GOOGLE adds new features to Chrome to detect suspicious downloads. The new protections let the users know if a download from the Chrome Webstore can be considered “trusted.” This is part of its Enhanced Safe Browsing feature and has enabled the browsers to improve privacy and security, disabling an additional 80% of malicious extensions. Watch for upcoming Chrome cybersecurity alerts including scans of downloaded files for malware using metadata about the downloaded file.
https://thehackernews.com/2021/06/google-chrome-to-help-users-identify.html
Hackers used fake ads on Google to trick users into downloading a malicious AnyDesk application. The ad campaign ranked higher in downloads than even the real AnyDesk ads. Researchers estimated that over 40% of users who clicked on the fake ad, downloaded and installed the malware, showing that this was a very successful strategy for the fraudsters.
Hackers used fake ads on Google to trick users into downloading a malicious AnyDesk application. The ad campaign ranked higher in downloads than even the real AnyDesk ads. Researchers estimated that over 40% of users who clicked on the fake ad, downloaded and installed the malware, showing that this was a very successful strategy for the fraudsters.
CNA, a US insurance giant, paid $40 million ransom to recover its systems in March. This was one of the largest payments so far. The attack was carried out using Phoenix CryptoLocker believed to have been used by Evil Corp a Russian cybercrime Network. Since the pandemic there has been a large increase in the number of ransomware attacks and ask payments by hackers. To defend against ransomware attacks, companies should secure
The DarkSide Ransomware group lost all its servers used to pull off ransomware attacks such as the recent one against Colonial Pipeline. The hackers said they had lost access to key parts of their infrastructure--the servers used for its blog, payment processing, and denial of service operations. DarkSide didn't release where those servers were located or which country's law enforcement had seized them. The takedown rattled other underground ransomware forums.
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 05/05/2021 - 10:11am
International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 2021)
International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence is a non-profit corporation founded in California, in 1969 for scientific and educational purposes, including dissemination of information on Artificial Intelligence at conferences in which cutting-edge scientific results are presented and through dissemination of materials presented at these meetings in form of Proceedings, books, video recordings, and other educational materials.
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 04/01/2021 - 9:59am
The U.S. is confronted with unprecedented cybersecurity challenges. President Biden has declared that tackling these challenges is a top priority for the Biden-Harris administration. Join us for this special event with US Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro N. Mayorkas, who will outline his vision and roadmap for the Department's cybersecurity efforts. The Secretary will be joined by the Girl Scouts' Interim CEO, Judith Batty for a fireside chat. Dr.
