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Today Google launched version 61 of the Chrome browser for Windows, Mac, and Linux. With this release, we have 21 security updates, numerous improvements and bug fixes, and three APIs that allow developers to further enhance their sites and apps. Of particular note is the addition of Javascript modules, the Payment Request API for Chrome desktop, the […]
Over the past two days, there was an increase in activity from a relatively unknown ransomware strain named SynAck, according to victims who sought assistance in the Bleeping Computer ransomware support forums and from submissions to the ID-Ransomware service. This particular ransomware strain — named SynAck or Syn Ack — was first spotted on August 3 […]
EU companies must notify employees in advance if they plan to monitor work accounts, the European Court of Human Rights ruled this week. The ruling comes in a case filed by Romanian IT worker Bogdan Barbulescu, who in 2007 was fired by his employer for using his work computer for private conversations with family members. […]
An attacker can downgrade components of the Android TrustZone technology to older versions that feature known vulnerabilities and use older exploits against smartphones running an up-to-date operating system. According to a team of four computer scientists from the Florida State University and Baidu X-Lab, the problem lies in the design of the ARM TrustZone technology, […]
Jon von Tetzchner, the founder of both Opera and Vivaldi, believes that Google has gotten too big and “is now in a position where regulation is needed.” In a blog post on Vivaldi’s website, von Tetzchner said that his once friendly relationship with Google and its founders has soured across the years. Google suspends Vivaldi […]
A bug discovered in an obscure PDF parsing library back in 2011 is also present in most of today’s top PDF viewers, according to German software developer Hanno Böck. The original bug affected the PDF parser component included with Evince, a document viewer app for Linux. It was discovered by fellow German software developer Andreas […]
Ransom attacks on MongoDB databases rekindled last week and over the weekend with the emergence of three new groups that hijacked over 26,000 servers, with one group hijacking 22,000. The attacks, detected by security researchers Dylan Katz and Victor Gevers, are a continuation of the so-called MongoDB Apocalypse that started in late December 2016 and […]
Canadian police have seized the domain of Fazny.ca, an online electronics store that stole users’ payment card data and used it to make fraudulent purchases. According to a statement from the Edmonton Police Service (EPS), its Cyber Crimes Investigation Unit started looking into the website after a user complained of fraudulent purchases appearing in his […]
The TrickBot banking trojan has added support for stealing funds stored in Coinbase.com accounts, according to a recent version spotted in a distribution campaign last week. The TrickBot banking trojan is a new malware strain that appeared in the autumn of 2016 and most experts believe it was developed by some of the developers who […]
Android bootloader components from five major chipset vendors are affected by vulnerabilities that break the CoT (Chain of Trust) during the boot-up sequence, opening devices to attacks. The vulnerabilities came to light during research carried out by a team of nine computer scientists from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Researchers developed BootStomp to analyze […]