Chrome’s Incognito Mode Isn’t as Private as You Think — but Google’s Not Sorry
Richi Jennings | | adtech, Advertising, Advertising and AdTech, adverts, breach of privacy, browser, browser abuse, Chrome, cookie, Cookie Consent, cookieconsent, cookies, customer privacy, Data Privacy, FLEDGE, FLoC, GOOG, google, Google Ad, Google AdSense, Google advertising, Google Chrome, Google Chrome Security, Incognito, Incognito Mode, Link History, Privacy, Privacy Sandbox, SB Blogwatch, Topics, tracking cookies, web cookieShort term gain for long term pain? Class action attorney David Boies asked for $5,000 per user, but got nothing—except some assurances Google will delete data it no longer needs ... Read More
Sophos: Backups are in Ransomware Groups’ Crosshairs
Enterprises that ignore their data backups, in contemplating ransomware, do so at their own peril, according to cybersecurity firm Sophos. Protecting backups will significantly reduce the harm to a company hit by a ransomware attack and the need to pay the ransom demanded by the bad actors to return access ... Read More
The Cybersecurity Industry Starts Picking Through Malicious XZ Utils Code
The open source community, federal agencies and cybersecurity researchers are busy trying to get their hands around the security near-miss of the backdoor found in versions of the popular XZ Utils data compression library. The malicious code apparently was methodically put together by bad actors over more than two years ... Read More
‘Darcula’ PhaaS Campaign Sinks Fangs into Victims
A sprawling phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) campaign that has been running since at least last summer is using more than 20,000 fake domains to target a wide range of organizations in more than 100 countries, illustrating the capabilities of an increasingly popular tool among threat actors. The unknown hackers are using a ... Read More
PyPI Goes Quiet After Huge Malware Attack: 500+ Typosquat Fakes Found
Richi Jennings | | code reuse, open source software supply chain security, PyPI, PyPI malicious packages, pypi vuln, pypi vulnerability, python, Python Malware, Python Packages, Python vulnerability, SB Blogwatch, secure software supply chain, software supply chain, software supply chain attack, software supply chain attacks, software supply chain hygiene, Software supply chain management, software supply chain risk, Software Supply Chain risks, software supply chain security, Software Supply Chain Security Risks, Software Supply Chain Security Weaknesses, typosquat, Typosquatting, typosquatting attacksEmergency stop button: The Python Package Index was drowning in malicious code again, so they had to shut down registration for cleanup ... Read More
Apple OTP FAIL: ‘MFA Bomb’ Warning — Locks Accounts, Wipes iPhones
Richi Jennings | | 2fa, 2FA bypass, 2FA Flaws, 2FA phishing, 2FA solution, 2FA/MFA, Apple, apple bug, Apple Data Security, apple hack, apple hacker, Apple iCloud, Apple ID, Apple ID failure, Apple iOS, Apple iPad, Apple iPhone, bypass 2FA, MFA, MFA Bombing, mfa fatigue, MFA hacks, mfa protection, mfasecurity, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), OTP, OTP circumvention bot, OTP interception bot, phishing-resistant MFA, push otp, SB Blogwatch, TOTP, two-factor-authentication.2faRethink different: First, fatigue frightened users with multiple modal nighttime notifications. Next, call and pretend to be Apple support ... Read More
Hundreds of Clusters Attacked Due to Unpatched Flaw in Ray AI Framework
Thousands of servers running AI workloads are under attack by threat actors exploiting an unpatched vulnerability in the open-source Ray AI framework – widely used by such companies as OpenAI, Uber, Amazon, Netflix, and Cohere – giving hackers entrée to huge amounts of data and compute power. The campaign has ... Read More
Revealed: Facebook’s “Incredibly Aggressive” Alleged Theft of Snapchat App Data
Richi Jennings | | Brian J. Dunne, class action, class action lawsuit, DeleteFacebook, facebook, facebook fine, free vpn app, Ghostbusters, IAPP, Man In The Middle, man in the middle attack, man in the middle attacks, Mark Zuckerberg, Meta, mitm, MitM Attack, mitm attacks, mitm tool, mitm tools, Onavo, Onavo VPN, SB Blogwatch, Snapchat, SSL Bump, VPNMeta MITM IAAP SSL bump: Zuck ordered “Project Ghostbusters”—with criminal consequences, says class action lawsuit ... Read More
Complex Supply Chain Attack Targets GitHub Developers
Unidentified threat actors used multiple tactics to launch a sophisticated software supply-chain campaign targeting developers on the GitHub platform, including members of the popular Top.gg community that includes more than 170,000 members. The attackers used a range of tactics and techniques, from leveraging stolen browser cookies to take over accounts ... Read More
Telegram Privacy Nightmare: Don’t Opt In to P2PL
Richi Jennings | | 2-step verification, 2fa, 2FA apps, 2FA bypass, 2FA Flaws, 2FA/MFA, Access control and Identity Management, Cloud MFA, digital identity verification, iam, ID verification, MFA, mfa login, mfasecurity, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), P2P, SB Blogwatch, SMS, SMS messages, SMS Toll Fraud, Telegram, Telegram app, two-factor-authentication.2fa, Verify 2FAScary SMS shenanigans: Avoid Telegram’s new “Peer-To-Peer Login” program if you value your privacy or your cellular service ... Read More
