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Billions of Chrome users to get third emergency security update in as many weeks Getty Images April 17 Update below. This post was originally published on April 14 Google has now released three emergency, out-of-band, security updates for the Chrome browser in as many weeks. What’s more this one, like the first, is to fix a high-severity zero-day vulnerability that is already being exploited by attackers. Three emergency Google Chrome security updates in… Source link

Billions of Chrome users to get third emergency security update in as many weeks Getty Images Google has now released three emergency, out-of-band, security updates for the Chrome browser in as many weeks. What’s more this one, like the first, is to fix a high-severity zero-day vulnerability that is already being exploited by attackers. Three emergency Google Chrome security updates in three weeks Google issued yet another emergency security update for all… Source link

The war between Russia and Ukraine being fought on the battleground — and in cyberspace. Just ask Dyma Budorin, a Ukrainian web security entrepreneur turned cyber warrior currently based in Spain after leaving Kyiv just days before the Russian invasion began. “It’s an official cyberwar between Russia and Ukraine,” Budorin, co-founder and CEO of Hacken, a Ukrainian cybersecurity consulting firm, told Yahoo Finance. Budorin says almost his entire 70-member team relocated. They’re still handling… Source link

NEW YORK, Jan. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The latest market outlook report titled “Cyber Security Market by Deployment, End-user and Geography – Forecast and Analysis 2021-2025” has been added to Technavio’s catalog. This recent market analysis report identifies the market to witness a potential growth difference of USD 189.70 billion from 2020 to 2025. The cyber security market is anticipated to record an accelerating growth momentum at a CAGR of 14.97% during this period. Attractive… Source link

(Bloomberg) — More transparency is needed into what kind of cash payments are made after ransomware attacks, a top Democrat said, following a recent spate of cyber-attacks aimed at U.S. companies. Mark Warner, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, spoke days after a top U.S. meat producer needed to shut down facilities that account for almost a quarter of American beef supplies after a cyber incident. “Not only are the companies often not reporting that they are attacked, but… Source link

(Bloomberg) — The world’s biggest meat supplier has become the latest casualty of a cybersecurity attack, posing a fresh threat to global food security already rattled by the Covid-19 pandemic. JBS SA shut its North American and Australian computer networks after an organized assault on Sunday on some of its servers, the company said by email. Without commenting on operations at its plants, JBS said the incident may delay certain transactions with customers and suppliers. The attack… Source link

Google is teaming up with two global insurers to cover cyber breaches and related risks for businesses that use its cloud services, the first time a major provider has opened up such insurance to its clients, the companies said on Tuesday. Major insurers have been treading carefully on cyber risks for years, but the tie-up between Google, Allianz and Munich Re gives the insurers special access to data to see what controls are in place at client firms to help them price the… Source link

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Google says it believes hackers backed by the North Korean government have been posing as computer security bloggers and using fake accounts on social media while attempting to steal information from researchers in the field. Google didn’t specify how successful the hackers were or what kind of information could have been compromised. Experts say the attacks reflect North Korean efforts to improve its cyber skills and be able to breach widely used computer… Source link

After connecting with researchers, the hackers would ask them if they wanted to collaborate on cyber-vulnerability research and share a tool that contained a code designed to install malicious software on the targets’ computers, which would then allow the hackers to take control of the device and steal information from it. Several targeted researchers were compromised after following a Twitter link to a blog set up by the hackers, Weidemann said. “At the time of these visits, the victim… Source link

After connecting with researchers, the hackers would ask them if they wanted to collaborate on cyber-vulnerability research and share a tool that contained a code designed to install malicious software on the targets’ computers, which would then allow the hackers to take control of the device and steal information from it. Several targeted researchers were compromised after following a Twitter link to a blog set up by the hackers, Weidemann said. “At the time of these visits, the victim… Source link