Google Introduces Enhanced Real-Time URL Protection for Chrome Users

[ad_1] Mar 15, 2024NewsroomBrowser Security / Phishing Attack Google on Thursday announced an enhanced version of Safe Browsing to provide real-time, privacy-preserving URL protection and safeguard users from visiting potentially malicious sites. “The Standard protection mode for Chrome on desktop and iOS will check sites against Google’s server-side list of known bad sites in real-time,”…

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Malicious Ads Targeting Chinese Users with Fake Notepad++ and VNote Installers

[ad_1] Mar 15, 2024NewsroomMalvertising / Threat Intelligence Chinese users looking for legitimate software such as Notepad++ and VNote on search engines like Baidu are being targeted with malicious ads and bogus links to distribute trojanized versions of the software and ultimately deploy Geacon, a Golang-based implementation of Cobalt Strike. “The malicious site found in the…

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LockBit Ransomware Hacker Ordered to Pay $860,000 After Guilty Plea in Canada

[ad_1] Mar 14, 2024NewsroomRansomware / Cyber Crime A 34-year-old Russian-Canadian national has been sentenced to nearly four years in jail in Canada for his participation in the LockBit global ransomware operation. Mikhail Vasiliev, an Ontario resident, was originally arrested in November 2022 and charged by the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) with “conspiring with others…

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Researchers Detail Kubernetes Vulnerability That Enables Windows Node Takeover

[ad_1] Mar 14, 2024NewsroomContainer Security / Vulnerability Details have been made public about a now-patched high-severity flaw in Kubernetes that could allow a malicious attacker to achieve remote code execution with elevated privileges under specific circumstances. “The vulnerability allows remote code execution with SYSTEM privileges on all Windows endpoints within a Kubernetes cluster,” Akamai security…

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RedCurl Cybercrime Group Abuses Windows PCA Tool for Corporate Espionage

[ad_1] Mar 14, 2024NewsroomCyber Espionage / Malware The Russian-speaking cybercrime group called RedCurl is leveraging a legitimate Microsoft Windows component called the Program Compatibility Assistant (PCA) to execute malicious commands. “The Program Compatibility Assistant Service (pcalua.exe) is a Windows service designed to identify and address compatibility issues with older programs,” Trend Micro said in an…

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3 Things CISOs Achieve with Cato

[ad_1] Being a CISO is a balancing act: ensuring organizations are secure without compromising users’ productivity. This requires taking multiple elements into consideration, like cost, complexity, performance and user experience. CISOs around the globe use Cato SSE 360, as part of the Cato SASE Cloud platform to balance these factors without compromise. This article details…

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Fortinet Warns of Severe SQLi Vulnerability in FortiClientEMS Software

[ad_1] Mar 14, 2024The Hacker NewsVulnerability / Network Security Fortinet has warned of a critical security flaw impacting its FortiClientEMS software that could allow attackers to achieve code execution on affected systems. “An improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL Command (‘SQL Injection’) vulnerability [CWE-89] in FortiClientEMS may allow an unauthenticated attacker to…

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DarkGate Malware Exploits Recently Patched Microsoft Flaw in Zero-Day Attack

[ad_1] Mar 14, 2024NewsroomMalware / Cyber Attack A DarkGate malware campaign observed in mid-January 2024 leveraged a recently patched security flaw in Microsoft Windows as a zero-day using bogus software installers. “During this campaign, users were lured using PDFs that contained Google DoubleClick Digital Marketing (DDM) open redirects that led unsuspecting victims to compromised sites…

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Demystifying a Common Cybersecurity Myth

[ad_1] Mar 13, 2024The Hacker NewsApp Security / Cyber Security One of the most common misconceptions in file upload cybersecurity is that certain tools are “enough” on their own—this is simply not the case. In our latest whitepaper OPSWAT CEO and Founder, Benny Czarny, takes a comprehensive look at what it takes to prevent malware…

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