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YouTube is testing ad blocker detection

May 12, 2023 0 Comments ad, ad industry, adblock, advert, affiliate, block, blocker, intrusive, malvertising, malware, Network, news, personal, popup, youtube

Categories: News

Categories: Personal

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We take a look at YouTube’s testing of ad blocking detection and why it might not be popular with users.

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S3 Ep133: Apple takes “tight-lipped” to a whole new level

May 9, 2023 0 Comments amos, Apple, mac, malware, Naked Security Podcast, passwords, Podcast

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Thu, 04 May 2023 20:59:14 +0000

Entertaining, educational, and all in plain English 🎧📖

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Google takes CryptBot to the wood shed

May 3, 2023 0 Comments chrome, court order, cryptbot, download, Google, legal, malware, news, package, packages, pakistan, rico

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We take a look at Google’s efforts to shut down a particularly nasty set of modified Chrome installs playing host to CryptBot malware.

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Apple delivers first-ever Rapid Security Response “cyberattack” patch – leaves some users confused

May 1, 2023 0 Comments Apple, malware, Patch, rapid security response, security threats, vulnerability, zero day

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Mon, 01 May 2023 20:46:09 +0000

Just when we’d got used to three-numbered versions, such as “13.3.1”, here comes an update suffix, bringing you “13.3.1 (a)”…

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Mac malware-for-hire steals passwords and cryptocoins, sends “crime logs” via Telegram

May 1, 2023 0 Comments amos, Apple, Brave, Cybercrime, firefox, Google Chrome, mac, malware, Microsoft Edge, Opera, Yandex

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2023 01:23:38 +0000

These malware peddlers are specifically going after Mac users. The hint’s in the name: “Atomic macOS Stealer”, or AMOS for short.

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Decoy dog toolkit plays the long game with Pupy RAT

April 26, 2023 0 Comments decoy dog, dns, evasive, Linux, malware, Mobile, nation-state, news, pupy rat, russia, toolkit, Windows

Categories: News

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We take a look at the discovery of a long running malware toolkit campaign evading detection through its use of DNS.

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GuLoader returns with a rotten shipment

April 25, 2023 0 Comments collection, delivery, email, guloader, infection, italy, loader, mail, malspam, malware, news, Scam

Categories: News

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We take a look at a GuLoader campaign which comes bundled with an Italian language fake shipment email.

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Malware authors join forces and target organisations with Domino Backdoor

April 19, 2023 0 Comments backdoor, banking, Business, Corporate, data, domino, emotet, loader, malware, Network, news, organisation, Ransomware, steal, theft, trojan

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We take a look at a malware collective pushing a set of Domino malware files.

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‘AuKill’ EDR killer malware abuses Process Explorer driver

April 19, 2023 0 Comments active adversary, active adversary playbook, anti-edr, aukill, backstab, EDR, edr killer, featured, malware, process explorer, procexp, sophos x-ops, targeted attacks, threat research

Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2023 10:00:43 +0000

Driver based attacks against security products are on the rise

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Fake Chrome updates spread malware

April 17, 2023 0 Comments browser, chrome, compromised, cryptocurrency, fake, Hacked, malware, miner, monero, news, rogue, site, update, website

Categories: News

Tags: chrome

Tags: browser

Tags: update

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We take a look at a slew of hacked websites pushing fake Chrome updates which are Monero miner malware in disguise.

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