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Independent Krebs Security

The Link Between AWM Proxy & the Glupteba Botnet

June 28, 2022 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, alureon, awm proxy, Breadcrumbs, constella intelligence, dennstr, dmitry starovikov, domaintools, eset, glupteba botnet, Google, kaspersky lab, lycefer, meris, Ne'er-Do-Well News, pay-per-install, riley kilmer, rootkit, rsocks botnet, spur.us, tdl-4, tdss, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 18:33:31 +0000

On December 7, 2021, Google announced it had sued two Russian men allegedly responsible for operating the Glupteba botnet, a global malware menace that has infected millions of computers over the past decade. That same day, AWM Proxy — a 14-year-old anonymity service that rents hacked PCs to cybercriminals — suddenly went offline. Security experts had long seen a link between Glupteba and AWM Proxy, but new research shows AWM Proxy’s founder is one of the men being sued by Google.

MalwareBytes Security

Brave Search wants to replace Google’s biased search results with yours

June 27, 2022 0 Comments bing, brave ads, Brave browser, brave search, brave search features, brave software, brendan eich, brian bondy, discussions, goggles, Google, Privacy, privacy browser

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 19:23:53 +0000

Brave Search, the privacy search engine you may not have heard of, is a year old and growing fast.

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ComputerWorld Independent

Italian spyware firm is hacking into iOS and Android devices, Google says

June 24, 2022 0 Comments android security, Apple, Google, ios security

Credit to Author: Shweta Sharma| Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2022 08:51:00 -0700

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has identified Italian vendor RCS Lab as a spyware offender, developing tools that are being used to exploit zero-day vulnerabilities to effect attacks on iOS and Android mobile users in Italy and Kazakhstan.

According to a Google blog post on Thursday, RCS Lab uses a combination of tactics, including atypical drive-by downloads as initial infection vectors. The company has developed tools to spy on the private data of the targeted devices, the post said.

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MalwareBytes Security

Update now! Microsoft patches Follina, and many other security updates

June 15, 2022 0 Comments Adobe, atlassian, citrix, confluence, cve-2022-26397, cve-2022-30136, cve-2022-30139, cve-2022-30163, cve-2022-30190, drupal, Exploits and vulnerabilities, follina, gitlab, Google, Hyper-V, ldap, msdt, nfs, Patch Tuesday, sap, synlapse

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2022 13:17:05 +0000

Patch Tuesday for June 2022 brought a fix for Follina and many other security vulnerabilities. Time to figure out what needs to be prioritized.

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MalwareBytes Security

Update Chrome now: Four high risk vulnerabilities found

June 13, 2022 0 Comments chrome, CVE, Exploit, Exploits and vulnerabilities, Google, update, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 14:20:34 +0000

We take a look at the latest batch of vulnerabilities in Chrome requiring an update.

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MalwareBytes Security

Virtual credit cards coming to Chrome: What you need to know

May 12, 2022 0 Comments chrome, Google, payment, Privacy, virtual credit card

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 15:38:26 +0000

Google are introducing virtual credit cards to the Chrome browser for users of their services in the US. We take a look at what’s in store.

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MalwareBytes Security

How to remove Google from your life

May 9, 2022 0 Comments Android, Apple, carey parker, de-google, DuckDuckGo, fastmail, fitbit, gcal, gmail, Google, Google Chrome, google docs, google fiber, google hangouts, google slides, google spreadsheets, iPhone, mega, Nest, Pixel, Privacy, protonmail, skiff, skiff.org, startpage, swiss transfer, sync.com, waze, youtube

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Mon, 09 May 2022 14:35:14 +0000

Google and all its products can dominate the average person’s life. Here’s an in-depth guide on how to remove yourself from their ecosystem.

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MalwareBytes Security

A scanning tool for open-sourced software packages? Yes, please!

May 9, 2022 0 Comments bigquery, caleb brown, Google, npm, open source security foundation, open source security team, open-sourced software, openssfmpypi, oss, package analysis, python package index, rust, security world, slsa, supply chain levels for software artifacts

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 09 May 2022 10:49:02 +0000

OpenSSF recently introduced a dynamic analysis tool for all OSS packages when uploaded to open source repositories.

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MalwareBytes Security

A week in security (May 2 – 8)

May 9, 2022 0 Comments A week in security, airdrop phishing, Apple, business email compromise, cyberpunk ape executives, declaration for the future of the internet, discord, facebook, get rich with bitcoin, Google, google pixel, Instagram, Microsoft, nigerian tesla, opensea, Ransomware, revil

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 09 May 2022 10:20:30 +0000

The most important and interesting stories in security from the last seven days.

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MalwareBytes Security

Google, Apple, and Microsoft step hand in hand into a passwordless future

May 8, 2022 0 Comments Apple, authentication, fido, Google, MFA, Microsoft, passwordless, pin, Reports

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Sun, 08 May 2022 11:51:58 +0000

Three tech giants used World Password Day to announce their commitment to a passwordless future using FIDO Alliance standards.

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