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Ad-injecting malware posing as DwAdsafe ad blocker uses Microsoft-signed driver

Ad-injecting malware posing as DwAdsafe ad blocker uses Microsoft-signed driver 2024-07-22 at 06:01 By Help Net Security ESET Research has discovered a sophisticated Chinese browser injector: a signed, vulnerable, ad-injecting driver from a mysterious Chinese company. This threat, which ESET dubbed HotPage, comes self-contained in an executable file that installs its main driver and injects […]

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Cybercriminal adoption of browser fingerprinting

Cybercriminal adoption of browser fingerprinting 2024-04-05 at 08:01 By Help Net Security Browser fingerprinting is one of many tactics phishing site authors use to evade security checks and lengthen the lifespan of malicious campaigns. While browser fingerprinting has been used by legitimate organizations to uniquely identify web browsers for nearly 15 years, it is now

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Product showcase: LayerX browser security extension

Product showcase: LayerX browser security extension 01/11/2023 at 08:32 By Help Net Security The browser has become the main workspace in modern organizations. It’s where employees create and interact with data, and how they access organizational and external SaaS and web apps. That’s why the browser is extensively targeted by adversaries. They seek to steal

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Chrome will tell users when extensions they use are removed from Chrome Web Store

Chrome will tell users when extensions they use are removed from Chrome Web Store 21/08/2023 at 13:33 By Helga Labus Google will be extending the Safety check feature within the Chrome browser to alert users when a previously installed extension is no longer available in the Chrome Web Store. A safety check for Chrome extensions

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Island Enterprise Browser: Intelligent security built into the browsing session

Island Enterprise Browser: Intelligent security built into the browsing session 05/07/2023 at 06:31 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Mike Fey, CEO of Island, explains the differences between consumer browsers and the Island Enterprise Browser, how it protects organizations’ data, and how it uses contextual information to provide users with a safe

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What is a browser doing at Infosecurity Europe 2023?

What is a browser doing at Infosecurity Europe 2023? 15/06/2023 at 05:48 By Help Net Security What if the enterprise had complete control over the browser? What would it do for security, productivity, for work itself? Ari Yablok, Head Of Brand at Island, invites you to visit Island at Infosecurity Europe 2023 (Stand S75) to

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Threat actors exploit new channels for advanced phishing attacks

Threat actors exploit new channels for advanced phishing attacks 26/05/2023 at 07:36 By Help Net Security Perception Point’s team has identified a 356% increase in the number of advanced phishing attacks attempted by threat actors in 2022. Overall, the total number of attacks increased by 87%, highlighting the growing threat that cyber attacks now pose

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