Google Chrome bug breaks drag and drop from Downloads bubble
A recent Google Chrome update has broken the drag-and-drop feature in the Downloads bubble that previously allowed you to drag and drop downloaded files onto any…
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US sues TikTok for violating children privacy protection laws
Image: MidjourneyThe U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against popular social media platform TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, alleging widespread violations of…
Fake AI editor ads on Facebook push password-stealing malware
Image: MidjourneyA Facebook malvertising campaign targets users searching for AI image editing tools and steals their credentials by tricking them into installing fake apps that…
Cryptonator seized for laundering ransom payments, stolen crypto
U.S. and German law enforcement seized the domain of the crypto wallet platform Cryptonator, used by ransomware gangs, darknet marketplaces, and other illicit services, and…
DuckDuckGo blocked in Indonesia over porn, gambling search results
Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo has been blocked in Indonesia by its government after citizens reportedly complained about pornographic and online gambling content in its search…
CrowdStrike sued by investors over massive global IT outage
Cybersecurity company CrowdStrike has been sued by investors who say it provided false claims about its Falcon platform after a bad security update led to a massive…
Tech support scam ring leader gets 7 years in prison, $6M fine
The leader of a tech support fraud scheme was sentenced to seven years in prison after tricking at least 6,500 victims and generating more than $6 million. According to…
Twilio kills off Authy for desktop, forcibly logs out all users
Twilio has finally killed off its Authy for Desktop application, forcibly logging users out of the desktop application. In January, Twilio announced that the Authy desktop apps…
StackExchange abused to spread malicious PyPi packages as answers
Threat actors uploaded malicious Python packages to the PyPI repository and promoted them through the StackExchange online question and answer platform. The packages are named ‘spl-types,’ ‘raydium,’…
Hackers abuse free TryCloudflare to deliver remote access malware
Researchers are warning of threat actors increasingly abusing the Cloudflare Tunnel service in malware campaigns that usually deliver remote access trojans (RATs). This cybercriminal activity was…
UK takes down major ‘Russian Coms’ caller ID spoofing platform
The United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has shut down Russian Coms, a major caller ID spoofing platform used by hundreds of criminals to make…
Sitting Ducks DNS attacks let hackers hijack over 35,000 domains
Threat actors have hijacked more than 35,000 registered domains in so-called Sitting Ducks attacks that allow claiming a domain without having access to the owner’s…