ThreatList: Half of All Social Media Logins Are Fraud
Fraudsters are using social media to spam, steal information, spread propaganda and execute social-engineering campaigns.
Web Security
WordPress Plugins Exploited in Ongoing Attack, Researchers Warn
Researchers warn users of several plugins to update as vulnerabilities are being actively exploited to redirect website visitor traffic.
Google Launches Open-Source Browser Extension for Ad Transparency
Google introduced a new initiative that it hopes will fight shady online advertising practices such as digital fingerprinting.
Six bugs found in Cisco’s Unified Computing System gear and its 220 Series Smart switches can allow unauthenticated remote hackers to take over equipment.
Backdoor was intentionally planted in 2018 and found during the DEF CON 2019 security conference when researchers stumbled upon malicious code.
The personal email addresses – some indicating user names or government official status – of more than a million pornography website users were exposed.
Microsoft released the beta of its new Chromium-based Edge – and it is offering rewards of up to $30,000 for researchers to hunt out vulnerabilities in the browser.
Attackers are taking aim at Fortnite’s global community of 250 million gamers.
A phishing campaign targeting utility grid operators uses a PDF attachment to deliver spyware.
It’s been around forever, but in a modern digital era marked by influence campaigns and deep fakes, information warfare has become much easier to carry out.
