The threat landscape has been bustling in the second half of 2023, according to cybersecurity provider ESET. In its Threat Report: H2 2023, the firm recorded many significant cybersecurity incidents between June and November 2023, a period dominated by AI-related malicious activity and the emergence of new Android spyware.
According to the report, a new economy has arisen around OpenAI API keys and the ChatGPT name during that period, luring legitimate participants and cybercriminals alike.
ESET telemetry in H2 2023 blocked over 650,000 attempts to access malicious domains whose names include the string 'chapgpt' or similar text in an apparent reference to the ChatGPT chatbot.
ESET telemetry reported a significant surge in Android spyware detections, rising by 89% during the second half of 2023 compared with the previous reported period.
This is due to a significant number of legitimate Android apps starting to behave as.
Spyware in H2. The reason, ESET researchers noted, is a third-party software development kit identified by the firm as SpinOk Spyware.
Štefanko also provided specific recommendations to prevent this type of threat.
The MOVEit supply chain attack had a significant ripple effect throughout H2. According to cybersecurity provider Emsisoft, the hack has impacted almost 2700 organizations at the time of writing.
It was among the most impactful events of the year's second half, ESET observed.
Jakub Souček, another ESET senior malware researcher, commented that the MOVEit hack was one of the stories that stood out the most during 2023.
Other significant highlights observed by ESET included Magecart e-commerce cyber-attacks, botnets such as the internet-of-things-specific Mozi and the Android TV boxes savvy Pandora, and a rapidly emerging cryptostealer called Lumma Stealer.
Finally, ESET noted that the increasing value of Bitcoin has not been accompanied by a corresponding increase in cryptocurrency threats, diverging from past trends.
This Cyber News was published on www.infosecurity-magazine.com. Publication date: Wed, 27 Dec 2023 10:00:53 +0000