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minute read Share this article: A new version of the Masslogger trojan has been targeting Windows users – now using a compiled HTML (CHM) file format to start the infection chain. Cybercriminals are targeting Windows users with a new variant of the Masslogger trojan, which is spyware designed to swipe victims’ credentials from Microsoft Outlook, Google Chrome and various instant-messenger accounts. Researchers uncovered the campaign targeting users in Italy, Latvia and Turkey starting in mid-January. When the Masslogger variant launched its infection chain, it disguised its m...

minute read Share this article: Public disclosure of a privilege escalation attack details how a cybergang bypassed browser iframe sandboxing with malicious PostMessage popups. Details of a flaw in Apple’s Safari browser, publicly disclosed Tuesday, outline how the cybergang known as ScamClub reached 50 million users with a three-month-long malicious ad campaign pushing malware to mobile iOS Chrome and macOS desktop browsers. The Safari bug, patched on Dec. 2 by Apple, was exploited by a malvertising campaign that redirected traffic to scam sites that flogged gift cards, priz...

Hundreds of thousands of individuals are potentially affected by this vulnerability. A vulnerability affecting multiple baby monitors could allow someone to drop in and view a camera’s video stream, according to researchers. Potentially hundreds of thousands of live devices are impacted, they said. The issue exists in the manufacturers’ implementation of the Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP), which is a set of procedures used by various cameras to control their streaming media. It’s possible to misconfigure its implementation, so that no authentication is needed for unknown parties to...

minute read Share this article: Microsoft released a new servicing stack update (KB5001078) after an older one caused problems for Windows users installing Patch Tuesday security updates. Microsoft has removed a faulty servicing stack update, which was causing issues for Windows users when they tried to install last week’s Patch Tuesday security updates. Microsoft’s servicing stack update provides fixes for the component that installs Windows updates. This particular defective update (KB4601392) applied to Windows 10 users (version 1607 for 32-bit and x64-based systems) and ...

The number of people being targeted by fake relationship-seekers has spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic.