November 2019 – Page 5

uBlock Origin Now Blocks Sneaky First-Party Trackers in Firefox

uBlock Origin on Firefox can now block first-party tracking scripts that attempt to bypass filters and rules by utilizing DNS CNAME records to load scripts from a third-party domain. […]

20 Nov

New Banking Trojan Infects Victims via McDonald’s Malvertising

A new banking Trojan distributed via malvertising and malspam campaigns using fake McDonald’s coupons as lures was observed while attempting to steal financial information from potential Latin American victim. […]

20 Nov

Ransomware Gangs Adopt APT Tactics in Targeted Attacks

Ransomware operators are moving away from mass volume attacks and partnering with specialists who use APT techniques to provide stealthy infiltration and network-wide encryption capabilities. […]

20 Nov

Thousands of Enterprises At Risk Due to Oracle EBS Critical Flaws

Two critical security vulnerabilities discovered in Oracle’s E-Business Suite (EBS) could allow potential attackers to take full control over a company’s entire enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution. […]

19 Nov

Microsoft Fixes Office 2016 Access Query Error, More Fixes Coming

Microsoft fixed a known issue occurring for Update queries in Click-2-Run and Windows Installer (MSI) editions of Access 2016, triggering errors when accessing databases and breaking functionality for various apps using Access databases. […]

19 Nov

Critical Windows Update Spam Fails at Delivering Ransomware

A new spam campaign pretending to be a ‘Critical Microsoft Windows Update’ has been discovered that attempts to deliver the Cyborg Ransomware, but turns out to be an utter failure. […]

19 Nov

Coin Stealer Found in Monero Linux Binaries From Official Site

The Monero Project is currently investigating a potential compromise of the official website after a coin stealer was found in the Linux 64-bit command line (CLI) Monero binaries downloaded from the download page. […]

19 Nov

Android Camera App Bug Lets Apps Record Video Without Permission

A new vulnerability has been found in the Camera apps for millions, if not hundreds of millions, of Android devices that could allow other apps to record video, take pictures, and extract GPS data from media without having the required permissions. […]

19 Nov

Shade Ransomware Is the Most Actively Distributed Malware via Email

During the first half of 2019, the Shade Ransomware (also known as Troldesh) was the most actively distributed malware via malicious email phishing campaigns according to Singapore-based Group-IB security outfit. […]

18 Nov

Google Chrome’s ‘Close Other Tabs’ Option Is Back!

Google just released Google Chrome 78.0.3904.108 and with it is the return of the ‘Close other tabs’ feature that Google mistakenly took out in previous versions. […]

Month: November 2019

uBlock Origin Now Blocks Sneaky First-Party Trackers in Firefox

New Banking Trojan Infects Victims via McDonald’s Malvertising

Ransomware Gangs Adopt APT Tactics in Targeted Attacks

Thousands of Enterprises At Risk Due to Oracle EBS Critical Flaws

Microsoft Fixes Office 2016 Access Query Error, More Fixes Coming

Critical Windows Update Spam Fails at Delivering Ransomware

Coin Stealer Found in Monero Linux Binaries From Official Site

Android Camera App Bug Lets Apps Record Video Without Permission

Shade Ransomware Is the Most Actively Distributed Malware via Email

Google Chrome’s ‘Close Other Tabs’ Option Is Back!