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Google recently announced “a multi-year initiative to build the Privacy Sandbox on Android”. The Goal of Privacy Sandbox on Android The goal of the initiative is introducing new, more privacy-oriented advertising solutions that will limit the sharing of user data…
What Is nStart Football? nStart Football is a browser extension for Google Chrome. The browser extension promises to deliver sports and football news. But its sole purpose may be to alter your browser’s settings and generate advertisements. In addition, its…
What Is AdjustableValue? Adware.MacOS.AdjustableValue, or simply AdjustableValue, is an adware and a potentially unwanted application targeting macOS. If you have this application downloaded onto your system, you may be experiencing various issues, such as lagging Mac performance, browser redirects and…
What Is FormatProtocol? FormatProtocol is a recently detected adware program targeting macOS users. The program belongs to the infamous AdLoad family which has been the culprit for multiple adware-related problems for Mac users. Other examples of AdLoad include LauncherRecord and…
A new variant of the MyloBot malware is used in sextortion campaigns. Apparently, the malware deploys malicious payloads that hackers use to send sextortion emails with demands of $2,732 in cryptocurrency. New Version of MyloBot Detected Minerva researchers recently came…
CVE-2022-0609 is a new zero-day vulnerability in Google Chrome which has been used by threat actors in attacks. CVE-2022-0609 in Google Chrome – What Is Known? Google has already released Chrome 98.0.4758.102 for Windows, Mac, and Linux to address the…
What Is Lmonopolic.com? Lmonopolic.com is a suspicious page that may try to get you to subscribe to its push notifications, with the promise to deliver the latest sports news. However, instead of receiving useful notifications, you will most likely be…
CVE-2022-24086 is a critical, zero-day security vulnerability affecting Adobe’s Commerce and Magento open-source products. The vulnerability, which has a CVSS score of 9.8 out of 10, is actively exploited in the wild in limited attacks. Fortunately, a patch is already…
What Is Remain Dark? Remain Dark is a browser extension that is designed to provide a dark theme for the pages you visit. However, the extension may turn out to be suspicious, and flood you with intrusive advertisements. The extension…
Security researchers have been observing an increasing exploitation of regsvr32.exe, which is a Windows living-off-the-land binary, shortly known as LOLBin. Some of the analyzed malware samples belong to Qbot and Lokibot, according to Uptycs researchers. Threat Actors Abusing Regsvr32 What…
What Is TopMoviesLinks TopMoviesLinks is a browser extension for Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge, which may change your default search provider. TopMoviesLinks doesn’t provide its own search functionality but instead links to Bing.com. This behavior is typical for…
What Is TravelNow? TravelNow is a new adware program currently being distributed online. If you don’t recall downloading such a program yourself, then it was included in the installer of a freeware you recently downloaded. Free programs are often bundled…
Currently, active campaigns against Android users are carrying FluBot and Medusa banking trojans. Both trojans are using the same distribution mechanism in a simultaneous attack campaign. The discovery comes from security researchers at ThreatFabric. Medusa and FluBot Trojans Working Together…
CVE-2022-24348 is a high-severity security vulnerability in Argo CD that could enable threat actors to access a victim’s application-development environments, making it possible to harvest passwords, API keys, tokens, among other sensitive details. CVE-2022-24348 in Argo CD Needs Immediate Patching…
What Is Twitch Explorer Twitch Explorer is classified as a potentially unwanted app (PUA), adware and browser hijacker that could trigger unwanted redirects and pop-up ads. The application promises to deliver “instant search” and access to the “most popular video…
According to an alert released by CISA (U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency), federal agencies should immediately address CVE-2022-21882, a Win32k Elevation of Privilege vulnerability. CVE-2022-21882 Elevation of Privilege Windows Vulnerability The Windows flaw could be exploited by threat actors to…
What Is Worldcoolfeed.com? Worldcoolfeed.com is a website that triggers push notifications and may cause redirects once you agree to receive them. The website is not malicious but it raises concerns as there is no telling to which pages it will…
Security researchers recently uncovered a malicious campaign using SEO poisoning to trick potential victims into downloading the BATLOADER malware. The attackers used created malicious sites packed with keywords of popular software products, and used search engine optimization poisoning to make…
Wormhole is the latest cryptocurrency platform to be hacked in a $322 million heist. Hackers successfully exploited a vulnerability in the platform and stole approximately $322 million worth of Ether. The attack occurred on February 2 and affected the Wormhole…
What Is B-cdn.net? B-cdn.net is a suspicious redirect and website that is reported to load the “Your McAfee Subscription Has Expired” pop-up scam. However, depending on the user’s geo location, other pop-up scams may be displayed, as well. An example…
