The policies are specifically meant to fight spam, but they outlaw tactics taken by malicious extensions as well, including fake reviews.
Tag Archives: Malware
Coronavirus delays trial of alleged Russian hacker a third time
Justice has already been slow in this case, and the pandemic isn’t helping: His trial has been postponed for a third time.
5 common mistakes that lead to ransomware
Here are five simple tips that will help you keep ransomware out and your precious data in
Web shell warning issued by US and Australia
The US NSA and its Australian counterpart the ASD have published a set of guidelines to help companies avoid a common kind of attack: web shell exploits.
Trove of RubyGems malware highlights software supply chain issues
Ruby developers beware: a would-be cryptocurrency thief is out to get at your digital wallet, and they’re using typosquatting code to do it.
Fan vibrations can be used transmit data from air-gapped machines
The scientists known for finding ways to transmit software from non-networked computers, have figured out a way to do it using computer fan vibrations.
49 malicious Chrome extensions caught pickpocketing crypto wallets
They were posing as crypto wallets in order to rip off users’ private keys and mnemonic phrases and drain real wallets. Google’s yanked them.
ICANN asks registrars to crack down on scam coronavirus websites
It doesn’t have regulatory authority, so it can’t do much, but the hundreds of registrars it authorizes can and should.
Researchers speed the death of ‘bad’ data in the race against good
They have a way to inject ‘good’ data – i.e., accurate COVID-19 news or security patches – to outpace the spread of fake news or malware.
How to stay on top of coronavirus scams – and all the others too
The bad news is that you have to watch out for a plethora of new coronavirus cyberscams, as well as all the old stuff, too…