Malicious Amazon Alexa Skills Can Easily Bypass Vetting Process
Researchers have uncovered gaps in Amazon’s skill vetting process for the Alexa voice assistant ecosystem that could allow a malicious actor to publish a...
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Chinese cyberspies targeted Tibetans with a malicious Firefox add-on
Image: Proofpoint Chinese state-sponsored hackers have gone after Tibetan organizations across the world using a malicious Firefox add-on that was configured to steal Gmail...
Malicious Operations Hide Under The Google Chrome Sync Feature – E Hacking News
Lately, the threat actors have detected a technique where they can use the sync feature of Google Chrome to transmit commands and steal...
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Hijacked Perl.com Domain Hosted on IP Address Linked to Malicious Activity
The Perl.com domain, which since 1997 had been serving articles about Perl programming, was hijacked last week. Managed by The Perl Foundation, the site...
SoftMaker Office Vulnerabilities Allow Code Execution via Malicious Documents
Vulnerabilities discovered by Cisco Talos researchers in SoftMaker Office can be exploited for arbitrary code execution by creating malicious documents and tricking victims into...
Kaspersky Lab and Yandex have detected malicious browser extensions – E Hacking News
Kaspersky Lab and Yandex have identified malicious code in browser extensions. Through them, attackers could gain access to the account in social networks and...
Millions of Users Downloaded 28 Malicious Chrome and Edge Extensions
Malware hidden in 28 third-party extensions for Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge redirects users to ads or phishing sites, Avast warned this week. Distributed...
Three million users installed 28 malicious Chrome or Edge extensions
More than three million internet users are believed to have installed 15 Chrome, and 13 Edge extensions that contain malicious code, security firm Avast...
Open-source: Almost one in five bugs are planted for malicious purposes
Microsoft-owned GitHub, the world’s largest platform for open-source software, has found that 17% of all vulnerabilities in software were planted for malicious purposes. GitHub...
Malicious npm packages caught installing remote access trojans
the-lightwriter, Getty Images/iStockphoto The security team behind the “npm” repository for JavaScript libraries removed two npm packages this Monday for containing malicious code that...