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One of the most popular text editors around has been infected with malicious ads
A new malicious Google ads campaign, which was active for “months”, was probably dropping Cobalt Strike deployments on unsuspecting victims, researchers have warned. Cybersecurity researchers from Malwarebytes recently discovered a campaign hijacking Google Ads being served to people searching for Notepad++, a popular word editing software. Whenever someone searches for…
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Keeper Security has a new idea to help prevent supply chain attacks
Keeper Security has launched a new open source project that it hopes will help protect against supply chain attacks. Secure Shell (SSH) keys can now be used to sign git commits to verify that software is genuine. Git commits are are used to keep track of changes to code, with…
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Beware – that Google Chrome update alert might actually just be malware
There are multiple fake “update your browser” campaigns active right now that are aiming to trick people into installing all kinds of malware on their devices. A new report from Proofpoint observed at least four different campaigns, delivering different malicious software to the victims. The first thing these groups do…
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Phishing threats have hit a new high in 2023
Phishing attacks have seen a lot more successful in 2023 compared to previous years, a new report published by SASE experts Netskope claims. According to the paper, threat actors were three times more successful in their phishing, compared to the attacks at the end of 2022. The success rate is…
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MI5 claims Chinese spies are using LinkedIn to steal Western secrets
Innovation and trade secrets are apparently being stolen from Western businesses at an alarming rate by covert Chinese spies using online platforms, experts have warned. Speaking at the recent Five Eyes summit in California, which brought together the heads of security agencies from the US, UK, Australia, Canada and New…
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Roblox CEO says employees have to return to the office, or will be fired
Roblox founder and CEO David Baszucki has told employees that they should return to the office of walk away from the business. In an update shared with the entire company, Baszucki explained that most workers would be required to work from the office three days per week, from Tuesday to…
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