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34 Malicious Chrome Extensions Have Been Found With A Total of 75 Million Installs
34 malicious Chrome extensions have been found in the web store which in total could have around 75 million installs. Malicious Chrome Extensions As reported by BleepingComputer.com, a cybersecurity researcher, Wladimir Palant had analyzed the PDF Toolbox extension which has 2 million downloads on the Chrome Web Store and has…
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Malware Creators Are Turning to WAV to Hide Malicious Code
The battle between malware creators and security researchers will always be ongoing in this digital age. As you may expect, however, the former generally tends to have the advantage as the latter is nearly always left to react and find a remedy to the new formats and tactics deployed. In…
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Researchers Find People Will Use Dead Dropped USB Sticks
Remember all those rules people give you when you were growing up. The rules ranged from don’t talk to people you don’t know to something as repetitive as don’t take candy from strangers. That last rule needs an update for the modern era as people seem to be picking up…
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Tor Accuses CloudFlare Of Blocking Its Network
Content provider CloudFlare is no stranger to the spotlight, with being accused of protecting pro-ISIS by Anonymous causing it some issues. Now it would seem that they are instead on the throwing end of a claim, saying that requests they get from the Tor network (a network designed around allowing anonymous browsing…
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BBC Among Sites That Ran Malicious Adverts
When you go to a website, you are often met by an onslaught of advertisements. For everything from custom-built PC’s to the latest diet trend, advertisements are everywhere. Sadly they may not be the only thing appearing on your computer with the use of malicious adverts appearing more and more…
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Chinese Devices Mount Massive DDoS Web Attack
Cyber attacks are an increasing and dangerous threat which is perpetrated by groups and countries alike, these attacks are a substantial threat to free speech, livelihoods of website operators and also the whole infrastructure of the Internet. It’s no surprise to learn that a huge DDoS attack against a target…
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Credentials May Become Compromised via Old Windows Vulnerability from the ’90s
Nobody wants their private information shared on the internet, but we live in an era where everything that’s connected to the internet may eventually become public. This is the case of an old Windows vulnerability from the ’90s, which still poses a security threat according to security specialists. Brian Wallace,…
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Lenovo Caught Installing Dangerous Adware on New PCs
Lenovo has been caught installing adware on new PCs. The software is called Superfish and on the face of it, the software appears to be your standard annoying adware with third-party ads plastered on various websites. It also has those terrible popup ads. However, some have suggested that this software…
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Up to 4.5 million Americans Hit by Android Malware
Android Malware The New York Times has an interesting article concerning the spread of Android malware. They say that mobile security company, Lookout, has reported that Android malware has “hit between four million and 4.5 million Americans since January of 2013”. “Lookout first encountered the mobile malware, called NotCompatible, two years ago…
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“Rustle World Order” Attacks Anonymous Via Twitter
In today’s news we hear about a hacker group called Rustle World Order, the group was able to gain access to Anonymous’s twitter feed, and trolling their followers with a mass of postings. Though their postings do not seem to have caused much harm to the group, if any. There…
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