May 2023 – Page 5 – PossibleThreat Articles

AI generated Pentagon explosion photograph goes viral on Twitter

May 23, 2023 0 Comments AI, checkmark, debunk, disinformation, fake, Hoax, misinformation, news, personal, twitter, verified, viral

Categories: News

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We take a look at a viral hoax on Twitter which used AI generated imagery to claim an explosion had occurred close to the Pentagon.

MalwareBytes Security

Employee guilty of joining ransomware attack on his own company

May 23, 2023 0 Comments access control, employee, Insider Threat, news, policy, ransom, Ransomware

Categories: News

Categories: Ransomware

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An employee that tried to take advantage of a ransomware attack on his own company has pleaded guilty after 5 years of denying he had anything to do with it.

MalwareBytes Security

Google to pay $40m for “deceptive and unfair” location tracking practices

May 23, 2023 0 Comments advertising, court, data, Google, lawsuit, location, personal, settlement, Tracking

Categories: Personal

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We take a look at a case where Google is agreeing to pay $40m as a result of disclosure related to location tracking issues.

MalwareBytes Security

Update now! Apple issues patches for three actively used zero-days

May 23, 2023 0 Comments Apple, cve-2023-28204, cve-2023-32373, cve-2023-32409, Exploits and vulnerabilities, news, out-of-bounds, rsr, use-after-free

Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities

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Apple issued information about patches against three actively exploited zero-days in WebKit. One vulnerability is new, two were patched earlier this month.

MalwareBytes Security

Malvertising via brand impersonation is back again

May 23, 2023 0 Comments ads, amazon, cloaking, Google, malvertising, threat intelligence

Categories: Threat Intelligence

Tags: malvertising

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Ads containing the official website of an impersonated brand are running again, allowing fraudsters to scam users.

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The post Malvertising via brand impersonation is back again appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Microsoft Security

Microsoft Build 2023: Announcing new identity, compliance, and security features from Microsoft Security

May 23, 2023 0 Comments

Credit to Author: Joy Chik| Date: Tue, 23 May 2023 15:00:00 +0000

Microsoft Build 2023 is the place to discover new features and technologies, share ideas, and boost your skills. Learn about the new identity and compliance features we’re announcing.

The post Microsoft Build 2023: Announcing new identity, compliance, and security features from Microsoft Security appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.

Security Sophos

PyPI open-source code repository deals with manic malware maelstrom

May 23, 2023 0 Comments malware, pypi, python, supply chain

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Tue, 23 May 2023 16:45:32 +0000

Controlled outage used to keep malware marauders from gumming up the works. Learn what you can do to help in future…

Security Wired

Leaked EU Document Shows Spain Wants to Ban End-to-End Encryption

May 23, 2023 0 Comments Security, Security / Privacy

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman, Morgan Meaker, Matt Burgess| Date: Mon, 22 May 2023 19:23:57 +0000

In response to an EU proposal to scan private messages for illegal material, the country’s officials said it is “imperative that we have access to the data.”

Security TrendMicro

Info Stealer Abusing Codespaces Puts Discord Users at Risk

May 23, 2023 0 Comments trend micro research : malware, trend micro research : research

Credit to Author: Nitesh Surana| Date: Tue, 23 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

In this entry, we detail our research findings on how an info stealer is able to achieve persistence on a victim’s machine by modifying the victim’s Discord client.

ComputerWorld Independent

Google killer, killed: Neeva and the limits of privacy as a philosophy

May 23, 2023 0 Comments Data privacy, Google, Privacy

Well, that was fast.

Just under two years after splashing into the world with all sorts of provocative promises, a search startup that was set on convincing people to pay for a privacy-centric Google alternative is shutting its doors.

Neeva, founded by a pair of former Google executives and the subject of intense fascination within the tech universe, quietly announced over the weekend that its service will be winding down next week. From the announcement:

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