Facebook might include other coins in its cryptocurrency project, under pressure from regulators. The giant and its partners announced Libra some time ago, but now they are facing regulatory scrutiny.
So, Bloomberg reported that Libra could become more like a payments…
Critical vulnerability in Wi-Fi chips revealed by ESET
February 28, 2020
ESET researchers revealed a critical vulnerability in Wi-Fi chips. KrØØk, as they call it, causes vulnerable devices to use an all-zero encryption key to encrypt part of the user’s communication. So, attackers might decrypt some wireless network data transmitted by such…
Malvertising targets old outdated software
February 26, 2020
Malvertising targets old outdated software. So, according to Confiant, using modern web browsers, ad blockers and keeping the operating system up to date with the security updates can prevent being infected.
Usually, threat actors target malvertising at specific web…
Data breach in a US government agency
February 24, 2020
A US government agency notified its 8,000 employees that an attack compromised their personal data. The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) provides secure communications to the White House. Its CIO, Roger Greenwell revealed that the attackers stole the Social Security…
Google Play apps bombard users with annoying ads
February 21, 2020
Bitdefender revealed more than a dozen Google Play apps bombard users with annoying ads. According to the company, 17 apps used different strategies to deliver irritating ads. Still, they appear to be legitimate apps.
Among the ads, which have more than half a million…
Bot driven traffic emails threaten website owners
February 19, 2020
An extortion email campaign threatens to bombard websites using AdSense with bot driven traffic. Thus, it would trigger Google’s anti-fraud systems.
Brian Krebs, journalist and researcher, received the info from a website owner claiming he had received such a threat.
FBI discovered malware and blames North Korea
February 17, 2020
FBI discovered malware that is supposed to originate from North Korea. So, together with US Cyber Command, and DHS (Department of Homeland Security) issued a security statement. The document contains the information of the six malware that the North Korean Hackers are…
Chrome extensions stole data
February 14, 2020
Google announced it removed 500 malicious extensions. The Chrome extensions stole data of 1.7 million users. But the extensions were removed after they injected malicious ads used to send user browsing data to hacked servers.
The malvertising and ad-fraud
campaign using…
Warning: Avoid romance fraud this Valentine's Day
February 12, 2020
Over 25% of dating website users fell victims to romance fraud, over the past year. So, the banking industry is warning consumers that these users have been scammed by fake personas .
Fraudsters pose as someone else, in order to gain the trust of their victims looking…
TrickBot evades Windows 10 detection
February 3, 2020
TrickBot evades Windows 10 detection, bypassing User Account Control (UAC) to deliver malware. Lately, the trojan became one of the most advanced vehicles for malware delivery. Thus, it can deliver malware across multiple workstations and endpoints on a network.
UAC…