Making deepfakes is getting easier, and they’re more convincing than ever. Cybercriminals are using video and audio deepfakes to extort money from victims by adding a credible “fake authenticity” to their scams.

Ever since the first person said “the camera never lies,” there have been people out to prove otherwise. Creative photographers in the late 19th century used simple tricks to create faked images.

The “person in a bottle” gag enjoyed its moment of popularity. Take a photograph of yourself in a suitable pose. Develop and print the photograph at the appropriate size. Cut out your image, pop it into a glass bottle, and take another photograph of yourself holding the bottle. Hey presto, you have an image of yourself holding a bottle containing a miniature version of yourself.

The XLoader Windows infostealer malware has now been upgraded to attack macOS users.

Researchers warn about a new malware that hides among Windows Defender’s exclusions to evade detection by the antivirus program.

The UK, US and EU have accused China of carrying out a major cyber-attack earlier this year on Microsoft Exchange email servers.

The attack affected at least 30000 organisations globally.

The UK said Chinese state-backed actors were responsible, while the EU said the attack came from “the territory of China”.

China has previously denied allegations of hacking and says it opposes all forms of cyber-crime.

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Facepalm: Microsoft is once again advising its customers to disable Windows print spooler, after a new vulnerability that allows hackers to execute malicious code on machines has emerged. While a patch fixing the flaw will be released in due course, the most effective workaround currently on the table is to stop and disable the print spooler service entirely.

This is the third print spooler vulnerability to emerge in just five weeks. While a critical flaw was originally identified and patched in June, a similar flaw – dubbed PrintNightmare – came to light shortly after and was subsequently patched (with mixed success).

The emergence of this new vulnerability is frustrating news for Microsoft and its users.

Hackers were targeting SolarWinds’ Serv-U software.

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Microsoft reported Tuesday that it identified a zero-day exploit in SolarWinds’ software. The zero-day originated from a group of Chinese hackers trying to reach the US defense industry. SolarWinds has since patched the exploit.