Enlarge / Warning: Data transfer in progress (credit: Yuri_Arcurs/Getty Images) Researchers on Tuesday revealed a new threat actor that over the past five years has blasted thousands of organizations with an almost endless stream of malicious messages designed to infect systems with data-stealing malware. TA2541, as security firm Proofpoint has named the hacking group, has […]
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Researchers find threat group that has been active for 5 years
Enlarge / Warning: Data transfer in progress (credit: Yuri_Arcurs/Getty Images) Researchers on Tuesday revealed a new threat actor that over the past five years has blasted thousands of organizations with an almost endless stream of malicious messages designed to infect systems with data-stealing malware. TA2541, as security firm Proofpoint has named the hacking group, has […]
Popular Chromium ad-blockers caught Concealing user Information and Obtaining Reports
Expand (credit: Getty Images) Ad-blocking extensions with over 300,000 active users are surreptitiously uploading consumer surfing info and tampering with customers’ social networking accounts because of malware its newest owner released a couple of weeks before, based on specialized investigations and articles about Github. Hugo Xu, programmer of this Nano Adblocker and Nano Defender extensions, […]