Cybercriminals have launched a black hat search engine optimization (SEO) campaign exploiting the interest surrounding Apple's newly released tablet computer, iPad, according to researchers at web security vendor Websense. Searches for “apple tablet announcement” have been poisoned by attackers and now yield a malicious link within the top five search results for a site promoting rogue anti-virus products. Other recent SEO campaigns have leveraged the crisis in Haiti, the movie Avatar and Google's new Nexus One smartphone. – AM
Vulnerable Apache NiFi implementations are being targeted in new attacks deploying the Kinsing cryptomining malware, as indicated by the significant increase in HTTP requests for "/nifi" on May 19, according to The Hacker News.
Numerous fraudulent websites masquerading as legitimate software, including ChatGPT, Gimp, AstraChat, and Go To Meeting, have been used in a new RomCom malware campaign by Cuba ransomware affiliate Void Rabisu, also known as Tropical Scorpius, from December 2022 to April 2023, which was mostly targeted at Eastern Europe, according to BleepingComputer.