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Apple updated its location-tracking system in an attempt to cut down on AirTag abuse while still preserving privacy. Researchers think they’ve found a better balance.
A new Android backdoor has been discovered with potent capabilities to carry out a range of malicious actions on infected devices. Dubbed Xamalicious by the McAfee Mobile Research Team, the malware is so named for the fact that it's developed using an open-source mobile app framework called Xamarin and abuses the operating system's accessibility permissions to fulfill its objectives.
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By Deeba Ahmed Corrected sentence: "Anti-scam solutions provider Scam Sniffer and cybersecurity firm Check Point Research (CPR) have warned of increasing attacks aimed at your crypto funds through malicious ads." This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers Stole $59 Million of Crypto Via Malicious Google and X Ads
Threat hunters have discovered a rogue WordPress plugin that's capable of creating bogus administrator users and injecting malicious JavaScript code to steal credit card information. The skimming activity is part of a Magecart campaign targeting e-commerce websites, according to Sucuri. "As with many other malicious or fake WordPress plugins it contains some deceptive information at
Debian Linux Security Advisory 5585-1 - An important security issue was discovered in Chromium, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code.
I tried to sell a futon on Facebook Marketplace and nearly all I got were scammers.
Google has issued an emergency update for Chrome that fixes an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability in the WebRTC component.
A new analysis of the sophisticated commercial spyware called Predator has revealed that its ability to persist between reboots is offered as an "add-on feature" and that it depends on the licensing options opted by a customer. "In 2021, Predator spyware couldn't survive a reboot on the infected Android system (it had it on iOS)," Cisco Talos researchers Mike Gentile, Asheer Malhotra, and Vitor
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an updated version of an Android banking malware called Chameleon that has expanded its targeting to include users in the U.K. and Italy. "Representing a restructured and enhanced iteration of its predecessor, this evolved Chameleon variant excels in executing Device Takeover (DTO) using the accessibility service, all while expanding its targeted region,