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A week in security (February 17 – 23)

February 24, 2020 admin a week in security, awis, BlueKeep, catfishing, Chrome Extension, Crypto scams, deepfakes, Elections, Epic Games, firmware, IDaaS, identity-as-a-service, jamila kaya, LokiBot, ransomware, scammers, Twitter, voatz, Week in security, weekly blog roundup, youtube hack

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 16:32:34 +0000

A roundup of the previous week’s most notable security stories and events, including cloud identity management, a noteworthy Twitter scam-tastrophy, RobbinHood ransomware, and more.

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A week in security

Tags: awis BlueKeep catfishing Chrome Extension Crypto scams deepfakes elections epic games firmware IDaaS identity-as-a-service Jamila Kaya LokiBot ransomware scammers twitter Voatz week in security weekly blog roundup YouTube hack

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QxSearch hijacker fakes failed installs

August 16, 2019 admin bigsrch.xyz, Chrome Extension, pups, Qxsearch, search hijackers

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 21:06:16 +0000

QxSearch is a group of search hijackers that try to make the user think the install failed or was incomplete. Is it that they don’t want to be found and removed? Or just bad programming?

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PUPs

Tags: bigsrch.xyz Chrome Extension Qxsearch search hijackers

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Browser push notifications: a feature asking to be abused

January 22, 2019 admin Android, api, apps, browser alert, chrome, Chrome Extension, Edge, Edge browser, Firefox, Mac, notifications, opera, opera browser, push, safari, Safari browser, Security world, Technology, web, windows

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 18:03:05 +0000

Whoever invented browser push notifications must have been able to guess they would be abused for advertising. This post explains what they are and how to disable them.

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Tags: Android api apps browser alert chrome Chrome Extension Edge Edge browser firefox mac notifications opera opera browser push safari Safari browser web windows

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How to tighten security and increase privacy on your browser

October 31, 2018 admin ads, browlock, browser, browser security, browser-based attacks, Chrome Extension, control, cookies, cryptominers, fingerprinting, hijacker, Online privacy, privacy, PUP, Security, Security world, VPN, WebRTC

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 16:41:05 +0000

Is your browser secure and private enough by design or do you need to worry about security, privacy, fingerprinting, ads, and cookies yourself?

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Tags: ads browlock browser browser security browser-based attacks Chrome Extension control cookies cryptominers fingerprinting hijacker online privacy privacy PUP security vpn WebRTC

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A week in security (October 1 – 7)

October 8, 2018 admin adobe, Android, anti-swatting, BlockChain, bring your own security, byos, Chrome Extension, Fake Fortnite, Fortnite, hack the marine corps, IoT, IoT botnet, Lojack, national cybersecurity awareness month, ncsam, not botnet, password manager, phishing, phishing campaign, RDP, recap, rip attacks, SC Magazine, Security world, SWATting, Torii, voice phishing, vulnerabilities, Week in security, weekly blog roundup, ZDNet

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2018 16:31:56 +0000

A roundup of the security news from October 1–7 including National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, LoJack, fileless malware, and BYOS.

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Tags: adobe Android anti-swatting blockchain bring your own security byos Chrome Extension Fake Fortnite fortnite hack the marine corps IoT IoT botnet Lojack national cybersecurity awareness month NCSAM not botnet password manager phishing phishing campaign rdp recap rip attacks SC Magazine swatting Torii voice phishing vulnerabilities week in security weekly blog roundup ZDNet

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Rogue Chrome extension pushes tech support scam

February 21, 2017February 21, 2017 admin chrome, Chrome Extension, extension, fake chrome extension, google, Google Chrome, malvertising, Social engineering, tech support scam, Threat analysis

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 17:22:42 +0000

Google Chrome may be one of the more secure browsers but an increasing number of malicious extensions are being forced onto users. The one we analyze can hide itself and receive commands from a remote server in order to hijack the browser with incessant offers, fraud and even tech support scams.

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Tags: chrome Chrome Extension extension fake chrome extension Google Google Chrome malvertising tech support scam

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