Five imposter extensions for the Google Chrome web browser masquerading as Netflix viewers and others have been found to track users’ browsing activity and profit of retail affiliate programs. “The extensions offer various functions such as enabling users to watch Netflix shows together, website coupons, and taking screenshots of a website,” McAfee researchers Oliver Devane
Authored by Oliver Devane and Vallabh Chole A few months ago, we blogged about malicious extensions redirecting users to phishing sites and inserting affiliate IDs into cookies of eCommerce sites. Since that time, we have investigated several other malicious extensions and discovered 5 extensions with a total install base of over 1,400,000 The extensions offer
Google today announced a new program designed to reward researchers that find bugs in its open source projects. The Open Source Software Vulnerability Rewards Program (OSS VRP) will incentivize ethical hackers to make open source code more secure in major projects that Google maintains such as Golang, Bazel, Angular, Fuchsia and Protocol buffers. The OSS
by Paul Ducklin As you no doubt already know, because the story has been all over the news and social media recently, the widely-known and widely-used password manager LastPass last week reported a security breach. The breach itself actually happened two weeks before that, the company said, and involved attackers getting into the system where
Akasa Air, India’s newest commercial airline, exposed the personal data belonging to its customers that the company blamed on a technical configuration error. According to security researcher Ashutosh Barot, the issue is rooted in the account registration process, leading to the exposure of details such as names, gender, email addresses, and phone numbers. The bug
Our phones store a lot of personal data, including contacts, social media account details, and bank account logins. We use our smartphones for everything under the sun, from work-related communication to online shopping. However, like computer viruses, our phones can be vulnerable to malware. Viruses are a type of malware that replicate themselves and spread
Security researchers have revealed a new phishing campaign targeting Okta identity credentials and connected two-factor authentication (2FA) codes. The analysis comes from the Group-IB, who said it was particularly interesting because despite using low-skill methods, the campaign was able to compromise a large number of well-known companies. In fact, attackers sent employees of the targeted companies text
Twilio, which earlier this month became a sophisticated phishing attack, disclosed last week that the threat actors also managed to gain access to the accounts of 93 individual users of its Authy two-factor authentication (2FA) service. The communication tools company said the unauthorized access made it possible for the adversary to register additional devices to
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