Google is taking additional steps to provide a safer and more secure environment for its massive user base. Chrome is the most widely used browser in the world. In recent months, Google has made moves to provide better password security. Most recently, they released a Chrome Extension called Password Checkup that scans all of your stored login credentials to see if they've been found in data breaches.
Beware of pop-up browser updates
Researchers at FireEye have recently unearthed a particularly nasty new campaign that is both multi-faceted and dangerous. These hacked websites display a seemingly innocuous pop-up message informing the site visitor that they need a browser update.
A team of six researchers from Germany has discovered a critical flaw in the way that popular PDF viewers display data. This makes it possible for an attacker to exfiltrate data from encrypted PDF files.
The researchers tested twenty-seven different desktop and web-based PDF viewer apps.
Google heavily regulates gambling and gaming apps on its Play Store. It's not hard to understand why. The industry has a long history of gouging and otherwise abusing the people who play their games. In response to the company's heavy-handed regulation of their industry, some app developers have taken to disguise the nature of their unauthorized gambling apps.
Malvertising Attacks: what you should know
Hackers and scammers have a new tool in their toolbox, and they're making rapid use of it. Recently, researchers from Confiant have discovered a new malvertising attack involving a Chrome for iOS exploit. They discovered an unknown group of attackers getting around the browser's built-in pop-up blocker to deliver fake ads.
DoorDash confirmed that an unauthorized third party accessed nearly five million of its users' data. According to information released by the company, the breach occurred on May 4th, 2019.
The unknown parties accessed information on the company's drivers, merchants, and customers who joined DoorDash on or before April 5th, 2018.
The data taken by the unknown attackers includes: names, email addresses, delivery addresses, order history, phone numbers, and hashed passwords.
Security researchers at Sophos Labs alerted Google to the abuse of more than two dozen apps on the Play Store. Google's policies allow them to charge hefty fees to unsuspecting users. Here's how it works: Many apps offer a free and subscription-based service, and many of those allow users to try the full version of the app for a free trial period.
One of the most common means by which malware winds up on the computers of its victims is via attachment extensions such as email. In fact, 92% of malware is delivered by email. All it takes is one careless moment. One-click to open a file that turns out to be poisoned and you're in for a world of trouble.
Most people don't spend a lot of time thinking about standards or the organizations that maintain and push them forward. Standards just aren't very interesting, which is why they don't get a lot of press time. That's exactly why when the Wi-Fi Alliance announced that they're soon to be launching their new Wi-Fi 6 Certification Program, it didn't make the headlines and most people didn't notice.
If you haven't yet downloaded and installed the latest Windows 10 update (version 1903), read this article carefully.
Microsoft is reporting that their latest build is causing Wi-Fi connectivity issues with some network adapters. Specifically, the Centrino 6205/6235 and Broadcom's 802.11ac.
