Monthly Archive: January 2021

28
Jan
2021

What’s in the latest Firefox upgrade?

Mozilla this week upgraded Firefox to version 85, adding to its overarching emphasis on privacy by isolating supercookies that some sites rely on to track users’ movements on the web.

Engineers also patched 13 vulnerabilities, five of which were marked “High,” Firefox’s second-most-serious label.

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05
Jan
2021

Hackers target cryptocurrency users with new ElectroRAT malware

Security firm Intezer Labs said it discovered a covert year-long malware operation where cybercriminals created fake cryptocurrency apps in order to trick users into installing a new strain of malware on their systems, with the obvious end goal of stealing victims’ funds.The campaign was discovered last month in December 2020, but researchers said they believe the group began spreading their malware as early as January 8, 2020.Intezer Labs said the hackers relied on three cryptocurrency-related apps for their scheme.The fake apps were named Jamm, eTrade/Kintum, and DaoPoker, and were hosted on dedicated websites at jamm[.]to, kintum[.]io, and daopker[.]com, respectively.

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