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Malicious Chrome Extension Impacts Over 1M Users

Over 1M users download malicious Chrome extension Chris Pederick, the creator of the Chrome extension Web Developer, was recently phished.  The cyber criminals effectively breached Pederick’s Google account, which was tied to the app.  Therefore, the cyber criminals were able to access the app and make any changes they wanted.  After doing just that, the

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Nine Fireball Creators Busted, Two More Detained

Nine of the creators of Fireball, the malware that was turning popular browsers into zombies, have been caught.  The malware creators were working for a legitimate digital marketing company located in Beijing.  According to Mashable, they were using the company, Rafotech, as a way to distribute the malware.  Since the time of release, almost two months

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Old Hackers Bring New Tricks

DarkHotel Hackers Find New Ways to Trick Users According to BleepingComputer, an old hacking group deemed DarkHotel is back with a few new tricks up their sleeves.  The group first began targeting high level executives in 2011.  The cyber criminals would wait for these individuals to connect to a hotel’s WiFi and trick them into downloading

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