Your Chrome browser needs urgent update! The latest version was released on Halloween night. Google is warning its billions of users to immediately install the update, in order to patch two high severity vulnerabilities. One of these was actively exploited to hijack…
Mozilla has announced the plan to offer DNS(Domain Name Server)-over-HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) – DoH feature, by default, for the users in the US. Selena Deckelmann, Mozilla’s Senior Director of Engineering, explained in a blog post that a small…
Eight catastrophically leaky browser extensions were discovered by researcher Sam Jadali, according to FeedSpot
Together with a Washington Post columnist, Geoffrey A. Fowler, they discovered a disastrous situation about privacy, dubbed DataSpii, to add-ons or plug-ins of…
New EU tech laws received a green light and go to the Parliament. These would impose tougher rules for tech giants such as Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook. Frustrated by the slow pace of antitrust investigations, Margrethe Vestager late last year proposed the Digital…
The UK Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit against Google. The claimant had sought billions in damages from Google. But the judge said they had failed to prove damage caused to individuals by the data collection. Future lawsuits may have a chance of being successful if they can…
Attackers abuse Chrome with a very dangerous malicious software. It can access sensitive information and bypass Windows security features, such as User Account Controls (UAC). The new campaign targets Windows 10 PCs with malware that can infect systems without notifying the…
Windows 10 will be ending support for Internet Explorer in 2022. The browser will retire from all Windows 10 devices. Safety systems will keep Internet Explorer alive The move will not affect devices that have long-term servicing options such as medical equipment, air…
Attackers use Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) to implement malicious payloads on Windows computers. Of course, they do this stealthily. A recent research proves that attackers use an unknown persistence mechanism which shows they used BITS to launch…
The Ukrainian authorities shut down one of the largest phishing services. The operation also involved authorities in the U.S. and Australia. According to them, this was one of the largest such services in the world. Hackers used it in attacks against financial…
Hackers put Google under attack in the last few days. Thus, they decided to send malicious links to hundreds of thousands of users. So, scammers used one of the Drive features to determine users click on malicious links.
Also, they exploited a zero-day vulnerability, which…