Posted by Arvind Kumar Sugumar, Software Engineer, Android Team(Note: We’ve updated this post to reflect that the API works by collecting 3.25 bytes of the hashed username)With the proliferation of digital services in our lives, it’s more important tha…
A bug in the ad blocking component of Brave’s Tor feature caused the browser to leak users’ DNS queries
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Avoid COVID-19 vaccine fraud and hoaxes – Romance scams cause record-high losses – Exaramel in the spotlight after attacks in France
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Both hacktivists and extortionists have used telephony denial-of-service attacks as a way to further their goals
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The first instance of malicious code native to Apple Silicon M1 Macs emerged a month after the release of devices equipped with the company’s in-house CPUs
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The first instance of malicious code native to Apple Silicon M1 Macs emerged a month after the release of devices equipped with the company’s in-house CPUs
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Posted by Dan Lorenc, Infrastructure Security TeamMemory-safety vulnerabilities have dominated the security field for years and often lead to issues that can be exploited to take over entire systems. A recent study found that “~70% of the vulnerab…
The Exaramel backdoor, discovered by ESET in 2018, resurfaces in a campaign hitting companies that use an outdated version of a popular IT monitoring tool
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As dating apps experience a boom amid COVID-19, losses to romance scams soar too
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The vaccination push provides a vital shot in the arm for the world’s battle against the pandemic, but it’s also a topic ripe for exploitation by fraudsters and purveyors of misinformation
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