Google has implemented a new way to track users and their interests on Chrome. After piloting various projects for the last few years, the search giant is ready to phase out third-party cookies. Chrome’s new targeted ads system is designed to curate the weekly interests of users based on their browsing history. And this has […]
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Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Apple’s Safari browser have all released patches for CVE-2023-4863. Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox and Apple’s Safari browser have all been impacted by a single zero-day vulnerability, it has emerged. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-4863, is caused by a heap buffer overflow in the WebP code library. Once […]
Security, Software
Microsoft warns about a new malware threat that’s being distributed via Teams chats
Microsoft has sent out a cybersecurity alert concerning a threat actor that is using Microsoft Teams chats to distribute malware. The threat actor has been labeled as Storm-0324, and Microsoft says this group has been active since 2016. In a blog post, Microsoft stated that in July 2023, “Storm-0324 was observed distributing payloads using an […]
Deepfake videos show real people engaged in fake indecent and other acts. The FBI on Monday warned of the increasing use of artificial intelligence to generate phony videos for use in sextortion schemes that attempt to harass minors and non-consulting adults or coerce them into paying ransoms or complying with other demands. The scourge of […]
Malicious SpinOk spyware module found in 101 popular Android apps Over 100 Android apps with more than 400 million downloads combined have been infected with a new malware strain that’s being distributed as a software development kit (SDK) for advertisers. An additional 92 Android apps infected with the SpinOk malware have been discovered by the cybersecurity firm CloudSEK. As […]