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Many of you may not know that Google Chrome has its own cleanup tool for finding and removing malware. The tool is useful against unwanted programs, adware and fake system optimizers that slip through the browser into your PC. According to a Chrome source code commit, it will now include the ability to remove chrome extensions that […]
Hundreds of thousands of dangerous websites are out there on the Internet, waiting for you to trigger malware once you open them. Therefore, Google Chrome presents an interstitial warning for the websites that, it feels, are unsafe for the user. Most of the Google Chrome users have encountered an interstitial warning page on their system. If you don’t […]
Google is the most popular browser around and supports a vast number of extensions as well. Since there are a lot of Chrome addons available in the Chrome Web Store, picking the best Google Chrome extension can be quite a task. Also, it is quite easy to get distracted on the web and lose track of […]
Trickbot Malware reemerging with new ticks and future to steal various sensitive information such as passwords, History, cookies from application & Browsers. New Trickbot arriving with new password grabber module that targets the Applications & browsers including Microsoft Outlook, Filezilla, WinSCP, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Edge. Cybercriminals continually adding new sophisticated […]
Cyber Criminals abusing Bing Search results to delivery dangerous Malware when users try to download Google Chrome via Bing from brand new Windows computer. Attackers deliver the malware using phishing site and it was appearing top of the result once user search as “Download Chrome” and it leads to land the phishing page that exactly […]
When it comes to the world of Linux, it’s understandable that certain software and drivers could be shaky at first; a lot of works goes into writing a driver from scratch and continuously maintaining it. However, over the years, Linux GPU drivers have matured a lot. Well, Google doesn’t think so. It’s not hidden that […]
Yet another privacy concern for Google Chrome users! Previously, we talked about Google’s auto-login mechanism which is hijacking our local Google Chrome data. Now, another Chrome 69 setting has come to light which is risking our freedom to remove data. Spotted by Jan ?? Wildeboer, now Chrome won’t remove cookies and other site data of its own services in the […]
Google brought in a bunch of new features in the new Chrome 69 version. While many of them were much appreciated, some didn’t go well with the users. Apparently, there is another less advertised tweak that people are not happy about. Google has introduced an auto-login mechanism from Chrome 69. First covered by ZDNet, whenever a […]
Cloud storage solution MEGA delivered Monero cryptocurrency malware. 21st-century technologies like blockchain are regarded as groundbreaking inventions. However, the security aspect of the new age digital systems has always been criticized for being lackluster and flawed. This concern is reinforced frequently as digital technologies are successfully compromised quite often. According to the latest reports, file-sharing cloud […]
It is recommended to change to the latest version of the browser With the launching of Chrome 68, Google identifies any non-HTTPS web site as ‘unsafe’ to make Internet browsing a safer experience. If this is not reason enough to switch to the latest version of the browser, here are more reasons: cyber security organization experts have discovered a vulnerability in web browsers […]
In May this year, HackRead reported how an Israeli company Unimania was caught collecting personal, Facebook and browsing data of users through Android apps and Chrome extensions. Now, researchers have discovered another “spyware” campaign aiming at stealing personal data of users but this time it is far bigger than the one previously reported. Ad-blockers and security […]
Hindsight is a free tool for analyzing web artifacts. It started with the browsing history of the Google Chrome web browser and has expanded to support other Chromium-based applications (with more to come!). Hindsight can parse a number of different types of web artifacts, including URLs, download history, cache records, bookmarks, autofill records, saved passwords, […]
RAM use increases up to 10% Google revealed this week that its solutions for the Spectre vulnerability have caused the Chrome browser to use more RAM memory. In a publication, Google details its new “Site Isolation” function for the latest version of Chrome 67. It is a default-enabled feature used to protect against Specter side channel attacks […]
The entire tech industry was shaken after the discovery of Meltdown and Spectre, critical security bugs that were found in almost all modern computer processors, and the aftershocks are still being observed. Chrome is the newest victim of the collateral damage that these bugs have brought forth. Reportedly, Google Chrome 67 has now enabled Site […]
Although the decentralized approach to handling cryptocurrency wallets has been lauded by users and crypto dealers alike but sometimes, it proves to be quite a risk to let users control their private keys – The same has happened, ironically, twice in the same year with MyEtherWallet, a third-party crypto wallet service that allows its users to […]
Earlier this year, a bug in Google Chrome was a rejoice for tech support scammers who could freeze people’s browser using the infamous download bomb trick. It involves making thousands of downloads from a single booby-trapped web page. Ultimately, the targeted user has to call the given tech support number to get things right. The […]
Trend Micro researchers have identified malicious Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browser extension that is distributing backdoor to steal information from the browser as well as a spy upon the user. According to researchers, there are two payloads involved in the ‘series of testing submissions in VirusTotal’. The submission sources and filenames hint upon the […]
Malicious Chrome extensions that contain huge spyware campaign stealing Facebook data, users location and browsing histories of millions of users. The researcher conducting the deep scan of all publicly available Chrome extensions which revealed a lot of suspicious activities and the malicious requests that is made to various Facebook domains. These Chrome extensions are downloaded […]
The data collection is not limited to Facebook but also targets browsing history, including all the regular and sponsored Facebook posts, tweets, YouTube videos, and ads. Facebook is undoubtedly the number one social media website in the world and home to personal data of over 2.19 billion users worldwide – That makes it a lucrative target for […]
Nigelthorm malware targets both Windows and Linux based devices. Using malware infected Chrome browser extensions for targeting unsuspecting users has been observed to be the preferred attack method within the cybercriminal community nowadays. Recently, HackRead exclusively reported about the presence of malicious AdBlocker extensions used by over 20 million people. The Facexworm and Digimine malware campaigns […]
Security firm Trend Micro’s researchers have identified a malicious Chrome extension that can hijack Bitcoin transactions before getting detected. The extension utilizes an already discovered malware called FacexWorm. The malware was firstly identified in August 2017 and it re-emerged earlier in April 2018. The attack involves propagation of infected Facebook Messenger messages while the attack […]