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โ€ŠGoogle ads push fake Google Authenticator site installing malware

Google has fallen victim to its own ad platform, allowing threat actors to create fake Google Authenticator ads that push the DeerStealer information-stealing malware. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-ads-push-fake-google-authenticator-site-installing-malware/
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โ€ŠCISA and FBI: DDoS attacks wonโ€™t impact US election integrity

โ€‹CISA and the FBI said today that Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks targeting election infrastructure will, at most, hinder public access to information but will have no impact on the integrity or security of the 2024 U.S. general election processes. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-and-fbi-ddos-attacks-wont-impact-us-election-integrity/
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โ€ŠOneBlood's virtual machines encrypted in ransomware attack

OneBlood, a large not-for-profit blood center that serves hospitals and patients in the United States, is dealing with an IT systems outage caused by a ransomware attack. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/onebloods-virtual-machines-encrypted-in-ransomware-attack/
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โ€ŠDigiCert to delay cert revocations for critical infrastructure

DigiCert urges critical infrastructure operators to request a delay if they cannot reissue their certificates, as required by an ongoing certificate mass-revocation process announced on Tuesday. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/digicert-to-delay-cert-revocations-for-critical-infrastructure/
โ€ŠSitting Ducks DNS attacks let hackers hijack over 35,000 domains

Threat actors have hijacked more than 35,000 registered domains in so-called Sitting Ducks attacks that allow claiming a domain without having access to the owner's account at the DNS provider or registrar. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sitting-ducks-dns-attacks-let-hackers-hijack-over-35-000-domains/
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โ€ŠUK takes down major 'Russian Coms' caller ID spoofing platform

The United Kingdom's National Crime Agency (NCA) has shut down Russian Coms, a major caller ID spoofing platform used by hundreds of criminals to make over 1.8 million scam calls. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/uk-takes-down-russian-comms-caller-id-spoofing-platform-used-to-scam-170-000-people/
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โ€ŠCrowdStrike sued by investors over massive global IT outage

Cybersecurity company CrowdStrike has been sued by investors who say it provided false claims about its Falcon platform after a bad security update led to a massive global IT outage causing the stock price to tumble almost 38%. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/crowdstrike-sued-by-investors-over-massive-global-it-outage/
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โ€ŠDuckDuckGo blocked in Indonesia over porn, gambling search results

Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo has been blocked in Indonesia by its government after citizens reportedly complained about pornographic and online gambling content in its search results. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/duckduckgo-blocked-in-indonesia-over-porn-gambling-search-results/
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โ€ŠCryptonator seized for laundering ransom payments, stolen crypto

U.S. and German law enforcement seized the domain of the crypto wallet platform Cryptonator, used by ransomware gangs, darknet marketplaces, and other illicit services, and indicted its operator. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/cryptocurrency/cryptonator-seized-for-laundering-ransom-payments-stolen-crypto/
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โ€ŠFake AI editor ads on Facebook push password-stealing malware

โ€‹A Facebook malvertising campaign targets users searching for AI image editing tools and steals their credentials by tricking them into installing fake apps that mimic legitimate software. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-ai-editor-ads-on-facebook-push-password-stealing-malware/
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โ€ŠGoogle Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled

Google Chrome is now encouraging uBlock Origin users who have updated to the latest version to switch to other ad blockers before Manifest v2 extensions are disabled [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-chrome-warns-ublock-origin-may-soon-be-disabled/
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โ€ŠGoogle Chrome bug breaks drag and drop from Downloads bubble

A recent Google Chrome update has broken the drag-and-drop feature in the Downloads bubble that previously allowed you to drag and drop downloaded files onto any website or tab in the browser. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-chrome-bug-breaks-drag-and-drop-from-downloads-bubble/
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โ€ŠUS sues TikTok for violating children privacy protection laws

โ€‹The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against social media platform TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, alleging widespread violations of children's privacy laws. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-sues-tiktok-for-violating-children-privacy-protection-laws/
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