Two Widely Used Ad Blocker Extensions for Chrome Caught in Ad Fraud Scheme

The Hacker News Daily Updates 5 Preventable Human Errors that Leave Your Company Vulnerable to a Cyberattack Business owners and Executive Management have a lot on their plate, including finding ways to protect their data and IT systems from hackers and scammers. Download Now Sponsored LATEST NEWS Sep 20, 2019 Two Widely Used Ad Blocker Extensions for Chrome Caught in Ad Fraud Scheme Two widely used Adblocker Google Chrome extensions mimicking as — AdBlock and uBlock Origin — have been caught stuffing cookies in the web browser of millions of users to generate affiliate income from referral schemes fraudulently. There's no doubt web extensions add a lot of useful features to ... Read More Update Google Chrome Browser to Patch New Critical Security Flaws Google has released an urgent software update for its Chrome web browser and is urging Windows, Mac, and Linux users to upgrade the application to the latest available version immediately. Started rolling out to users worldwide this Wednesday, the Chrome 77.0.3865.90 version contains security ... Read More IT Firm Manager Arrested in the Biggest Data Breach Case of Ecuador's History Ecuador officials have arrested the general manager of IT consulting firm Novaestrat after the personal details of almost the entire population of the Republic of Ecuador left exposed online in what seems to be the most significant data breach in the country's history. Personal records of more ... Read More Smominru Botnet Indiscriminately Hacked Over 90,000 Computers Just Last Month Insecure Internet-connected devices have aided different types of cybercrime for years, most common being DDoS and spam campaigns. But cybercriminals have now shifted toward a profitable scheme where botnets do not just launch DDoS or spam—they mine cryptocurrencies as well. Smominru, an infamous ... Read More The Definitive RFP Templates for EDR/EPP and APT Protection Advanced Persistent Threats groups were once considered a problem that concerns Fortune 100 companies only. However, the threat landscape of the recent years tells otherwise—in fact, every organization, regardless of vertical and size is at risk, whether as a direct target, supply chain or ... Read More 5 Preventable Human Errors that Leave Your Company Vulnerable to a Cyberattack Business owners and Executive Management have a lot on their plate, including finding ways to protect their data and IT systems from hackers and scammers. Download Now Sponsored This email was sent to balvistudio4.raaj@blogger.com. You are receiving this newsletter because you opted-in to receive relevant communications from The Hacker News. To manage your email newsletter preferences, please click here. Contact The Hacker News: info@thehackernews.com Unsubscribe The Hacker News | Pearls Omaxe, Netaji Subash Place, Pitampura, Delhi 110034 India