Data Breach Today

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The Ad, Now Deleted, Lured Users to a Phishing Website to Harvest Credentials Chinese security researcher Zhi has discovered a malware targeting Mac users. The malware, spread via a paid advertisement on search engine Baidu, is intended to harvest user credentials, he says. The advertisement has now been taken down.

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Data Breach Today

JULY 2, 2021

Text Ad Contained Link Directing to Avira's VPN Product Google says it's investigating how a text advertisement was injected into SMS messages containing two-step verification security codes. The text advertisement contained a link that redirected to a VPN product from antivirus vendor Avira.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 28, 2022

Latest Analysis of Federal Health Data Breach Reporting Site Half of the 10 largest health data breaches so far in 2022 - affecting millions of individuals - have been added to the federal tally in just the last month as the latest wave of major hacking incidents being reported to regulators continues to grow.

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Data breaches 243

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

A new email-based extortion scheme apparently is making the rounds, targeting Web site owners serving banner ads through Google’s AdSense program. ” “Next an ad serving limit will be placed on your publisher account and all the revenue will be refunded to advertisers. .”

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Communications Risk IT 321

Krebs on Security

MAY 28, 2020

The United Kingdom’s anti-cybercrime agency is running online ads aimed at young people who search the Web for services that enable computer crimes, specifically trojan horse programs and DDoS-for-hire services. The ads are being paid for by the U.K.’s A Google ad campaign paid for by the U.K.’s

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 17, 2020

Health Data Breaches Involving Paper Records, Email Compromises Added to 'Wall of Shame' Several major health data breaches that have been added to the federal "wall of shame" tally in recent weeks serve as stark reminders of the security and privacy risks posed by business associates.

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Data breaches Paper Privacy Risk 227

Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Brand-New Android Smartphones, Tablets and Connected TVs Harboring Trojan Backdoor Tens of thousands of knockoff Android products manufactured in China including TV streaming boxes reached consumers infected with malware, say cybersecurity researchers.

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Manufacturing Cybersecurity Security IT 284

Data Breach Today

AUGUST 25, 2020

Security Firm Snyk Alleges China-Based Mintegral Logs Activity, Steals Ad Clicks An advertising software development kit called Mintegral that's embedded in 1,200 iOS apps misattributes ad clicks and logs potentially sensitive app data, security firm Snyk alleges. But Apple says there's no evidence the SDK is harming users.

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Security 230

Data Breach Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

SapphireStealer Enables Hackers to Steal Sensitive Corporate Credentials Multiple hackers are minting newer capabilities from an open source information stealer to spawn new variants.

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Ransomware 289

WIRED Threat Level

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Meet the guy who taught US intelligence agencies how to make the most of the ad tech ecosystem, "the largest information-gathering enterprise ever conceived by man."

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IT Privacy Security 144

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Researchers warn of an Ad-Blocking Chrome extension that was abused by threat actors to Injecting Ads in Google search pages. Ad injection consists of inserting unauthorized advertisements into a publisher’s web page to trick users into clicking on them. “Ad injection is an evolving threat that can impact almost any site.”

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Sales IT Security Information Security 95

Dark Reading

OCTOBER 30, 2023

An advanced feature of Google targeted ads can allow a rarely precedented flood of malware infections, rendering machines completely useless.

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WIRED Threat Level

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

A complaint filed with the EU’s independent data regulator accuses YouTube of failing to get explicit user permission for its ad blocker detection system, potentially violating the ePrivacy Directive.

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Privacy IT Security 110

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2023

A Mirai-based DDoS botnet tracked as IZ1H9 has added thirteen new exploits to target routers from different vendors, including D-Link, Zyxel, and TP-Link. Below is the list of exploit payloads added to the bot: D-Link: CVE-2015-1187 , CVE-2016-20017 , CVE-2020-25506 , and CVE-2021-45382.

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IoT Risk Security IT 121

Krebs on Security

MARCH 13, 2019

[ NASDAQ: SZMK ] says it is investigating a security incident in which a hacker was reselling access to a user account with the ability to modify ads and analytics for a number of big-name advertisers. ” “You can add new users to the ad system, edit existing ones and ad offers,” the seller wrote. .”

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 26, 2023

Security researchers are warning that Google Ads are being actively leveraged to distribute malware to unsuspecting victims searching for software downloads. On January 20, CronUp researcher Germán Fernández warned that the DEV-0569 ransomware group is using Google Ads to distribute Gozi/Ursnif malware, RedLine stealer, and Royal ransomware.

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 16, 2022

Gary Henderson: Educate Teachers So They Can Educate Students to Protect Their Data We look at cybersecurity largely focused on the immediate future. But educator Gary Henderson says we need to look a little further ahead.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Experts warn of a new Malvertising Campaign abusing Google Ads that targets users searching for popular software. Guardio Labs researchers uncovered a malvertising campaign, tracked as MasquerAds and attributed to a threat actor known as Vermux, that is abusing Google Ads to target users that are searching for popular software.

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Marketing IT Security Information Security 97

KnowBe4

JULY 26, 2022

Researchers at Malwarebytes warn that a large malvertising campaign is exploiting Google ads to redirect users to phishing sites.

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Phishing 105

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Microsoft recently addressed an information disclosure vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-42306 , affecting Azure AD. Microsoft has recently addressed an information disclosure vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-42306 , affecting Azure AD. on an Azure AD Application or Service Principal (which is not recommended).

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Authentication Access Security IT 119

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Microsoft warns that a threat actor, tracked as DEV-0569, is using Google Ads to distribute the recently discovered Royal ransomware. The post DEV-0569 group uses Google Ads to distribute Royal Ransomware appeared first on Security Affairs. ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2023

The previously undetected LOBSHOT malware is distributed using Google ads and gives operators VNC access to Windows devices. Researchers from Elastic Security Labs spotted a new remote access trojan dubbed LOBSHOT was being distributed through Google Ads. ” reads the report published by Elastic Security Labs.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 22, 2023

French Regulator Fines Criteo for Website Cookie Tracking Tools The top French privacy regulator has imposed a fine of 40 million euros against a Parisian advertising technology company for its use of website tracking cookies and failure to process users' personal data in compliance with privacy laws under the General Data Protection Regulation.

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Data Breach Today

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Microsoft Sparred with SecureWorks Over Impact But Relents Microsoft has indicated it will make changes to reduce the risk around what a security vendor says is a vulnerability that lets attackers run brute-force credential attacks against Azure Active Directory. The issue was reported to Microsoft in June by SecureWorks' Counter Threat Unit.

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Risk Security IT 361

Data Breach Today

MAY 26, 2022

Firm Deceptively Used Account Security Data of 140 Million Users A $150 million penalty has been slapped on Twitter for deceptively using account security data of millions of users for targeted advertising, the U.S. Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission say.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

US CISA added critical vulnerability CVE-2023-33246 in Apache RocketMQ to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a critical flaw CVE-2023-33246 (CVSS score 9.8) affecting Apache RocketMQ to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. above for using RocketMQ 5.x

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IT Cybersecurity Risk Security 113

Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Malicious ads are creeping into chatbots.

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Artificial Intelligence Marketing 96

WIRED Threat Level

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Meta now offers users an ad-free option, but it’s only available in Europe for those who can afford the €10-a-month subscription.

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Security 96

Data Breach Today

MAY 9, 2019

Business Associate Reports Ransomware Attack; Hacks Still Biggest Cause of Breaches A ransomware attack reported by a business associate that impacted more than three dozen clients and nearly 207,000 individuals is among the latest incidents added to the Department of Health and Human Services' data breach tally.

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WIRED Threat Level

JANUARY 19, 2023

Some 1,700 spoofed apps, 120 targeted publishers, 12 billion false ad requests per day—Vastflux is one of the biggest ad frauds ever discovered.

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