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Some Helpful Google Chrome Features
Google Lens Google Lens uses images instead of words to help you search. You can find similar items to shop, identify plants and animals, search for the image source, and so much more. Right-click on an image. Click Search Image with Google Lens. See results in the...
Trellix Uncover Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution in a Wide Range of DrayTek Vigor Routers
Source: Trellix Author: Phillippe Laulheret Summary The Trellix Threat Labs Vulnerability Research team has found an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability, filed under CVE-2022-32548 affecting multiple DrayTek routers. The attack can be performed...
Blockchain security firm warns of new MetaMask phishing campaign
A cybersecurity firm has issued warnings over a new phishing campaign targeting users of the popular crypto wallet MetaMask. In a Thursday post written by Halborn’s technical education specialist Luis Lubeck, the active phishing campaign used emails to target MetaMask...
The most impersonated brand in phishing attacks? Microsoft
Vade announced its H1 2022 Phishers’ Favorites report, a ranking of the top 25 most impersonated brands in phishing attacks. Microsoft came in at #1 on the list, followed by Facebook. Rounding out the top five are Crédit Agricole, WhatsApp, and Orange. Microsoft...
Ransomware Group Demands £500,000 From UK School
Ransomware thieves are demanding £500,000 after an attack against Wooton Upper School in Bedfordshire, said press reports last week. The attack, said to be the work of the Hive ransomware group, also affected the Kimberley college for 16-19-year-olds. Both of these...
Surprise! The metaverse is going to suck for privacy
More thought – or at least some thought – needs to be given to privacy protection in the promised metaverse of connected 3D virtual-reality worlds, experts have concluded. In a paper distributed via ArXiv, titled "Exploring the Unprecedented Privacy Risks of the...
macOS Ventura
Introduced at WWDC 2022, macOS Ventura is the newest version of macOS, the operating system that runs on the Mac. macOS Ventura is a significant update that introduces a new multitasking experience, overhauls multiple apps, and adds updated capabilities across the...
$XRP Surges 11% to Take 6th Place From $ADA
On Saturday (July 30), digital asset $XRP is the highest percentage gainer (vs USD) among the top 30 cryptoassets by market cap, which has helped it to overtake $ADA and take 6th place. According to data by TradingView, on crypto exchange Bitstamp, at 4:29 p.m. UTC on...
Akamai blocked the largest DDoS attack ever on its European customers
On July 21, 2022, Akamai mitigated the largest DDoS attack that ever hit one of its European customers. The attack hit an Akamai customer in Eastern Europe that was targeted 75 times in the past 30 days with multiple types of DDoS attacks, including UDP, UDP...
Race against time: Hackers start hunting for victims just 15 minutes after a bug is disclosed
Attackers are becoming faster at exploiting previously undisclosed zero-day flaws, according to Palo Alto Networks. The company warns in its 2022 report covering 600 incident response (IR) cases that attackers typically start scanning for vulnerabilities within 15...