In early December, Kazakhstan authorities for the third time attempted to intercept all traffic of the users, including secure HTTPS connections. However, Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla responded by blocking the MitM certificate of the Kazakhstan government. Let me remind you that these attempts began back in 2015, when the government first announced the introduction… Continue reading Apple, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla block MitM certificate of the Kazakhstan government
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Heavy ad blocker started working in the Google Chrome
Earlier this year, Google Chrome developers announced about adding of a so-called heavy ad blocker. This is a mechanism that will detect and unload advertisements that consume too many system resources (creating unnecessary load on the processor, network bandwidth, and so on). Then Google engineers wrote that “heavy” advertising can significantly reduce the battery life… Continue reading Heavy ad blocker started working in the Google Chrome
Hackers hide MageCart skimmers in social media buttons
Sanguine Security analysts discovered that hackers are using steganography and hiding MageCart skimmers in buttons designed to post content to social media. Let me remind you that initially the name MageCart was assigned to one hack group, which was the first to introduce web skimmers (malicious JavaScript) on the pages of online stores to steal… Continue reading Hackers hide MageCart skimmers in social media buttons
Cybercriminals started using Google services more often in phishing campaigns
Security researchers have reported an increase in cyberattacks using Google services in phishing campaigns, as a tool to bypass security and steal credentials, credit cards, and other personal information. The Armorblox team analysed five phishing campaigns, which they call the “the top of the deep iceberg”. The attacks exploit features of several Google services, including… Continue reading Cybercriminals started using Google services more often in phishing campaigns
Chrome 87 Fixed NAT Slipstream Vulnerability and Disabled FTP Support
Google engineers introduced Chrome 87, in which was disabled FTP support. The new version of the browser is already available for users of Windows, Mac, Linux, Chrome OS, Android and iOS. The developers claim that Chrome has become more productive and “lighter”. So, due to the limitation of JavaScript timers and a number of other… Continue reading Chrome 87 Fixed NAT Slipstream Vulnerability and Disabled FTP Support
Google Chrome fixed second 0-day vulnerability in two weeks
Google developers have released Chrome version 86.0.4240.183 for Windows, Mac and Linux, which fixed 10 different problems. The update also includes a patch for a 0-day vulnerability in Google Chrome, which hackers are already actively using. The bug was identified as CVE-2020-16009 and was discovered by the Threat Analysis Group (TAG), Google’s internal security team… Continue reading Google Chrome fixed second 0-day vulnerability in two weeks
Gridinsoft becomes Google’s information security partner
Gridinsoft LLC is proud to be one of 68 partners of VirusTotal, Google’s Information Security Service, in the array of malware scanners. Currently, Gridinsoft is the second information security company in Ukraine to be in an equal position with the world’s technology giants in this field. VirusTotal is a free online service provided by Google,… Continue reading Gridinsoft becomes Google’s information security partner
Google engineers fixed Chrome 0-day vulnerability that was already under attacks
Google engineers have released an updated version of Google Chrome (86.0.4240.111) and warn that they have fixed in browser 0-day vulnerability that has been already under active attacks. The error was discovered internally by Google Project Zero. It is identified as CVE-2020-15999 and is associated with the FreeType font rendering library included with standard Chrome… Continue reading Google engineers fixed Chrome 0-day vulnerability that was already under attacks
Google revealed the most powerful DDoS attack in history
This week, the Google Cloud team talked about a previously unknown DDoS attack that targeted a Google service back in September 2017 and peaked at 2.54 TB/sec, making it the most powerful recorded attack in history. Soon, analysts from the Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) published their report on the incident, in which they said… Continue reading Google revealed the most powerful DDoS attack in history
Google and Intel experts warn of dangerous Bluetooth bugs in Linux
Google and Intel engineers warn of dangerous Bluetooth bugs that threaten all but the latest Linux kernel versions. The bugs are collectively known as BleedingTooth and are associated with the BlueZ stack, which is widely used in Linux distributions, as well as consumer and industrial IoT devices (with Linux 2.4.6 and higher). “This issue allows… Continue reading Google and Intel experts warn of dangerous Bluetooth bugs in Linux