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Google will remove secure website indicators in Chrome 117

Google announced today that the lock icon, long thought to be a sign of website security and trustworthiness, will soon be changed with a new icon that doesn't imply that a site is secure or should be trusted. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-will-remove-secure-website-indicators-in-chrome-117/
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Google starts rolling out passkey support for Google Accounts

Google is rolling out support for passkeys for Google Accounts across all services and platforms, allowing users to sign into their Google accounts without entering a password or using 2-Step Verification (2SV) when logging in. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-starts-rolling-out-passkey-support-for-google-accounts/
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Researcher hijacks popular Packagist PHP packages to get a job

A researcher hijacked over a dozen Packagist packages—with some having been installed hundreds of millions of times over the course of their lifetime. The researcher reached out to BleepingComputer stating that by hijacking these packages he hopes to get a job. And, he seems pretty confident that this would work. [...]
Brightline data breach impacts 783K pediatric mental health patients

Pediatric mental health provider Brightline is warning patients that it suffered a data breach impacting 783,606 people after a ransomware gang stole data using a zero-day vulnerability in its Fortra GoAnywhere MFT secure file-sharing platform. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/brightline-data-breach-impacts-783k-pediatric-mental-health-patients/
Researcher hijacks popular Packagist PHP packages to get a job

A researcher hijacked over a dozen Packagist packages—with some having been installed hundreds of millions of times over the course of their lifetime. The researcher reached out to BleepingComputer stating that by hijacking these packages he hopes to get a job. And, he seems pretty confident that this would work. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/researcher-hijacks-popular-packagist-php-packages-to-get-a-job/
Police dismantles Try2Check credit card verifier used by dark web markets

The U.S. Department of Justice announced today the indictment of Russian citizen Denis Gennadievich Kulkov, suspected of running a stolen credit card checking operation that generated tens of millions in revenue. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/police-dismantles-try2check-credit-card-verifier-used-by-dark-web-markets/