macOS ClickFix attacks deliver AppleScript stealers • The Register

A ClickFix campaign targeting macOS users delivers an AppleScript-based infostealer that collects credentials and live session cookies from 14 browsers, 16 cryptocurrency wallets, and more than 200 extensions. Netskope Threat Labs researcher Jan Michael Alcantara told The Register the team initially observed the campaign last month, and has seen similar instances as recently as last…

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Ex-FBI lead urges homicide charges against ransomware scum • The Register

If a cyberattack leads to a death, that’s murder. A former FBI cyber division chief urged the US Justice Department to consider felony homicide charges against ransomware actors when attacks on hospitals lead to patient deaths. In testimony before a US House of Representatives subcommittee hearing, Cynthia Kaiser, former deputy assistant director of the FBI’s…

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