conduit to deliver Rhadamanthys, StealC, and Atomic macOS Stealer (AMOS), Recorded Future’s Insikt Group said in an analysis published this week.

“This campaign, primarily targeting cryptocurrency users, marks a significant rise in macOS security threats and reveals an expansive network of malicious applications,” the cybersecurity company noted, describing markopolo as “agile,…

When you think about receiving messages from the dead, psychic mediums performing séances is what would usually come to mind but, perhaps this is no longer the case.

Eternal Applications, a web hosting company based in Massachusetts, recently launched an “after-life messaging platform”, allowing users to create personalised messages that will be delivered to family and friends after the users die.

It used an administrator system that notifies when a user has died so their messages can be queued up, Eternal Applications said in a news release, USA Today reported.

The firm aims to provide “peace of mind to users” who want their legacy, wisdom or life stories shared and…

TikTok will start working with a digital watermark system called Content Credentials to help identify more photos, videos and audio-only content created using artificial intelligence tools from the likes of Microsoft, Adobe and OpenAI.

The Chinese social networking giant, which is fighting a potential ban in the US over national security concerns, already labels AI-generated content made using TikTok’s AI effects tools. The company said its new moves will be part of an expanding effort to fight disinformation and misinformation. 

“AI enables incredible creative opportunities, but can confuse or mislead viewers if they don’t know content was AI-generated,” TikTok said in a statement. “Labeling helps make that context clear.”

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