Tag: security
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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One of the most popular text editors is being spoofed to infect victims 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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D-Link confirms data breach after employees hit with phishing attack
Network gear maker D-Link has confirmed it suffered a breach that saw internal data stolen, but claims the data isn’t actually that useful to malicious actors. The company said two employees fell victim to a phishing attack that gave the attacker access to the company’s endpoints. To remedy the problem,…
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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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