September 27, 2023   06:12 PM   1 Google has patched the fifth Chrome zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks since the start of the year in emergency security updates released today. "Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2023-5217 exists in the wild," the company revealed in a security advisory published on Wednesday. The security vulnerability is addressed in Google Chrome 117.0.5938.132, rolling out worldwide to Windows, Mac, and Linux...

September 15, 2023   09:57 AM   0 California's Attorney General announced today that Google will pay $93 million to settle a privacy lawsuit alleging it violated the U.S. state's consumer protection laws. An investigation by the California Department of Justice found that Google had engaged in deceptive practices related to collecting, retaining, and utilizing Android users' location data for purposes such as consumer profiling and advertising, all without...

Google's decision for recent lay-offs was primarily due to economic hurdles that affected the company's core advertising sector the previous year. Sundar Pichai Google has verified its decision to lay off a substantial number of staff members from its recruitment division. This move is in line with the broader cost-cutting initiatives that have been evident across Silicon Valley. Earlier this year, Google's parent company, Alphabet,...

September 14, 2023   09:47 AM   2 Threat actors use Google Ads tracking templates as a loophole to create convincing Webex software search ads that redirect users to websites that distribute the BatLoader malware. Webex is a video conferencing and contact center suite that is part of Cisco's collaboration products portfolio and used by corporations and businesses worldwide. Malwarebytes reports that the malvertising campaign has been active in Google...

Image Courtesy: WindowsLatest.com The Canary version of Google Chrome has a hidden feature that can be enabled to finally protect media content playing in the browser. For example, suppose you’re watching a video on any platform in incognito mode. In that case, Chrome will no longer highlight the media content or its metadata in the media controls panel of any operating system. This feature is called “Hide media metadata when in Incognito” and works at the...

July 20, 2023   12:18 PM   3 Google's Chrome 115 has a new feature that allows users to use Windows Mica material, a design element that enhances user personalization. To access this function, users are required to go to the Chrome flags menu and activate it manually. Mica is a distinctive design feature that doesn't just stay opaque but fuses with the user's desktop theme and wallpaper. As users navigate windows across the screen, Mica adjusts in...

February 27, 2023   10:05 AM   0 The RIG Exploit Kit is undergoing its most successful period, attempting roughly 2,000 intrusions daily and succeeding in about 30% of cases, the highest ratio in the service's long operational history. By exploiting relatively old Internet Explorer vulnerabilities, RIG EK has been seen distributing various malware families, including Dridex, SmokeLoader, and RaccoonStealer. According to a detailed report by Prodaft, whose...

February 27, 2023   11:07 AM   1 ChatGPT, the famous artificial intelligence chatbot that allows users to converse with various personalities and topics, has connectivity issues worldwide. OpenAI has confirmed users are currently experiencing issues worldwide, with many unable to access the AI. Image Courtesy: BleepingComputer.com When accessing ChatGPT, users see "the origin web server timed out responding to this request" error message....

February 27, 2023   12:08 PM   0 A threat actor has posted data the alleged data stolen from American game publisher Activision in December 2022 on a hacking forum, highlighting the data's value for phishing operations. In a forum post to the Breached hacking forum, a website used by threat actors to sell and publish stolen data, the hackers claims to have stolen the data from Activision Azure database. The leaked data consists of 19,444 unique records...

February 27, 2023   01:19 PM   0 Hackers are actively exploiting two critical-severity vulnerabilities in the Houzez theme and plugin for WordPress, two premium add-ons used primarily in real estate websites. The Houzez theme is a premium plugin that costs $69, offering easy listing management and a smooth customer experience. The vendor's site claims it is serving over 35,000 customers in the real estate industry. The two vulnerabilities were discovered by...

February 16, 2023   11:38 AM   0 Hackers are deploying a new malware named 'Frebniss' on Microsoft's Internet Information Services (IIS) that stealthily executes commands sent via web requests. Frebniis was discovered by Symantec's Threat Hunter Team, who reported that an unknown threat actor is currently using it against Taiwan-based targets. Microsoft IIS is a web server software that acts as a web server and a web app hosting platform for services like...

February 17, 2023   12:27 PM   0 Web hosting giant GoDaddy says it suffered a breach where unknown attackers have stolen source code and installed malware on its servers after breaching its cPanel shared hosting environment in a multi-year attack. While GoDaddy discovered the security breach following customer reports in early December 2022 that their sites were being used to redirect to random domains, the attackers had access to the company's network for...