Using Google Search to Find Software Can Be Risky

Google continues to struggle with cybercriminals running malicious ads on its search platform to trick people into downloading booby-trapped copies of popular free software applications. The malicious ads, which appear above organic search results and often precede links to legitimate sources of the same software, can make searching for software on Google a dicey affair.

January 25, 2024
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Multiple Flaws in Google Kubernetes Engine Let Attackers Escalate Privileges

Google Kubernetes Engine (GEK) has been detected with two flaws that a threat actor can utilize to create significant damage in case the threat actor already has access inside the Kubernetes cluster. The first issue was associated with FluentBit with default configuration. FluentBit is GKE’s logging agent that runs by default on all the clusters. […]

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January 2, 2024
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Google agreed to settle a $5 billion privacy lawsuit

Google has agreed to settle a $5 billion privacy lawsuit, which alleged that the company monitored individuals using the Chrome “incognito” mode. Google agreed to settle a $5 billion privacy lawsuit over claims that the company monitored online activity of people who used the ‘incognito’ mode in its Chrome web browser. The class action, filed […]

December 31, 2023
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Hackers Stolen Over $58 Million in Crypto Via Malicious Google and X Ads

Threat actors targeting crypto wallets for illicit transactions have been in practice for quite some time. Threat actors have been using Wallet Drainers for such cybercrime activities, which have seen great success in recent years.  Several techniques were used for draining, which include phishing ads, supply chain attacks, Airdrop phishing, DNS attacks, and many others. […]

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December 27, 2023
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