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Google compensates victims of cryptomining up to $1 million

Google compensates victims of cryptomining up to $1 million

Victims of a cryptomining attack in their Google Cloud, can now seek financial compensation. The compensation rises to a maximum of one million dollars. Google is launching the Cryptomining Protection Program. The program provides financial protection for all Google Cloud users. They can receiv... Read more

date10 months ago
’55 percent more vulnerability exploits in 2022′

’55 percent more vulnerability exploits in 2022′

Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 research team reports on the malware trends it saw in 2022 and early 2023. The rise of ChatGPT has led to an explosion of impersonation attempts and website exploits aimed at exploiting AI hype. It is also seen that many more exploitations of vulnerabilities occurred in ... Read more

date10 months ago
Discord reports data breach after support agent hacked

Discord reports data breach after support agent hacked

Discord has recently alerted its users about a data breach. According to the popular communications app, the breach is a result of a compromised third-party support agent account. This breach exposed the support ticket queue. This contained sensitive information such as user email addresses, mes... Read more

date11 months ago
Millions of phones already infected by malware out-of-the-box

Millions of phones already infected by malware out-of-the-box

Trend Micro researchers have discovered that millions of Android phones already contain malicious firmware from the factory. They revealed this during the Black Hat Asia conference in Singapore. The Register has reported on the proceedings in Singapore. Most of the affected devices appear to be ... Read more

date11 months ago
Goldoson malware infiltrates 60 Google Play apps

Goldoson malware infiltrates 60 Google Play apps

A new malicious Android malware known as "Goldoson" has infiltrated the Google Play Store, infecting 60 apps with a total of 100 million downloads. The harmful Goldoson component is part of a third-party library which all sixty apps use this and that creators unintentionally included i... Read more

date12 months ago
Microsoft Defender identifies Google and Zoom as malicious

Microsoft Defender identifies Google and Zoom as malicious

The Windows native security app had "gone rogue" and was misidentifying legitimate URLs as malicious. This week Microsoft confirmed that its Defender security platform, which is delivered as a part of its Windows operating system, was mistakenly tagging legitimate websites. On Wednesday, Micr... Read more

date12 months ago
Acronis integrates Intel TDT technology for greater CPU efficiency

Acronis integrates Intel TDT technology for greater CPU efficiency

Acronis has integrated Intel Threat Detection Technology into several solutions. With this, this security vendor's platform offers better protection against new and more developed forms of malware. According to Acronis, malware is becoming increasingly sophisticated. Consider the rapid rise of s... Read more

date1 year ago
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