Google blocked over 5 billion ads in 2024 amid rise in AI-powered scams
Google blocked 5.1 billion ads and suspended more than 39.2 million advertiser accounts in 2024, according to its 2024 Ads Safety Report released this week. The company…
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Beware of Online PDF Converters That Tricks Users to Install Password Stealing Malware
Cybercriminals have launched a sophisticated malware campaign leveraging fake PDF-to-DOCX converter websites that mimic the popular legitimate service PDFCandy. The malicious websites, including domains such…
Interlock Ransomware Uses Multi-Stage Attack Through Legitimate Websites to Deliver Malicious Browser Updates
The Interlock ransomware intrusion set has escalated its operations across North America and Europe with sophisticated techniques. Not falling under the typical Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) category,…
Left vs. Right-side Navigation: Which Big Sites Use Which?
I’m thinking about redesigning my theme again and I’m considering a few key design options: single vs. dual sidebars, and, if I go with a…
Apple fixes two zero-days exploited in targeted iPhone attacks
Apple released emergency security updates to patch two zero-day vulnerabilities that were used in an “extremely sophisticated attack” against specific targets’ iPhones. The two vulnerabilities…
Interlock Ransomware Employs Multi-Stage Attack Via Legitimate Websites to Deliver Malicious Browser Updates
Cybersecurity experts have identified a sophisticated ransomware threat known as Interlock, which has been quietly expanding its operations since its first appearance in September 2024.…
Windows NTLM Vulnerability Actively Exploit in the Wild to Hack Systems
A critical vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, identified as CVE-2025-24054, has been actively exploited in the wild since March 19, 2025, targets organizations worldwide. The flaw,…
CVE Program Stays Online as CISA Backs Temporary MITRE Extension
MITRE avoids CVE program shutdown with last-minute contract extension. Questions remain about long-term funding and the future of vulnerability tracking. MITRE’s role in managing the…
Misuse of the Word ‘Irony’
Irony is one word that has been getting massacred more and more lately–mostly because it’s become in-fashion to use it to appear intelligent. The way…
Bill extends cyber threat info-sharing between public, private sector
Two federal lawmakers today introduced a bi-partisan bill that preserves key regulation that facilitates the sharing of cyber-threat data between private companies and the federal…
New Windows TaskManager Vulnerabilities Allows Command Execution as SYSTEM User
Critical Windows TaskManager involving schtasks.exe binary, which could enable malicious actors to execute commands with SYSTEM-level privileges, bypassing User Account Control (UAC) prompts and erasing…
Beware! Online PDF Converters Tricking Users into Installing Password-Stealing Malware
CloudSEK’s Security Research team, a sophisticated cyberattack leveraging malicious online PDF converters has been demonstrated to target individuals and organizations globally. This attack, previously hinted…