Cybersecurity

Google sues crypto investment app makers over alleged massive “pig butchering” scam

Two China-based Android app developers are being sued by Google for an alleged scam targeting 100,000 users worldwide through fake cryptocurrency and other investment apps. The company is taking action after scammers reportedly tricked victims with bogus promises of high returns from Android apps offering cryptocurrency investment opportunities. At least 87 fake apps on Google […]

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Google Chrome Adds V8 Sandbox – A New Defense Against Browser Attacks

Apr 08, 2024NewsroomSoftware Security / Cybersecurity Google has announced support for what’s called a V8 Sandbox in the Chrome web browser in an effort to address memory corruption issues. The sandbox, according to V8 Security technical lead Samuel Groß, aims to prevent “memory corruption in V8 from spreading within the host process.” The search behemoth […]

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Hackers Can Use AI Hallucinations to Spread Malware

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning , Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development A Fake Software Library Made Up by a ChatBot Was Downloaded More Than 35,000 Times Rashmi Ramesh (rashmiramesh_) • April 5, 2024     Generative artificial intelligence can hallucinate its way into providing an opportunity for hackers. (Image: Shutterstock) Generative artificial intelligence is good […]

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+92,000 Internet-facing D-Link NAS devices can be easily hacked

Over 92,000 Internet-facing D-Link NAS devices can be easily hacked Pierluigi Paganini April 07, 2024 A researcher disclosed an arbitrary command injection and hardcoded backdoor issue in multiple end-of-life D-Link NAS models. A researcher who goes online with the moniker ‘Netsecfish’ disclosed a new arbitrary command injection and hardcoded backdoor flaw, tracked as , tracked […]

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Watch Out for ‘Latrodectus’ – This Malware Could Be In Your Inbox

Apr 08, 2024NewsroomCybercrime / Network Security Threat hunters have discovered a new malware called Latrodectus that has been distributed as part of email phishing campaigns since at least late November 2023. “Latrodectus is an up-and-coming downloader with various sandbox evasion functionality,” researchers from Proofpoint and Team Cymru said in a joint analysis published last week, […]