Tag Archives: malware

We have all come to live with the endless succession of online meetings that dominate our working lives. But beware, some of those meetings might suddenly be more dangerous than you think… Beware—online meetings just became more dangerous getty It turns out that a dull online meeting might not be the worst thing that can happen when yet another Zoom or Google Meet invite turns up. “Beginning in December 2023,” researchers at Zscaler have just warned, “[we] discovered a threat actor… Source link

Image Credits: Vertigo3d / Getty Images Google researchers say they have evidence that a notorious Russian-linked hacking group — tracked as “Cold River” — is evolving its tactics beyond phishing to target victims with data-stealing malware. Cold River, also known as “Callisto Group” and “Star Blizzard,” is known for conducting long-running espionage campaigns against NATO countries, particularly the United States and the United Kingdom. Researchers believe… Source link

Google is downplaying reports of malware abusing an undocumented Google Chrome API to generate new authentication cookies when previously stolen ones have expired. In late November 2023, BleepingComputer reported on two information-stealing malware operations named Lumma and Rhadamanthys, claiming they could restore expired Google authentication cookies stolen in attacks. These cookies could then be loaded into threat actors’ browsers to gain access to an infected user’s… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]New Xamalicious Android malware installed 330k times on Google Play  BleepingComputer Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google Play Protect adds real-time scanning to fight Android malware  BleepingComputer Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Beware: Your Bing Chat responses may include links to malware  ZDNet Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Microsoft’s Bing AI Faces Malware Threat From Deceptive Ads  Infosecurity Magazine Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Strict rules for lending apps, combating malware underline Google’s Play Store  Hindustan Times Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google ads push ‘virtualized’ malware made for antivirus evasion  BleepingComputer Source link

An NFT influencer claims to have lost “a life-changing amount” of their net worth in nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and crypto after accidentally downloading malicious software found in a Google Ad search result. The pseudo-anonymous influencer known on Twitter as “NFT God” posted a series of tweets on Jan. 14 describing how his “entire digital livelihood” came under attack including a compromise of his crypto wallet and multiple online accounts. Last night my entire digital livelihood… Source link